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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 or building in a |
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courthouse square in certain counties as a state archaeological |
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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 Subsection(c) 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, |
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county courthouse, or other real property in a county courthouse |
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square if: |
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(1) the commissioners court adopts and submits to the |
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committee a resolution seeking the removal from designation as a |
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landmark the county courthouse square, county courthouse, or other |
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real property in a county courthouse square; and |
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(2) the county in which the county courthouse square, |
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county courthouse, or other real property in the county courthouse |
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square is located has not received any funds from the committee for |
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the preservation, restoration or modification of the county |
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courthouse square, county courthouse, or other real property. |
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(d) The committee may not designate as a landmark a county |
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courthouse square, county courthouse, or other real property in a |
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county courthouse square after removal of a landmark designation |
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under Subsection (c) unless the county commissioners court 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. |