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1		-	H.B. No. 2971
	1	+	By: Holland, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 2971
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019;
	3	+	May 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
	4	+	Resources & Economic Development; May 17, 2019, reported favorably
	5	+	by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to
	6	+	printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to powers and duties concerning records of the General
6	13		Land Office.
7	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	15		SECTION 1. Sections 31.056(a) and (b), Natural Resources
9	16		Code, are amended to read as follows:
10	17		(a) The commissioner may [shall] prepare a revision and
11	18		compilation of the various volumes of the abstracts of patented,
12	19		titled, and surveyed real property which were previously made by
13	20		the land office.
14	21		(b) The various counties of the state may [shall] be
15	22		apportioned into [one of not more than eight] districts for the
16	23		purpose of revising and compiling the abstracts and the abstracts
17	24		of each of the districts may [shall] be compiled in a separate
18	25		volume.
19	26		SECTION 2. Section 31.0655, Natural Resources Code, is
20	27		amended to read as follows:
21	28		Sec. 31.0655. [STATE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO] SAVE TEXAS
22	29		HISTORY AND ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAMS. (a) For purposes of Subchapter
23	30		I, Chapter 659, Government Code:
24	31		(1) the land office, for the sole purpose of managing
25	32		the Save Texas History and Adopt-A-Beach programs, is considered an
26	33		eligible charitable organization entitled to participate in the
27	34		state employee charitable campaign; and
28	35		(2) a state employee is entitled to authorize a
29	36		deduction for contributions to the land office for the purposes of
30	37		managing the Save Texas History and Adopt-A-Beach programs as a
31	38		charitable contribution under Section 659.132, Government Code,
32	39		and the land office may use the contributions for the purpose of:
33	40		(A) preserving historic maps and documents under
34	41		the Save Texas History program; or
35	42		(B) administering the Adopt-A-Beach program.
36	43		(b) The land office may use cash, gifts, grants, donations,
37	44		or in-kind contributions the land office receives through the
38	45		administration of the Save Texas History program to:
39	46		(1) preserve, conserve, and promote the land office's
40	47		records;
41	48		(2) provide educational programming and resources on
42	49		Texas history; and
43	50		(3) acquire additional records to complement the land
44	51		office's records.
45	52		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
46	53		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
47	54		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
48	55		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
49	56		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
50		-	______________________________ ______________________________
51		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
52		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2971 was passed by the House on May
53		-	10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
54		-	voting.
55		-	______________________________
56		-	Chief Clerk of the House
57		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2971 was passed by the Senate on May
58		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
59		-	______________________________
60		-	Secretary of the Senate
61		-	APPROVED: _____________________
62		-	Date
63		-	_____________________
64		-	Governor
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