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