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78R3273 MCK-D

By:  Jones of Bexar                                               H.B. No. 723



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to marketing an annual print by the state artist for 
two-dimensional media.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 444, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 444.032 to read as follows:
	Sec. 444.032.  ANNUAL PRINT BY TEXAS STATE ARTIST.  (a)  The 
commission shall market an annual limited edition print by the 
Texas state artist for two-dimensional media selected under Article 
6139k, Revised Statutes, as added by Chapter 1412, Acts of the 77th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001.
	(b)  The commission shall establish a committee consisting 
of artists and commission employees to select the work of art to be 
used for the limited edition print.  The committee shall work with 
the Texas state artist for two-dimensional media to design the 
print.
	(c)  The commission shall ask the Texas state artist for 
two-dimensional media to donate to the commission the work of art to 
be used for the limited edition print.
	(d)  The commission shall develop a marketing plan to 
advertise and sell the limited edition prints in the gift and 
souvenir shops in the Capitol and the General Land Office Building, 
on the commission's Internet site, and in other suitable markets.
	(e)  The commission shall:                                              
		(1)  sell at a public auction the original work of art 
from which the limited edition prints are made; and
		(2)  hold and charge an admission fee for a signing 
event at which the Texas state artist for two-dimensional media 
personally signs limited edition prints purchased at the event.
	(f)  The commission shall deposit the first $100,000 of the 
proceeds from the admission fee for the signing event and the sale 
of the limited edition prints and the original work of art in each 
fiscal year to the credit of the Texas Commission on the Arts 
operating fund.  The commission shall deposit additional proceeds 
in each fiscal year to the credit of the Texas cultural endowment 
fund.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than January 15, 2005, the Texas 
Commission on the Arts shall report on the effectiveness of the 
program created under Section 444.032, Government Code, as added by 
this Act, and make recommendations about expanding the program to 
market a work of art by the Texas state artist for three-dimensional 
media.  The commission shall provide the report to the:
		(1)  lieutenant governor;                                                     
		(2)  speaker of the house of representatives; and                             
		(3)  chair of each committee of the legislature with 
primary responsibility over the commission.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.