| 1 | 1 | | By: Eltife S.J.R. No. 21 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed January 23, 2013; January 23, 2013, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Administration; |
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| 4 | 4 | | January 29, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 6, Nays 0; January 29, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 9 | 9 | | proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations |
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| 10 | 10 | | for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of |
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| 11 | 11 | | historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to |
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| 12 | 12 | | accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and |
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| 13 | 13 | | contributions to purchase such items. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 39, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 39. The Legislature may, from time to time, make |
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| 18 | 18 | | appropriations for preserving and perpetuating memorials of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | history of Texas, by means of monuments, statues, paintings, films, |
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| 20 | 20 | | videotapes, audiotapes, computer files or other electronic storage |
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| 21 | 21 | | media, and documents of historical value. The Legislature or an |
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| 22 | 22 | | agency of the state may accept on behalf of the state gifts of items |
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| 23 | 23 | | of historical value and contributions to purchase items of |
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| 24 | 24 | | historical value. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 26 | 26 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. |
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| 27 | 27 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 28 | 28 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment allowing the |
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| 29 | 29 | | legislature to make appropriations for preserving and perpetuating |
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| 30 | 30 | | certain items of historical value and allowing the legislature and |
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| 31 | 31 | | state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of |
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| 32 | 32 | | historical value and contributions to preserve and perpetuate such |
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| 33 | 33 | | items." |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * * * |
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