Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1269 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/09/2021

                    87R5360 MWC-D
 By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1269


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the main street program administered by the Texas
 Historical Commission.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 442.014, Government Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 442.014.  MAIN STREET PROGRAM. (a) The commission
 shall administer a main street program to assist communities
 [municipalities] with the development, restoration, and
 preservation of their historic neighborhood commercial districts
 and central business districts.
 (b)  The [Each year the] commission shall designate certain
 communities [municipalities] to participate in the program as
 official main street cities.
 (c)  The commission by rule shall prescribe the frequency of
 community designations and qualification standards for
 participation in the program [as a main street city or as an urban
 main street city. Any municipality not designated under Subsection
 (b) may apply with the commission to participate in the program
 under this subsection].
 (d)  The commission by rule shall prescribe a fee schedule
 for participation in the program under Subsection (c). The
 commission shall collect fees from the participating communities
 [municipalities] to offset [recover the] costs of participation in
 the program.
 SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
 of this Act, the Texas Historical Commission shall adopt the rules
 necessary to administer Section 442.014, Government Code, as
 amended by this Act.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.