Bill Text: TX SB2363 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to state recognition of the Mount Tabor Indian Community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to State Affairs [SB2363 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2363-Introduced.html
| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 2363 | |
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| relating to state recognition of the Mount Tabor Indian Community. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The state of Texas recognizes the Associate | ||
| Bands of the Mount Tabor Indian Community and its members as | ||
| American Indians. Neither the tribe nor its members are eligible | ||
| for any services, funding, or any lands to be held in trust by the | ||
| State of Texas. The Associate Bands of the Mount Tabor Indian | ||
| Community shall maintain a membership roll, governing documents | ||
| and, a governing body. The Associate Bands of the Mount Tabor | ||
| Indian Community are not hereby prohibited from seeking federal | ||
| acknowledgment through the Department of the Interior, Bureau of | ||
| Indian Affairs, Office of Federal Acknowledgment, or any other | ||
| means as set forth under United States law. Eminent domain may not | ||
| be used by the tribe, nor may eminent domain be used to acquire | ||
| lands for the tribe. This bill in no way effects the hunting, | ||
| fishing, trapping, gathering or acquisition of other natural | ||
| resources of its members as citizens of Texas. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
