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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to preservation, maintenance, and restoration of the Alamo |
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Cenotaph; granting the power of eminent domain. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 31, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 31.4515 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.4515. PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, AND RESTORATION |
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OF ALAMO CENOTAPH. (a) The legislature finds that: |
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(1) the 44th Legislature: |
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(A) appropriated money to create and conduct |
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celebrations commemorating the heroic period of early Texas history |
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and celebrating a century of independence and progress for Texas as |
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a republic and state; and |
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(B) created a Commission of Control for Texas |
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Centennial celebrations to approve allocations of state |
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appropriated money and to apply for federal money for the |
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centennial celebrations to be spent under the direction and control |
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of the commission; and |
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(2) from federal money granted to the state, the |
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Commission of Control commissioned construction of the Alamo |
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Cenotaph for the benefit of the state and the public to honor heroes |
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of the Alamo and other patriotic Texans. |
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(b) The land office is responsible for the preservation, |
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maintenance, and restoration of the Alamo Cenotaph and has |
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jurisdiction over the land immediately underneath and adjacent to |
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the cenotaph. The land office shall determine and officially |
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designate a reasonable amount of land as the land immediately |
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underneath and adjacent to the cenotaph for purposes of this |
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section. |
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(c) The land office has the power of eminent domain to |
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acquire in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, any |
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property necessary to preserve, maintain, and restore the Alamo |
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Cenotaph and carry out the purposes of this section. |
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(d) Any power or duty related to the Alamo Cenotaph formerly |
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vested in another state agency or local governmental entity, |
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including the City of San Antonio, is vested solely in the land |
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office in accordance with this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |