| 1 | 1 | | 88R3770 DRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Burns H.B. No. 2185 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to county appropriations to historical foundations or |
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| 8 | 8 | | organizations. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 318.021, Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 318.021. APPROPRIATIONS TO HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS[: |
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| 13 | 13 | | CERTAIN COUNTIES]. The commissioners court of a county [with a |
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| 14 | 14 | | population of 239,000 to 825,000] may appropriate money from the |
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| 15 | 15 | | general fund of the county to a historical foundation or |
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| 16 | 16 | | organization in the county for the purpose of purchasing, |
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| 17 | 17 | | constructing, restoring, preserving, maintaining, or |
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| 18 | 18 | | reconstructing historical landmarks, buildings, and furnishings |
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| 19 | 19 | | that are of historical significance to the county. The foundation |
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| 20 | 20 | | or organization must be incorporated under the law of this state as |
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| 21 | 21 | | a nonprofit corporation. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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