Bill Text: TX SB201 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Preservation Board.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB201 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB201-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 201

AN ACT
relating to the continuation and functions of the State
Preservation Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 443.002, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 443.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Preservation
Board is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is
abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2025 [2013].
SECTION 2. Section 443.003, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker, as a
member of the board, may designate a representative to act,
including the ability to vote, on behalf of the member during a
board meeting.
SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 443.004, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The board shall meet at least twice each year and at
other times at the call of the governor and as provided by board
rules.
SECTION 4. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 443.0295 to read as follows:
Sec. 443.0295. GOVERNOR'S MANSION RENEWAL TRUST FUND.
(a) The Governor's Mansion renewal trust fund is created as a
trust fund outside the treasury with the comptroller and shall be
administered by the board, as a trustee on behalf of the people of
this state, to maintain and preserve the Governor's Mansion. The
fund consists of:
(1) money transferred to the fund at the direction of
the legislature; and
(2) money donated to the board for the purposes of
preserving and maintaining the Governor's Mansion.
(b) Money in the fund may be used only for the purpose of
performing major repairs to or preserving the Governor's Mansion,
as determined by the board.
(c) The interest received from investment of money in the
fund shall be credited to the fund.
SECTION 5. Chapter 445, Government Code, is amended by
adding Sections 445.014 and 445.015 to read as follows:
Sec. 445.014. MUSEUM DIRECTOR. The executive director of
the State Preservation Board shall employ a museum director to
manage and operate the museum.
Sec. 445.015. NAMING OF MUSEUM AREAS. The State
Preservation Board shall adopt reasonable policies for naming areas
within the museum, including rooms and exhibition halls, in honor
of donors or other benefactors, if appropriate.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 201 passed the Senate on
April 4, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 17, 2013, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 201 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 14, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor