By Gallegos S.B. No. 137
77R417 MI-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the transfer of jurisdiction over the San Jacinto
1-3 Battleground and the Battleship "Texas" from the Parks and Wildlife
1-4 Department to the Texas Historical Commission.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Sections 22.011-22.016 and 22.261, Parks and
1-7 Wildlife Code, are redesignated as Sections 442.017-442.023,
1-8 Government Code, and are amended to read as follows:
1-9 Sec. 442.017 [22.011]. SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND
1-10 [JURISDICTION]. The San Jacinto Battleground is under the
1-11 jurisdiction of the commission [department].
1-12 Sec. 442.018 [22.012]. SAN JACINTO HISTORICAL ADVISORY
1-13 BOARD. (a) The San Jacinto Historical Advisory Board is composed
1-14 of:
1-15 (1) the chairman of the Texas Historical [Battleship
1-16 Texas] Commission;
1-17 (2) the president of the San Jacinto Museum of History
1-18 Association; and
1-19 (3) three members of the public.
1-20 (b) The three members of the public are appointed by the
1-21 governor for terms of six years each, with the term of one member
1-22 expiring each odd-numbered year.
1-23 (c) One or more of the three members of the public may be
1-24 selected from the San Jacinto Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of
2-1 Texas.
2-2 Sec. 442.019 [22.013]. MEETINGS OF SAN JACINTO HISTORICAL
2-3 ADVISORY BOARD. (a) The San Jacinto Historical Advisory Board
2-4 shall meet quarterly to review the policies and operations of the
2-5 San Jacinto Battleground and to advise the commission [department]
2-6 on the proper historical development of the battleground.
2-7 (b) The board shall prepare minutes for all board meetings
2-8 and deliver them to the commission. The board shall deliver the
2-9 board's bylaws and any changes made to the bylaws to the
2-10 commission. [Any minutes or bylaws delivered to the commission
2-11 shall be delivered by the member of the board who is an employee of
2-12 the department.]
2-13 Sec. 442.020 [22.014]. POWERS OF SAN JACINTO HISTORICAL
2-14 ADVISORY [THE] BOARD. The San Jacinto Historical Advisory Board
2-15 [board] may accept, in the name of the state, all bequests, gifts,
2-16 and grants of money or property made to the battleground and use
2-17 the bequests for the purposes specified by the grantor, if any.
2-18 Sec. 442.021 [22.015]. DATA COLLECTED BY SAN JACINTO
2-19 HISTORICAL ADVISORY BOARD. All data collected by the San Jacinto
2-20 Historical Advisory Board [board] is the property of the state and
2-21 shall be used to depict the story of Texas history and independence
2-22 at the battleground.
2-23 Sec. 442.022 [22.016]. SAN JACINTO MUSEUM OF HISTORY
2-24 ASSOCIATION. The San Jacinto Museum of History Association, a
2-25 nonprofit historical association organized for the purposes of
2-26 operating the San Jacinto Memorial Building and Tower and
2-27 establishing a museum, retains ownership of property and historical
3-1 data held in the name of the association and may acquire museum
3-2 accessions by gift, grant, or purchase from association funds.
3-3 Sec. 442.023 [22.261]. BATTLESHIP "TEXAS" [JURISDICTION].
3-4 The Battleship "Texas" is under the jurisdiction of the commission
3-5 [department].
3-6 SECTION 2. The headings to Subchapters B and T, Chapter 22,
3-7 Parks and Wildlife Code, are repealed.
3-8 SECTION 3. (a) On September 1, 2001, the following are
3-9 transferred to the Texas Historical Commission:
3-10 (1) all powers, duties, obligations, and liabilities
3-11 of the Parks and Wildlife Department relating to the San Jacinto
3-12 Battleground and the Battleship "Texas";
3-13 (2) all unobligated and unexpended funds appropriated
3-14 to the Parks and Wildlife Department designated for the
3-15 administration of the San Jacinto Battleground or the Battleship
3-16 "Texas";
3-17 (3) all equipment and property of the Parks and
3-18 Wildlife Department used for the administration of or related to
3-19 the San Jacinto Battleground or the Battleship "Texas"; and
3-20 (4) all files and other records of the Parks and
3-21 Wildlife Department kept by the department regarding the San
3-22 Jacinto Battleground or the Battleship "Texas."
3-23 (b) A rule adopted by the Parks and Wildlife Department that
3-24 is in effect immediately before September 1, 2001, and that relates
3-25 to the San Jacinto Battleground or the Battleship "Texas" is, on
3-26 September 1, 2001, a rule of the Texas Historical Commission and
3-27 remains in effect until amended or repealed by the Texas Historical
4-1 Commission.
4-2 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.