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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a task force to evaluate |
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state-owned artifact collections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "task force" means the |
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task force established under Section 2 of this Act. |
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SECTION 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE. A task force is |
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established to manage artifact collections owned by this state. |
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SECTION 3. TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP. (a) The task force is |
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composed of representatives of the: |
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(1) Texas Historical Commission; |
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(2) General Land Office; |
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(3) Texas State Library and Archives Commission; |
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(4) Parks and Wildlife Department; |
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(5) State Preservation Board; and |
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(6) Texas Facilities Commission. |
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(b) The executive director of each state agency represented |
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on the task force shall appoint an employee of the agency to serve |
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as the agency's representative on the task force not later than |
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October 1, 2021. |
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(c) The member representing the Texas Facilities Commission |
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must have engineering and architectural expertise. |
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SECTION 4. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES. A member of the task |
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force is not entitled to compensation for service on the task force |
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but is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by |
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the member while conducting the business of the task force as |
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provided by the General Appropriations Act. |
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SECTION 5. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. For each state agency |
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represented on the task force, the task force shall: |
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(1) evaluate the need for a separate collections |
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facility for the agency and compare use of a separate collection |
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facility to a secure centrally located joint collections facility |
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with a processing laboratory for repair, cleaning, re-housing, and |
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light conservation of state artifacts, including cost estimates for |
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maintaining a separate collections facility for each agency |
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compared to a joint collections facility; |
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(2) analyze the storage capacity for the agency's |
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collections to determine whether the agency's collections facility |
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is adequate for the agency's successful stewardship of its |
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collections over the next five years and 10 years; |
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(3) review the option of establishing a |
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disaster-secure collections facility with separate storage areas |
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for each agency; |
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(4) review the recommendations in the Texas Historical |
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Commission's December 2018 response to the Sunset Advisory |
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Commission decisions on creating a searchable public catalog of |
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state-owned collections to determine cost estimates for |
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implementing the recommendations and a process for implementing the |
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recommendations; and |
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(5) assess any unmet need of the agency regarding |
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state-owned collections as determined by the task force. |
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SECTION 6. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2022, the |
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task force shall report the task force's findings and |
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determinations under Section 5 of this Act to the governor, |
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lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and |
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standing committees of each house of the legislature with primary |
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jurisdiction over the history and culture of this state. |
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SECTION 7. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and this |
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Act expires September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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1, 2021. |