84R24693 YDB-D
By: Guillen, Bernal, Larson H.B. No. 2968
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2968:
By: Larson C.S.H.B. No. 2968
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the preservation of the Alamo complex and surrounding
area and to the Alamo Preservation Advisory Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 31, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 31.450 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.450. FINDINGS; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. (a)
The legislature finds that:
(1) the Alamo has played an important role in the
history of this state and continues to be a symbol of liberty and
freedom for this state;
(2) this state wants to honor the individuals whose
lives were lost at the Alamo;
(3) the entire history of the Alamo, from the time the
Alamo was established as a mission until the present, should be
recognized; and
(4) the Alamo is a world-class destination that
provides a place of remembrance and education.
(b) The land office shall enter into a memorandum of
understanding with the City of San Antonio to coordinate the
planning and development of improvements to the Alamo complex and
the area immediately surrounding the complex.
SECTION 2. Sections 31.455(a) and (b), Natural Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The land office may establish an Alamo Preservation
Advisory Board to provide advice, proposals, and recommendations
to:
(1) promote the development of a world-class site to
educate visitors on the history and importance of the Alamo in this
state's fight for independence and to honor the people who lost
their lives at the Alamo;
(2) promote and support the Alamo complex;
(3) [(2)] provide the resources and support necessary
to advance the understanding and education of current and future
generations on the historical significance and factual record of
the Alamo complex;
(4) [(3)] inspire virtues of honor and Texas pride;
(5) [(4)] preserve the memory and achievement of
individuals who served at the Alamo and provide a fitting tribute to
the heroism of the people who paid the ultimate sacrifice for
freedom and of the noble men and women of this state who have served
in the armed forces or died while serving in the armed forces to
ensure the freedom of the people of this state;
(6) provide educational and museum facilities [(5)
promote and provide] for the preservation, perpetuation,
appropriate publication, and display of manuscripts, books,
relics, pictures, oral histories, and all other items and
information related to the history of the Alamo complex and of this
state that preserve the historical character of the Alamo shrine;
and
(7) [(6)] promote, counsel, and provide support to
governmental and private organizations that are committed to
objectives similar to the objectives described in this subsection.
(b) The advisory board is composed of:
(1) the commissioner or the commissioner's designee,
who serves as the presiding officer of the advisory board;
(2) a designee appointed by the governor;
(3) a designee appointed by the commissioner [the
president general of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas];
(4) a representative of the Alamo Endowment, appointed
by the commissioner [the current Alamo chairperson of the Daughters
of the Republic of Texas];
(5) the director of the Alamo [immediate past Alamo
chairperson of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas];
(6) the Alamo curator;
(7) one representative of the Texas Historical
Commission;
(8) a designee appointed by the county judge of [the
president of the] Bexar County [Historical Commission]; and
(9) a designee appointed by the mayor [one
representative who serves as a member] of the City of San Antonio
[Office of Historic Preservation].
SECTION 3. (a) The term of a member serving on the Alamo
Preservation Advisory Board immediately before the effective date
of this Act whose position on the board is abolished by the changes
in law made by this Act expires on the effective date of this Act.
(b) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
Act, each appointing official shall appoint members to the Alamo
Preservation Advisory Board as required by Section 31.455, Natural
Resources Code, as amended by this Act.
(c) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
Act, the General Land Office shall enter into a memorandum of
understanding with the City of San Antonio as required by Section
31.450(b), Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.