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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of the Alamo Museum District |
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Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "commission" means the |
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Alamo Museum District Commission. |
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SECTION 2. COMMISSION CREATED; COMPOSITION. (a) The Alamo |
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Museum District Commission is created. |
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(b) The commission is composed of 11 members. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2013, the mayor of San |
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Antonio, the county judge of Bexar County, the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives shall jointly appoint a member to the commission |
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from a nonprofit organization and appoint additional members to the |
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commission as follows: |
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(1) the mayor of San Antonio shall appoint two |
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members, one of whom must be an area property holder; |
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(2) the county judge of Bexar County shall appoint two |
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members, one of whom must be a historian; |
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(3) the governor shall appoint two members, one of |
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whom must be a historical preservationist; |
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(4) the lieutenant governor shall appoint two members, |
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one of whom must be a civil engineer; and |
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(5) the speaker of the house of representatives shall |
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appoint two members, one of whom must be a museum expert. |
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(d) The original appointing authority shall fill a vacancy |
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on the commission. |
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SECTION 3. PRESIDING OFFICER. The member appointed jointly |
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by the appointing authorities who is a representative of a |
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nonprofit organization serves as the presiding officer of the |
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commission. |
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SECTION 4. MEETINGS. The commission shall hold at least |
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four public meetings. |
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SECTION 5. DUTIES; REPORT. (a) The commission shall develop |
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a plan to establish an Alamo Museum District designed to further |
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honor the Alamo as a natural treasure, reclaim its original |
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footprint, and make this state and San Antonio a global cultural |
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destination. |
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(b) Not later than December 1, 2014, the commission shall |
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report to the legislature the plan developed under Subsection (a) |
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of this section. |
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SECTION 6. EXPIRATION. This Act expires and the commission |
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is abolished January 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |