Bill Text: TX HB738 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creation by the Texas Historical Commission of a program to identify and restore Rosenwald Schools structures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB738 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB738-Introduced.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 738 | |
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| relating to creation by the Texas Historical Commission of a | ||
| program to identify and restore Rosenwald Schools structures. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 442.034 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 442.034. ROSENWALD SCHOOLS STRUCTURES PROGRAM. (a) | ||
| The commission shall establish a program to: | ||
| (1) identify, renovate, restore, maintain, and | ||
| preserve Rosenwald Schools structures, and their contents, located | ||
| in this state; and | ||
| (2) protect the historical and architectural | ||
| integrity of the exterior, interior, and grounds of the Rosenwald | ||
| Schools structures. | ||
| (b) The commission may, as part of the program, acquire | ||
| property containing a Rosenwald School structure. | ||
| (c) A Rosenwald School structure restored, repaired, or | ||
| renovated under the program may be used as a community learning | ||
| center. | ||
| (d) The commission may accept gifts, grants, and in-kind | ||
| donations from public and private entities to implement the | ||
| program. The legislature may appropriate money to the commission | ||
| to implement the program. | ||
| (e) The commission may adopt rules reasonably necessary to | ||
| implement the program. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Historical Commission shall first | ||
| implement the program established by Section 442.034, Government | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, in the south central region of this | ||
| state. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
