By: Hall S.J.R. No. 50
         (In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2023; February 14, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
  February 15, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; February 15, 2023, sent to printer.)
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 
  proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations
  for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of
  historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to
  accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and
  contributions to purchase such items.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.  The Legislature may, from time to time, make
  appropriations for preserving and perpetuating memorials of the
  history of Texas, by means of monuments, statues, paintings, films,
  videotapes, audiotapes, computer files or other electronic storage
  media, and documents of historical value. The Legislature or an
  agency of the state may accept on behalf of the state gifts of items
  of historical value and contributions to purchase items of
  historical value.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment allowing the
  legislature to make appropriations for preserving and perpetuating
  certain items of historical value and allowing the legislature and
  state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of
  historical value and contributions to preserve and perpetuate such
  items."
 
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