1-1     By:  West (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)                H.B. No. 335
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2001;
 1-3     April 30, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Criminal Justice; May 9, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to  the Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and
 1-9     Research Center.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding
1-12     Subchapter J to read as follows:
1-13         SUBCHAPTER J. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
1-14                             AND RESEARCH CENTER
1-15           Sec. 411.301.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "museum" means
1-16     the nonprofit organization, known as the Department of Public
1-17     Safety Historical Museum and Research Center, established by
1-18     employees and former employees of the department for the purposes
1-19     of creating and operating a museum and research facility to:
1-20                 (1)  inform the public about the personnel and history
1-21     of the department; and
1-22                 (2)  educate young people about law enforcement
1-23     procedures through an interactive facility.
1-24           Sec. 411.302.  GENERAL PROVISIONS. The commission may:
1-25                 (1)  establish a support staff in the department to
1-26     assist the museum;
1-27                 (2)  use department property to fulfill the purposes of
1-28     this subchapter; and
1-29                 (3)  enter into a contract with the museum.
1-30           Sec. 411.303.  PERSONNEL. (a)  The director may appoint and
1-31     assign duties to department personnel to serve as paid support
1-32     staff for the museum.
1-33           (b)  The support staff may consist of a historian, a
1-34     librarian, and other personnel as needed to administer the museum.
1-35           (c)  The department may spend funds to hire support staff.
1-36           Sec. 411.304.  FUNDING. (a)  The Department of Public Safety
1-37     Historical Museum and Research Center account is created as a
1-38     special account outside the state treasury to be held at the
1-39     Department of Public Safety Credit Union and to be administered by
1-40     the commission.  The money in the account may be used only to
1-41     administer this subchapter.
1-42           (b)  The account is composed of gifts, grants, and donations
1-43     collected by the department from any public or private source for
1-44     the purposes of this subchapter.
1-45           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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