Bill Text: TX SB1759 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a Texas history grant program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1759 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1759-Introduced.html
| By: Middleton | S.B. No. 1759 | |
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| relating to the creation of a Texas history grant program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 442.0205 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 442.0205. TEXAS HISTORY AWARD AND GRANT PROGRAM. (a) | ||
| The commission shall create and administer a program for awarding | ||
| grants to nonprofit entities for the purpose of promoting | ||
| educational engagement with the history of this state. The grants | ||
| must be awarded annually to a nonprofit that: | ||
| (1) hosts a statewide Texas history competition for | ||
| school-aged students; and | ||
| (2) publishes works on Texas history by students or | ||
| faculty members. | ||
| (b) The commission shall establish procedures to administer | ||
| the grant program, including procedures for applying for a grant | ||
| under this subsection. The commission shall enter into a contract | ||
| that includes performance requirements with each grant recipient. | ||
| The commission shall monitor and enforce the terms of the contract. | ||
| (c) In addition to funds appropriated for the purposes of | ||
| this section, the commission may solicit gifts, grants, and | ||
| donations from any public or private source for the purposes of this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Historical Commission shall establish | ||
| the procedures for applying for a grant under Section 442.0205, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than October 1, | ||
| 2023. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2023. | ||
