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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to create or finance |
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museums. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 330 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 330. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 330.001. OPERATION AND FINANCING OF COUNTY MUSEUMS. |
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(a) This section applies only to a county that has substantial |
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urban areas and borders on an international boundary. For the |
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purposes of this subsection, a county has substantial urban areas |
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only if at least four municipalities, each with a population of more |
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than 25,000, are located in the county. |
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(b) A county may construct or operate a museum in the county |
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to display, construct, restore, preserve, maintain, or reconstruct |
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buildings, works of art, and related furnishings for exhibitions. |
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(c) A county may contract with an entity operating a museum |
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in the county to provide the museum described by Subsection (b). To |
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be eligible to enter into the contract, the entity must be: |
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(1) organized under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation |
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Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and |
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(2) accredited by a nationally recognized association |
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of museums acceptable to the county. |
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(d) As part of the contract, the commissioners court may |
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appropriate money from the general fund of the county to the museum |
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to purchase, display, construct, restore, preserve, maintain, |
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operate, or reconstruct a building, work of art, or related |
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furnishings used by the museum to further its exhibitions or |
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operations and to promote county purposes under this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2796 was passed by the House on April |
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27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2796 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |