By: Campbell, Hall S.B. No. 1400

(In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2019; March 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development; April 25, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 25, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1400 By: Flores

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the location of the Alamo Cenotaph.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 2166, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2166.5012 to read as follows:

Sec. 2166.5012. ALAMO CENOTAPH. (a) In this section, "Alamo Cenotaph" means the memorial to the Alamo defenders located in the Alamo complex.

(b) Notwithstanding Subchapter I, Chapter 31, Natural Resources Code, or any other law, the City of San Antonio, or any other entity, may not move the Alamo Cenotaph from the location where the cenotaph was first placed following its completion unless:

(1) the move is approved in a public hearing by at least two of the following:

(A) the commissioner of the General Land Office;

(B) one member of the Texas Historical Commission who is designated by the commission to represent the commission; and

(C) one officer of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas who is designated by the organization's officers to represent the organization; and

(2) the cenotaph is moved:

(A) temporarily for repairs; or

(B) permanently to a location within the Alamo Plaza.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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