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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to directing Blinn College to transfer control and custody |
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of the Washington-on-the-Brazos Museum Building and its contents to |
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the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Blinn College is hereby directed to transfer |
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control and custody of the Washington-on-the-Brazos Museum |
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Building and its contents, known as the "Star of the Republic |
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Museum," situated in the area acquired by the State of Texas under |
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the provisions of Chapter 3 (H.B. 11), General Laws, Acts of the |
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34th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1915, and known as |
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Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park, to the Parks and Wildlife |
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Department. |
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SECTION 2. It is the intent of the legislature that every |
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provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word |
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in this Act, and every application of the provisions in this Act to |
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each person or entity, are severable from each other. If any |
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application of any provision in this Act to any person, group of |
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persons, or circumstances is found by a court to be invalid for any |
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reason, the remaining applications of that provision to all other |
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persons and circumstances shall be severed and may not be affected. |
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SECTION 3. The transfer required by Section 1 of this Act |
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shall take place not later than December 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |