H.B. No. 2582




AN ACT

relating to the development and implementation of a Texas music 
compact disc project by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
	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.  TEXAS MUSIC PROJECT.  (a)  The commission 
shall develop and implement a Texas music compact disc project 
under which the commission shall create, promote, and distribute a 
series of compact discs that feature the work of established and 
emerging music artists of this state.
	(b)  The commission shall seek donations of time, talent, and 
property from music artists and other persons to help facilitate 
the project.
	(c)  All proceeds from the sale of compact discs under the 
project shall be deposited in the Texas cultural endowment fund 
under Section 444.026.
	(d)  In accordance with this chapter and commission policy, 
the commission shall use part of the interest earned on the proceeds 
of the project to fund grants of money that promote music education 
through the commission's arts education grant program.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2582 was passed by the House on May 6, 
2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2582 was passed by the Senate on May 
20, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor