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| 1 | 1 | 87R5918 DRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Burns H.B. No. 1756 | |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to county appropriations to historical foundations or | |
| 8 | 8 | organizations. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 318.021, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 318.021. APPROPRIATIONS TO HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS[: | |
| 13 | 13 | CERTAIN COUNTIES]. The commissioners court of a county [with a | |
| 14 | 14 | population of 239,000 to 825,000] may appropriate money from the | |
| 15 | 15 | general fund of the county to a historical foundation or | |
| 16 | 16 | organization in the county for the purpose of purchasing, | |
| 17 | 17 | constructing, restoring, preserving, maintaining, or | |
| 18 | 18 | reconstructing historical landmarks, buildings, and furnishings | |
| 19 | 19 | that are of historical significance to the county. The foundation | |
| 20 | 20 | or organization must be incorporated under the law of this state as | |
| 21 | 21 | a nonprofit corporation. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |