By Burnam                                              H.B. No. 953
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to Confederate statues at the University of Texas at
 1-3     Austin.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. The University of Texas of Austin shall remove
 1-6     from public view all statues of Jefferson Davis, president of the
 1-7     Confederate States of America; Robert E. Lee, General in Chief of
 1-8     the Armies of the Confederate States; John H. Reagan, Postmaster
 1-9     General of the Confederate States; and Albert Sidney Johnston,
1-10     General of the Confederate States Army, located on the campus of
1-11     the university.  The statues may be placed in storage away from
1-12     public view or disposed of in any other way considered appropriate
1-13     by the board of regents of The University of Texas System.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.