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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the display of certain historical documents in the |
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Capitol Complex. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 441, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 441.206 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 441.206. PLAN TO DISPLAY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS IN |
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CAPITOL COMPLEX. (a) The commission, in collaboration with the |
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State Preservation Board and other state agencies responsible for |
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the care and custody of historical documents and as the commission |
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determines appropriate, shall develop a plan to display in the |
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Capitol Complex the following documents: |
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(1) the victory or death letter written by Lieutenant |
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Colonel William Barret Travis dated February 24, 1836; |
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(2) the Texas Declaration of Independence; and |
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(3) the Texas Constitution. |
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(b) Not later than December 1, 2027, the commission shall: |
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(1) develop the plan as described by Subsection (a); |
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(2) publish the plan on the commission's Internet |
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website; and |
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(3) provide a copy of the plan to the standing |
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committees of each house of the legislature that have jurisdiction |
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over the state's historical resources. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2031. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |