| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to the establishment of a task force to evaluate |
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| 6 | 8 | | state-owned artifact collections. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "task force" means the |
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| 9 | 11 | | task force established under Section 2 of this Act. |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE. A task force is |
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| 11 | 13 | | established to manage artifact collections owned by this state. |
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| 12 | 14 | | SECTION 3. TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP. (a) The task force is |
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| 13 | 15 | | composed of representatives of the: |
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| 14 | 16 | | (1) Texas Historical Commission; |
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| 15 | 17 | | (2) General Land Office; |
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| 16 | 18 | | (3) Texas State Library and Archives Commission; |
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| 17 | 19 | | (4) Parks and Wildlife Department; |
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| 18 | 20 | | (5) State Preservation Board; and |
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| 19 | 21 | | (6) Texas Facilities Commission. |
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| 20 | 22 | | (b) The executive director of each state agency represented |
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| 21 | 23 | | on the task force shall appoint an employee of the agency to serve |
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| 22 | 24 | | as the agency's representative on the task force not later than |
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| 23 | 25 | | October 1, 2021. |
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| 24 | 26 | | (c) The member representing the Texas Facilities Commission |
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| 25 | 27 | | must have engineering and architectural expertise. |
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| 26 | 28 | | SECTION 4. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES. A member of the task |
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| 27 | 29 | | force is not entitled to compensation for service on the task force |
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| 28 | 30 | | but is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by |
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| 29 | 31 | | the member while conducting the business of the task force as |
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| 30 | 32 | | provided by the General Appropriations Act. |
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| 31 | 33 | | SECTION 5. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. For each state agency |
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| 32 | 34 | | represented on the task force, the task force shall: |
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| 33 | 35 | | (1) evaluate the need for a separate collections |
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| 34 | 36 | | facility for the agency and compare use of a separate collection |
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| 35 | 37 | | facility to a secure centrally located joint collections facility |
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| 36 | 38 | | with a processing laboratory for repair, cleaning, re-housing, and |
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| 37 | 39 | | light conservation of state artifacts, including cost estimates for |
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| 38 | 40 | | maintaining a separate collections facility for each agency |
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| 39 | 41 | | compared to a joint collections facility; |
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| 40 | 42 | | (2) analyze the storage capacity for the agency's |
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| 41 | 43 | | collections to determine whether the agency's collections facility |
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| 42 | 44 | | is adequate for the agency's successful stewardship of its |
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| 43 | 45 | | collections over the next five years and 10 years; |
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| 44 | 46 | | (3) review the option of establishing a |
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| 45 | 47 | | disaster-secure collections facility with separate storage areas |
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| 46 | 48 | | for each agency; |
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| 47 | 49 | | (4) review the recommendations in the Texas Historical |
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| 48 | 50 | | Commission's December 2018 response to the Sunset Advisory |
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| 49 | 51 | | Commission decisions on creating a searchable public catalog of |
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| 50 | 52 | | state-owned collections to determine cost estimates for |
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| 51 | 53 | | implementing the recommendations and a process for implementing the |
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| 52 | 54 | | recommendations; and |
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| 53 | 55 | | (5) assess any unmet need of the agency regarding |
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| 54 | 56 | | state-owned collections as determined by the task force. |
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| 55 | 57 | | SECTION 6. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2022, the |
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| 56 | 58 | | task force shall report the task force's findings and |
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| 57 | 59 | | determinations under Section 5 of this Act to the governor, |
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| 58 | 60 | | lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and |
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| 59 | 61 | | standing committees of each house of the legislature with primary |
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| 60 | 62 | | jurisdiction over the history and culture of this state. |
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| 61 | 63 | | SECTION 7. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and this |
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| 62 | 64 | | Act expires September 1, 2023. |
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| 63 | 65 | | SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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| 64 | 66 | | 1, 2021. |
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| 65 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 66 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 67 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1177 passed the Senate on |
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| 68 | | - | April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 69 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 70 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 71 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1177 passed the House on |
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| 72 | | - | May 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 27, two |
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| 73 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 74 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 75 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 76 | | - | Approved: |
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| 77 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 78 | | - | Date |
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| 79 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 80 | | - | Governor |
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