By: Biedermann H.B. No. 3013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the preservation and maintenance of the Alamo by the
General Land Office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 31.0515 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.0515. DUTIES RELATED TO THE ALAMO COMPLEX. The land
office shall:
(1) employ staff necessary to preserve and maintain
the Alamo complex and contract for professional services of
qualified consultants; and
(2) prepare an annual budget and work plan, including
preservation, future construction, and usual maintenance for the
Alamo complex, including buildings on the Alamo property, their
contents, and their grounds.
(3) ensure the Alamo and Alamo complex, including
present and future museums, focus on the 1836 Battle telling the
history of why Texians and Tejanos fought in the Battle of the
Alamo solely as described in the Texas Declaration of Independence
dated March 2, 1836.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021