By: Ogden S.B. No. 1694

(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2009; March 20, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; April 14, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 14, 2009, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1694 By: Averitt

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a courthouse square or a courthouse or other real property in a courthouse square as a state archeological landmark.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 191.097, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the committee shall remove from designation as a landmark a county courthouse square or a county courthouse or other real property in a county courthouse square if:

(1) the commissioners court of the county in which the property is located adopts and submits to the committee a resolution seeking the removal of the property from designation as a landmark; and

(2) the county in which the property is located has not received any funds from the committee for the preservation, restoration, or modification of the property.

(d) Following the removal of a landmark designation under Subsection (c), the committee may not designate as a landmark the county courthouse square or the county courthouse or other real property in the county courthouse square unless the commissioners court of the county in which the property is located adopts a resolution consenting to the designation.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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