87R1499 TJB-D
 
  By: Burns H.B. No. 765
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to appropriations to historical foundations by certain
  counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 318.021, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 318.021.  APPROPRIATIONS TO HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS:
  CERTAIN COUNTIES. The commissioners court of a county with a
  population of 150,000 [239,000] to 825,000 may appropriate money
  from the general fund of the county to a historical foundation or
  organization in the county for the purpose of purchasing,
  constructing, restoring, preserving, maintaining, or
  reconstructing historical landmarks, buildings, and furnishings
  that are of historical significance to the county. The foundation
  or organization must be incorporated under the law of this state as
  a nonprofit corporation.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.