Bill Text: TX SB907 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the preservation, maintenance, and improvement of the Republic of Texas Granite Boundary Marker.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB907 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB907-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 907 |
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relating to the preservation, maintenance, and improvement of the | ||
Republic of Texas Granite Boundary Marker. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 442.0074 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 442.0074. PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, AND IMPROVEMENT | ||
OF REPUBLIC OF TEXAS GRANITE BOUNDARY MARKER. (a) In this | ||
section, "boundary marker" means the granite marker designating the | ||
former international boundary between the Republic of Texas and the | ||
United States, originally placed in 1841 at its location in Panola | ||
County near Farm to Market Road No. 31, at or about 32°2'3"N, | ||
94°2'35"W, and known as the Republic of Texas Granite Boundary | ||
Marker and the International Boundary Marker. | ||
(b) To the extent authorized by law, the commission shall | ||
preserve, maintain, and improve the boundary marker and state land | ||
adjacent to the boundary marker and shall: | ||
(1) design and construct a structure or device | ||
sufficient to protect the boundary marker from vandalism, theft, | ||
and natural elements; | ||
(2) display historical and educational information on | ||
a sign or plaque at the boundary marker site to inform the public of | ||
the history of the boundary marker and the region; | ||
(3) cooperate with the federal government and other | ||
persons as necessary to facilitate the implementation of duties | ||
imposed by this section; and | ||
(4) take other action the commission determines | ||
necessary to preserve, maintain, restore, and improve the boundary | ||
marker and the state grounds adjacent to the boundary marker for the | ||
beautification and cultural enhancement of the property as a | ||
significant historical site in this state. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, any power or duty related | ||
to the boundary marker formerly vested in another state agency is | ||
vested solely in the commission. | ||
(d) The commission may spend money appropriated to the | ||
commission for purposes of this section only to accomplish those | ||
purposes. | ||
(e) The commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
donations of money or property from any public or private source to | ||
be used for the purposes of this section. | ||
(f) The commission, in consultation with each state senator | ||
and representative in whose district the boundary marker is located | ||
and other interested parties, may: | ||
(1) replace the original boundary marker with a | ||
replica boundary marker; | ||
(2) preserve, maintain, and display the original | ||
boundary marker at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum; and | ||
(3) perform the duties assigned by Subsection (b) with | ||
respect to the replica boundary marker at the original boundary | ||
marker location. | ||
SECTION 2. The Texas Historical Commission is required to | ||
implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | ||
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
purpose, the Texas Historical Commission may, but is not required | ||
to, implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations | ||
available for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 907 passed the Senate on | ||
April 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 907 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |