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	Amend CSHB 12 (House Committee Printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  On page 26, strike lines 23-25 and substitute the 
following:            
	(f)  The Texas Historical Commission shall prepare a base 
operating plan for each historic site before the transfer of any 
site or associated artifact or archival materials from the Parks 
and Wildlife Department to the commission.  The base operating plan 
for each site must be completed on or before January 1, 2008.  The 
base operating plan for each site must include:
		(1)  a mission statement outlining the goals for the 
site;                  
		(2)  an interpretive plan showing how the mission is to 
be accomplished;    
		(3)  an operational plan, including:                                          
			(A)  facilities, documents, records, and other 
assets to be transferred;   
			(B)  parties responsible for daily site 
management, including staff that will be transferred;
			(C)  off-site support structure;                                             
			(D)  plans for artifact and archival curation;                               
			(E)  signed memoranda of understanding or 
memoranda of agreement with appropriate friends groups and 
volunteer organizations; and
			(F)  emergency plans;                                                        
		(4)  a maintenance plan, including maintenance and 
repair needs;            
		(5)  a marketing plan;                                                        
		(6)  a business plan, including revenue and visitation 
goals;               
		(7)  a plan for compliance with:                                              
			(A)  Chapter 191, Natural Resources Code (the 
Antiquities Code of Texas); and
			(B)  the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
U.S.C. Section 470 et seq.); and
		(8)  fiscal plans and budgets associated with 
Subdivisions (1) through (7) of this subsection.
	(g)  An independent committee shall review and provide 
comments to the Texas State Historical Commission on each base 
operating plan described by Subsection (f) of this section before 
the transfer of the site for which the plan was prepared. The Texas 
State Historical Commission shall give due consideration to the 
comments provided by the independent committee.  The committee 
shall be appointed by the chair of the House Committee on Culture, 
Recreation, and Tourism not later than July 1, 2007, if this Act 
takes immediate effect, or not later than September 10, 2007, if 
this Act does not take immediate effect.  The committee shall be 
composed of individuals who are each professionally qualified in 
history, archeology, architecture, acting as a curator, park 
planning, natural resources, or marketing, and shall be appointed 
as follows:
		(1)  one member of the Historic Sites Advisory 
Committee of the Parks and Wildlife Department;
		(2)  one member of the Texas Historical Commission 
subcommittee on historic sites;
		(3)  one person who works for or has worked for the 
National Park Service;  
		(4)  one member of a current state park or historic site 
friends group;     
		(5)  one member of the Council of Texas Archeologists;                        
		(6)  one professional archivist;                                              
		(7)  one current or former professional park manager 
who does not work for the department or commission;
		(8)  one person involved in the tourism business or 
marketing business; and 
		(9)  one person who is a certified collections manager.                       
	(h)  The independent committee appointed in Subsection (g) 
of this section shall keep the House Committee on Culture, 
Recreation, and Tourism informed of the progress of the transfer of 
each historic site under this Act.
	(i)  The independent committee appointed in Subsection (g) 
of this section shall elect from among its members a presiding 
officer, a vice presiding officer, and a secretary.
	(j)  A member of the independent committee appointed in 
Subsection (g) of this section serves without compensation but is 
entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses incurred in the 
performance of committee duties from funds appropriated to the 
Texas Historical Commission.
	(k)  The committee appointed in Subsection (g) of this 
section shall meet as necessary.  The committee is dissolved on June 
1, 2009, unless otherwise directed by the chair of the House 
Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.
	(2)  On page 26, line 26, strike "(g)" and substitute "(l)".                   
	(3)  On page 27, strike lines 3-6.                                             
	(4)  On page 27, line 7, strike "(i)" and substitute "(m)".