83R23110 CJC-F
 
  By: Cortez H.B. No. 3211
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the Hispanic Heritage Center of Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 442.028 to read as follows:
         Sec. 442.028.  HISPANIC HERITAGE CENTER OF TEXAS. The
  commission may:
               (1)  assist the Hispanic Heritage Center of Texas in
  establishing a facility to educate Texans regarding the
  contributions and historical significance of Hispanic persons to
  this state;
               (2)  solicit and accept gifts, donations, and grants of
  money or property from any public or private source to be used for
  the purposes of this section; and
               (3)  use money appropriated to the commission for the
  purposes of this section to assist the Hispanic Heritage Center of
  Texas as described by Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 2.  The Texas Historical Commission is required to
  implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates money
  specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not
  appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the commission
  may, but is not required to, implement this Act using other
  appropriations available for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.