1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to establishing a historical representation advisory
1-3 committee and ensuring equitable representation in monuments on
1-4 state property.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 442, Government Code, is amended by
1-7 adding Section 442.0087 to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 442.0087. EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION IN MONUMENTS.
1-9 (a) In this section, "monument" has the meaning assigned by
1-10 Section 443.015, as added by Chapter 1141, Acts of the 75th
1-11 Legislature, Regular Session, 1997.
1-12 (b) To ensure that the diverse history of Texas is
1-13 accurately represented on land owned by the state other than the
1-14 Capitol Complex, the Texas Historical Commission shall:
1-15 (1) collect information relating to each monument on
1-16 land owned by the state other than the Capitol Complex; and
1-17 (2) in cooperation with the chair of the history
1-18 department at Prairie View A&M University, at The University of
1-19 Texas at Austin, or at any other land grant university in the
1-20 state, as determined by the commission, ensure the:
1-21 (A) historical accuracy of the monuments; and
1-22 (B) equitable representation of all Texans,
1-23 including African slaves, African Americans, Hispanic Americans,
1-24 Native Americans, women in Texas history, and Texans exemplifying
2-1 military service and rural heritage in monuments on land owned by
2-2 the state other than the Capitol Complex.
2-3 (c) The commission shall make the information collected
2-4 under this section available to the public.
2-5 SECTION 2. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by adding
2-6 Section 443.0081 to read as follows:
2-7 Sec. 443.0081. HISTORICAL REPRESENTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
2-8 (a) To ensure that the diverse history of Texas is accurately
2-9 represented in the Capitol Complex, the historical representation
2-10 advisory committee shall provide guidance to the board on the
2-11 addition of monuments to the Capitol Complex.
2-12 (b) The advisory committee consists of the following 12
2-13 members:
2-14 (1) four members appointed by the governor;
2-15 (2) four members appointed by the lieutenant governor;
2-16 and
2-17 (3) four members appointed by the speaker of the house
2-18 of representatives.
2-19 (c) In making appointments under this section, the governor,
2-20 the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
2-21 representatives shall attempt to include African American Texans,
2-22 Hispanic American Texans, Native American Texans, female Texans,
2-23 and Texans exemplifying rural heritage.
2-24 (d) The governor shall designate the presiding officer of
2-25 the committee from among the members of the committee. The
2-26 presiding officer serves a term of two years.
2-27 (e) A member of the advisory committee serves at the
3-1 pleasure of the appointing officer and serves without compensation
3-2 or reimbursement of expenses.
3-3 (f) The advisory committee shall conduct meetings the
3-4 committee considers necessary to provide guidance under this
3-5 section. The board shall provide necessary administrative support
3-6 to the advisory committee.
3-7 (g) Subject to the approval of the board, the advisory
3-8 committee shall develop its own bylaws under which it shall
3-9 operate.
3-10 (h) Chapter 2110 does not apply to the advisory committee.
3-11 (i) The advisory committee is subject to the open meetings
3-12 law, Chapter 551.
3-13 (j) The advisory committee is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas
3-14 Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that
3-15 chapter, the advisory committee is abolished September 1, 2007.
3-16 (k) The advisory committee shall:
3-17 (1) collect information relating to each proposed
3-18 monument to the Capitol Complex; and
3-19 (2) in cooperation with the chair of the history
3-20 department at Prairie View A&M University, at The University of
3-21 Texas at Austin, or at any other land grant university in the
3-22 state, as determined by the committee, ensure the:
3-23 (A) historical accuracy of any proposed
3-24 monument; and
3-25 (B) equitable representation of all Texans,
3-26 including African slaves, African Americans, Hispanic Americans,
3-27 Native Americans, women in Texas history, and Texans exemplifying
4-1 military service and rural heritage in additional monuments to the
4-2 Capitol Complex.
4-3 (l) In this section, "monument" has the meaning assigned by
4-4 Section 443.015, as added by Chapter 1141, Acts of the 75th
4-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1997.
4-6 SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2002, the governor, the
4-7 lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
4-8 representatives shall make appointments to the historical
4-9 representation advisory committee under Section 443.0081,
4-10 Government Code, as added by this Act.
4-11 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
4-12 vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
4-13 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
4-14 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
4-15 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2061 was passed by the House on May
5, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 3, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 2061 on May 25, 2001, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 2061 on May 27, 2001, by a non-record vote.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2061 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
1, 1 present, not voting; at the request of the House, the Senate
appointed a conference committee to consider the differences
between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted the conference
committee report on H.B. No. 2061 on May 27, 2001, by the following
vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor