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AN ACT
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relating to the continuation and functions of the State |
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Preservation Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 443.002, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 443.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Preservation |
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Board is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless |
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continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is |
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abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2025 [2013]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 443.003, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker, as a |
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member of the board, may designate a representative to act, |
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including the ability to vote, on behalf of the member during a |
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board meeting. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 443.004, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The board shall meet at least twice each year and at |
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other times at the call of the governor and as provided by board |
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rules. |
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SECTION 4. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 443.0295 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 443.0295. GOVERNOR'S MANSION RENEWAL TRUST FUND. |
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(a) The Governor's Mansion renewal trust fund is created as a |
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trust fund outside the treasury with the comptroller and shall be |
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administered by the board, as a trustee on behalf of the people of |
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this state, to maintain and preserve the Governor's Mansion. The |
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fund consists of: |
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(1) money transferred to the fund at the direction of |
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the legislature; and |
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(2) money donated to the board for the purposes of |
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preserving and maintaining the Governor's Mansion. |
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(b) Money in the fund may be used only for the purpose of |
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performing major repairs to or preserving the Governor's Mansion, |
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as determined by the board. |
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(c) The interest received from investment of money in the |
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fund shall be credited to the fund. |
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SECTION 5. Chapter 445, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Sections 445.014 and 445.015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 445.014. MUSEUM DIRECTOR. The executive director of |
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the State Preservation Board shall employ a museum director to |
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manage and operate the museum. |
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Sec. 445.015. NAMING OF MUSEUM AREAS. The State |
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Preservation Board shall adopt reasonable policies for naming areas |
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within the museum, including rooms and exhibition halls, in honor |
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of donors or other benefactors, if appropriate. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 201 passed the Senate on |
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April 4, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 17, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 201 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 14, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |