86R2884 YDB-D
By: Toth H.B. No. 3516
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to preservation, maintenance, and restoration of the Alamo
Cenotaph; granting the power of eminent domain.
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 31.4515 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.4515. PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, AND RESTORATION
OF ALAMO CENOTAPH. (a) The legislature finds that:
(1) the 44th Legislature:
(A) appropriated money to create and conduct
celebrations commemorating the heroic period of early Texas history
and celebrating a century of independence and progress for Texas as
a republic and state; and
(B) created a Commission of Control for Texas
Centennial celebrations to approve allocations of state
appropriated money and to apply for federal money for the
centennial celebrations to be spent under the direction and control
of the commission; and
(2) from federal money granted to the state, the
Commission of Control commissioned construction of the Alamo
Cenotaph for the benefit of the state and the public to honor heroes
of the Alamo and other patriotic Texans.
(b) The land office is responsible for the preservation,
maintenance, and restoration of the Alamo Cenotaph and has
jurisdiction over the land immediately underneath and adjacent to
the cenotaph. The land office shall determine and officially
designate a reasonable amount of land as the land immediately
underneath and adjacent to the cenotaph for purposes of this
section.
(c) The land office has the power of eminent domain to
acquire in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, any
property necessary to preserve, maintain, and restore the Alamo
Cenotaph and carry out the purposes of this section.
(d) Any power or duty related to the Alamo Cenotaph formerly
vested in another state agency or local governmental entity,
including the City of San Antonio, is vested solely in the land
office in accordance with this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.