78R3031 KEG-D

By:  Barrientos                                                   S.B. No. 210



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the placement by legislators of certain items outside 
their offices in the State Capitol.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 443.024, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  A state legislator may display the flag of the State of 
Texas and the flag of the United States immediately outside the 
legislator's assigned office in the Capitol.  The board shall adopt 
rules to regulate the display of the flags, including requirements 
for flag display stands and reasonable limitations on the size and 
placement of the flags.
	SECTION 2.  Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Section 443.029 to read as follows:
	Sec. 443.029.  VISITOR REGISTERS FOR LEGISLATIVE OFFICES.  A 
state legislator may place a visitor register immediately outside 
the legislator's assigned office in the Capitol.  The board, with 
the advice of the state fire marshal, shall adopt reasonable rules 
to regulate the placement of the visitor registers and the 
requirements for register display stands or tables.
	SECTION 3.  The State Preservation Board shall adopt rules 
as required by Sections 443.024(e) and 443.029, Government Code, as 
added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2004.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.