Bill Text: TX HCR24 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a replica of the National Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-11 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HCR24 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR24-Introduced.html
88S30567 KSM-D | ||
By: Oliverson | H.C.R. No. 24 |
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WHEREAS, The National Life Monument celebrates the miracle of | ||
life and the women at the center of that miracle; and | ||
WHEREAS, Sculpted by artist Timothy Schmalz, the bronze | ||
sculpture depicts a mother with an unborn child cradled in a | ||
world-shaped womb; and | ||
WHEREAS, The eight-foot bronze statue was permanently | ||
installed at the Church of San Marcello al Corso in Rome in May | ||
2022, and after a tour of the U.S., the original Life Monument was | ||
installed at the Theological College in Washington, D.C.; and | ||
WHEREAS, Under Chapter 443, Government Code, and rules of the | ||
State Preservation Board, a portion of the north Capitol grounds is | ||
available for new monuments, subject to legislative approval, | ||
specified procedural requirements, the provision of funding from | ||
private donors, conformity to certain size and design limitations | ||
and parameters, and completion on a timely basis; and | ||
WHEREAS, A replica of the monument on the Capitol grounds | ||
would provide a communal place for Texans to celebrate the beauty of | ||
human life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
3rd Called Session, hereby authorize the State Preservation Board, | ||
subject to state law and rules of the board, to approve the | ||
construction of a replica of the National Life Monument at the State | ||
Capitol Complex, at a site outside of the historic Capitol grounds; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an | ||
official copy of this resolution to the executive director of the | ||
State Preservation Board. |