By: Zaffirini, et al. S.B. No. 2251

(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Administration; April 22, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 22, 2009, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2251 By: Uresti

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to memorial monuments on the Capitol grounds, including the Tejano monument.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 443.01525 to read as follows:

Sec. 443.01525. TEJANO MEMORIAL MONUMENT. The State Preservation Board shall establish a Tejano memorial monument on the historic south grounds of the Capitol that pays tribute to the contributions of Tejanos to the State of Texas.

SECTION 2. Section 443.0152, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:

(a-1) Except as provided by Sections 443.01525 and 448.034, after September 1, 2009, no additional monuments may be placed on the historic grounds of the Capitol.

SECTION 3. 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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