79R1358 SGA-F

By:  Smith of Harris                                              H.B. No. 632



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the historical advisory board of the San Jacinto 
Battleground.  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 22.012, 22.013, and 22.014, Parks and 
Wildlife Code, are amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.012.  SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND HISTORICAL ADVISORY 
BOARD.  (a)  The San Jacinto Battleground Historical Advisory Board 
is composed of:
		(1)  the presiding officer or an appointed 
representative [chairman] of the Battleship Texas Foundation
[Commission];
		(2)  the presiding officer or an appointed 
representative [president] of the San Jacinto Museum of History 
Association; [and]
		(3)  the presiding officer or an appointed 
representative of the San Jacinto Battleground Association; and
		(4)  four [three] members of the public.              
	(b)  The four [three] members of the public are appointed by 
the governor for staggered terms of six years each, with the term of 
one or two members [member] expiring September 1 of each 
odd-numbered year.  The members appointed by the governor must 
include individuals who are knowledgeable about the history of this 
state and have demonstrated an interest in the historical 
preservation of the battleground.
	(c)  One or more of the four public [three] members of the 
board [public] may be selected from the San Jacinto Chapter, 
Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
	(d)  The board shall annually elect from its members a 
presiding officer, a vice presiding officer, and a secretary.
	(e)  Each state senator and state representative whose 
district includes the battleground is a nonvoting ex officio board 
member.
	(f)  It is a ground for removal of a public member from the 
board if the member is absent for three regularly scheduled board 
meetings during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a 
majority of the board.
	(g)  If a public member's position on the board becomes 
vacant, the governor shall appoint another public member to fill 
the remaining term of the vacated position as soon as practicable.
	(h)  Each member of the board serves without compensation but 
is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the 
performance of official board duties from funds appropriated to the 
department.
	Sec. 22.013.  MEETINGS; BYLAWS.  (a)  The San Jacinto 
Battleground Historical Advisory Board shall meet quarterly to 
review the policies and operations of the San Jacinto Battleground 
and to advise the department on the proper historical development 
of the battleground.
	(b)  The board shall:                                                   
		(1)  prepare bylaws; and                                        
		(2)  take minutes for all board meetings [and deliver 
them to the commission].
	(c)  The bylaws may provide for additional nonvoting ex 
officio members.
	(d)  After approval by the board, the secretary of the [The] 
board shall deliver the board's bylaws, [and] any changes made to 
the bylaws, and the minutes of each meeting to the commission[.  Any 
minutes or bylaws delivered to the commission shall be delivered by 
the member of the board who is an employee of the department].
	(e)  The department and board members shall be given timely 
notice of each board meeting.
	Sec. 22.014.  POWERS OF THE BOARD.  The board may:                      
		(1)  conduct an annual commemoration of the Battle of 
San Jacinto at the battleground; and
		(2)  sponsor other educational programs pertaining to 
the battle or the history of this state [accept, in the name of the 
state, all bequests, gifts, and grants of money or property made to 
the battleground and use the bequests for the purposes specified by 
the grantor, if any].
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The changes in law made by this Act in the 
qualifications applying to members of the San Jacinto Battleground 
Historical Advisory Board do not affect the entitlement of a member 
serving on the board immediately before September 1, 2005, to 
continue to serve and function as a member of the board for the 
remainder of the member's term.  Those changes in law apply only to 
a member appointed on or after September 1, 2005.
	(b)  Not later than December 1, 2005, the governor shall 
appoint a fourth public member to the San Jacinto Battleground 
Historical Advisory Board to a term that expires September 1, 2011.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.