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By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) |
H.B. No. 1829 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 10, 2017; |
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April 24, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Administration; May 9, 2017, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 9, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the preservation, maintenance, and improvement of the |
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Capitol and the Capitol grounds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 443.030, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 443.030. SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS. (a) The board may |
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establish, maintain, and participate in the operation of one or |
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more organizations of persons whose purpose is to raise funds for or |
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provide services or other benefits to the board. The [Such an] |
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organization may be incorporated as a Texas nonprofit corporation. |
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(b) The board shall contract with a nonprofit corporation |
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formed to assist in the preservation, maintenance, and improvement |
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of the Capitol and the Capitol grounds to develop and implement a |
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plan for the solicitation and acceptance of gifts, grants, devises, |
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and bequests of money, other property, and services to be used to |
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preserve, maintain, and improve the Capitol and the Capitol |
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grounds. The board may contract with a nonprofit corporation |
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described by Subsection (a) or another nonprofit corporation. |
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SECTION 2. The State Preservation Board shall enter into |
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the contract required by Section 443.030, Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, not later than September 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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