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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the burial of convict leasing victims and the |
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establishment of a convict leasing victims memorial museum. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Sections 442.033 and 442.034 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 442.033. CONVICT LEASING VICTIM BURIAL TREATMENT PLAN. |
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The commission shall develop a comprehensive burial treatment plan |
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for the remains of the 95 convict leasing victims discovered in 2018 |
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at the site of the former Imperial State Prison Farm in Sugar Land. |
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Sec. 442.034. CONVICT LEASING VICTIMS MEMORIAL MUSEUM. (a) |
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The commission shall establish a convict leasing victims memorial |
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museum to educate the public about the history and aftereffects of |
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convict leasing in this state. |
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(b) The commission shall employ a historian and other |
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personnel to administer the museum. |
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(c) The commission may solicit and accept gifts, donations, |
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and grants of money or property from any public or private source to |
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be used for the purposes of this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |