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
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.
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