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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of a courthouse square or a courthouse |
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or other real property in a courthouse square as a state |
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archeological landmark. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.097, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the committee shall |
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remove from designation as a landmark a county courthouse square or |
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a county courthouse or other real property in a county courthouse |
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square if: |
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(1) the commissioners court of the county in which the |
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property is located adopts and submits to the committee a |
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resolution seeking the removal of the property from designation as |
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a landmark; and |
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(2) the county in which the property is located has not |
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received any funds from the committee for the preservation, |
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restoration, or modification of the property. |
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(d) Following the removal of a landmark designation under |
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Subsection (c), the committee may not designate as a landmark the |
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county courthouse square or the county courthouse or other real |
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property in the county courthouse square unless the commissioners |
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court of the county in which the property is located adopts a |
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resolution consenting to the designation. |
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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, 2009. |