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INTRODUCED
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HOUSE COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTE
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I,
Chapter 31, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Sections 31.4545
and 31.4546 to read as follows:
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Sec. 31.4545. ALAMO
PRESERVATION FUND. (a) The Alamo preservation fund is a special fund in
the state treasury outside the general revenue fund as established by
Section 49-q, Article III, Texas Constitution.
(b) The land office shall
manage the Alamo preservation fund and may accept a gift, grant, or
donation of money, securities, services, or property to restore, preserve,
maintain, operate, and develop the Alamo complex.
(c) The land office may
spend money from the Alamo preservation fund only for the restoration,
preservation, maintenance, operation, or development of the Alamo complex
and only in amounts that are less than or equal to the amounts received by
the land office from federal, local, or private sources, which the land
office may spend for the same purposes.
(d) The land office shall
retain not less than $25 million in an account in the Alamo preservation
fund to be known as the Alamo operation and maintenance trust account. The
land office may spend the interest and other earnings from the trust
account for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Alamo
complex.
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Sec. 31.4546. ALAMO
PRESERVATION FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The Alamo preservation fund
advisory committee is established to advise the land office on expenditures
of money from the Alamo preservation fund. The advisory committee consists
of 15 members appointed as follows:
(1) three members
appointed by the governor;
(2) three members
appointed by the lieutenant governor;
(3) three members
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(4) three members
appointed by the commissioner of the land office;
(5) two members appointed
by the San Antonio City Council; and
(6) one member appointed
by the Bexar County Commissioners Court.
(b) Members of the
advisory committee serve staggered three-year terms with the terms of five
members expiring January 1 of each year.
(c) The commissioner of
the land office shall appoint a member to serve as presiding officer of the
advisory committee.
(d) The advisory
committee shall make recommendations to the land office on the best use of
money in the Alamo preservation fund to create a world-class site to
educate visitors on the history and importance of the Alamo in this state's
fight for independence, to honor the people who lost their lives at the Alamo,
and to develop the complex and surrounding grounds, including providing
education and museum facilities, financing studies and planning, providing
architectural services, acquiring land or buildings, and constructing
facilities.
(e) Chapter 2110, Government
Code, does not apply to the advisory committee.
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SECTION 2. Not later than
January 1, 2016, as required by Section 31.4546, Natural Resources Code, as
added by this Act:
(1) the governor, lieutenant
governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and the commissioner of
the General Land Office shall each appoint three members to the Alamo
preservation fund advisory committee and each designate one of their appointed
members to a term expiring January 1, 2017, one to a term expiring January
1, 2018, and one to a term expiring January 1, 2019;
(2) the San Antonio City
Council shall appoint two members to the Alamo preservation fund advisory
committee and designate one member to a term expiring January 1, 2017, and
one to a term expiring January 1, 2018; and
(3) the Bexar County
Commissioners Court shall appoint one member to the Alamo preservation fund
advisory committee to a term expiring January 1, 2019.
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SECTION 3. This Act takes
effect December 1, 2015, but only if the constitutional amendment to
establish the Alamo preservation fund and make a one-time transfer of money
from the economic stabilization fund to the Alamo preservation fund is
approved by the voters. If that amendment is not approved by the voters,
this Act has no effect.
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equivalent provision. (But see Sec. 31.4546(d) above.)
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I,
Chapter 31, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 31.450 to
read as follows:
Sec. 31.450. FINDINGS;
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. (a) The legislature finds that:
(1) the Alamo has played
an important role in the history of this state and continues to be a symbol
of liberty and freedom for this state;
(2) this state wants to
honor the individuals whose lives were lost at the Alamo;
(3) the entire history of
the Alamo, from the time the Alamo was established as a mission until the
present, should be recognized; and
(4) the Alamo is a
world-class destination that provides a place of remembrance and education.
(b) The land office shall
enter into a memorandum of understanding with the City of San Antonio to
coordinate the planning and development of improvements to the Alamo
complex and the area immediately surrounding the complex.
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SECTION 2. Sections
31.455(a) and (b), Natural Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The land office may
establish an Alamo Preservation Advisory Board to provide advice,
proposals, and recommendations to:
(1) promote the
development of a world-class site to educate visitors on the history and
importance of the Alamo in this state's fight for independence and to honor
the people who lost their lives at the Alamo;
(2) promote and
support the Alamo complex;
(3) [(2)]
provide the resources and support necessary to advance the understanding
and education of current and future generations on the historical
significance and factual record of the Alamo complex;
(4) [(3)]
inspire virtues of honor and Texas pride;
(5) [(4)]
preserve the memory and achievement of individuals who served at the Alamo
and provide a fitting tribute to the heroism of the people who paid the
ultimate sacrifice for freedom and of the noble men and women of this state
who have served in the armed forces or died while serving in the armed
forces to ensure the freedom of the people of this state;
(6) provide educational
and museum facilities [(5) promote and provide] for the
preservation, perpetuation, appropriate publication, and display of
manuscripts, books, relics, pictures, oral histories, and all other items
and information related to the history of the Alamo complex and of this
state that preserve the historical character of the Alamo shrine; and
(7) [(6)]
promote, counsel, and provide support to governmental and private
organizations that are committed to objectives similar to the objectives
described in this subsection.
(b) The advisory board is
composed of:
(1) the commissioner or the
commissioner's designee, who serves as the presiding officer of the
advisory board;
(2) a designee appointed by
the governor;
(3) a designee appointed
by the commissioner [the president general of the Daughters of the
Republic of Texas];
(4) a representative of
the Alamo Endowment, appointed by the commissioner [the current
Alamo chairperson of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas];
(5) the director of the
Alamo [immediate past Alamo chairperson of the Daughters of the
Republic of Texas];
(6) the Alamo curator;
(7) one representative of
the Texas Historical Commission;
(8) a designee appointed
by the county judge of [the president of the] Bexar County [Historical
Commission]; and
(9) a designee appointed by
the mayor [one representative who serves as a member] of the
City of San Antonio [Office of Historic Preservation].
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SECTION 3. (a) The term of a
member serving on the Alamo Preservation Advisory Board immediately before
the effective date of this Act whose position on the board is abolished by
the changes in law made by this Act expires on the effective date of this
Act.
(b) As soon as practicable
after the effective date of this Act, each appointing official shall
appoint members to the Alamo Preservation Advisory Board as required by
Section 31.455, Natural Resources Code, as amended by this Act.
(c) As soon as practicable
after the effective date of this Act, the General Land Office shall enter
into a memorandum of understanding with the City of San Antonio as required
by Section 31.450(b), Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act.
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SECTION 4. This Act takes
effect September 1, 2015.
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