Bill Text: TX HB2971 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to powers and duties concerning records of the General Land Office.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB2971 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2971-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2971 |
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relating to powers and duties concerning records of the General | ||
Land Office. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 31.056(a) and (b), Natural Resources | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner may [ |
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compilation of the various volumes of the abstracts of patented, | ||
titled, and surveyed real property which were previously made by | ||
the land office. | ||
(b) The various counties of the state may [ |
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apportioned into [ |
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purpose of revising and compiling the abstracts and the abstracts | ||
of each of the districts may [ |
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volume. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 31.0655, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.0655. [ |
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HISTORY AND ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAMS. (a) For purposes of Subchapter | ||
I, Chapter 659, Government Code: | ||
(1) the land office, for the sole purpose of managing | ||
the Save Texas History and Adopt-A-Beach programs, is considered an | ||
eligible charitable organization entitled to participate in the | ||
state employee charitable campaign; and | ||
(2) a state employee is entitled to authorize a | ||
deduction for contributions to the land office for the purposes of | ||
managing the Save Texas History and Adopt-A-Beach programs as a | ||
charitable contribution under Section 659.132, Government Code, | ||
and the land office may use the contributions for the purpose of: | ||
(A) preserving historic maps and documents under | ||
the Save Texas History program; or | ||
(B) administering the Adopt-A-Beach program. | ||
(b) The land office may use cash, gifts, grants, donations, | ||
or in-kind contributions the land office receives through the | ||
administration of the Save Texas History program to: | ||
(1) preserve, conserve, and promote the land office's | ||
records; | ||
(2) provide educational programming and resources on | ||
Texas history; and | ||
(3) acquire additional records to complement the land | ||
office's records. | ||
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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2971 was passed by the House on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2971 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |