By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1269
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the main street program administered by the Texas
  Historical Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 442.014, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 442.014.  MAIN STREET PROGRAM. (a) The commission
  shall administer a main street program to assist communities
  [municipalities] with the development, restoration, and
  preservation of their historic neighborhood commercial districts
  and central business districts.
         (b)  The [Each year the] commission shall designate certain
  communities [municipalities] to participate in the program as
  official main street cities.
         (c)  The commission by rule shall prescribe the frequency of
  community designations and qualification standards for
  participation in the program [as a main street city or as an urban
  main street city. Any municipality not designated under Subsection
  (b) may apply with the commission to participate in the program
  under this subsection].
         (d)  The commission by rule shall prescribe a fee schedule
  for participation in the program under Subsection (c). The
  commission shall collect fees from the participating communities
  [municipalities] to offset [recover the] costs of participation in
  the program.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Historical Commission shall adopt the rules
  necessary to administer Section 442.014, Government Code, as
  amended by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.