1-1 By: Haggerty, Chavez (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh) H.B. No. 1924 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001; 1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; May 3, 2001, reported 1-5 favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 3, 2001, sent 1-6 to printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to the development of a United States air defense museum 1-10 at Fort Bliss. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Chapter 442, Government Code, is amended by adding 1-13 Section 442.0087 to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 442.0087. FORT BLISS MUSEUM AND STUDY CENTER. (a) The 1-15 commission may assist Fort Bliss Military Reservation in El Paso in 1-16 the establishment and operation at Fort Bliss of a museum and study 1-17 center devoted to the history of the United States air defense 1-18 system. 1-19 (b) To accomplish the purposes of this section, the 1-20 commission may: 1-21 (1) seek and accept gifts, grants, and donations of 1-22 funds or property from public and private sources, including 1-23 seeking available federal funds; and 1-24 (2) contribute funds appropriated to the commission 1-25 for the purpose. 1-26 (c) The commission may provide assistance and contribute 1-27 funds under this section only if the commission receives 1-28 appropriate assurances that, subject to the security requirements 1-29 of the military reservation, the museum and study center will be 1-30 open for use by the general public. 1-31 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-32 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-33 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-34 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-35 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-36 * * * * *