87R1350 JCG-D
By: Anchia H.B. No. 1186
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to removing or renaming certain objects and structures
located in or near the Capitol.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 443.01527 to read as follows:
Sec. 443.01527. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN ITEMS FROM PUBLIC
DISPLAY. Not later than December 31, 2021, the board shall remove
the following items from public display:
(1) the portrait of Albert Sidney Johnson located in
the senate chamber;
(2) the cannons located on the south grounds of the
Capitol and near the south entrance to the Capitol building;
(3) the Confederate Soldiers' Monument located on the
south grounds of the Capitol;
(4) the portrait of Richard William "Dick" Dowling
located in the house chamber;
(5) Hood's Texas Brigade Monument located on the east
grounds of the Capitol;
(6) the portrait of Jefferson Davis located in the
senate chamber; and
(7) Terry's Texas Rangers Monument located on the
south grounds of the Capitol.
SECTION 2. Section 2165.251(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The space in the old State Board of Insurance State
Office Building, located on San Jacinto Street between 11th and
12th streets in Austin, the Sam Houston Building, and the
Jackson-Webber [John H. Reagan] Building are allocated to the
legislature and legislative agencies for their use.
SECTION 3. (a) The state office building located on the
south side of 15th Street between Congress Avenue and Colorado
Street in Austin, previously known as the John H. Reagan Building,
is renamed the Jackson-Webber Building in honor of Nathaniel
Jackson and John Webber.
(b) As soon as practicable following the effective date of
this Act, the Texas Facilities Commission shall implement the name
change made by Subsection (a) of this section.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.