89R14581 GP-F
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3471
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the permissible uses of money attributable to the
historic infrastructure sustainability trust fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 442.0151(b), (f), and (h), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The historic infrastructure sustainability trust fund
is created as a trust fund outside the treasury held by the trust
company and administered by the comptroller as trustee on behalf of
the people of this state to generate earnings on money in the fund
for the purpose of maintaining, preserving, rehabilitating,
improving, and restoring historic sites throughout the state.
(f) The commission annually may request a distribution from
the fund in an amount that may not exceed the amount the trust
company determines is available for distribution in the applicable
year under Subsection (d). Money distributed from the fund to the
commission may be used only for the purpose of maintaining,
preserving, rehabilitating, improving, and restoring state
historic sites under the control of the commission and for the
historic courthouse preservation program under Section 442.0081.
The commission shall allocate at least one-third of each annual
distribution from the fund under this subsection for the historic
courthouse preservation program. The commission may not use money
received from an annual distribution under this subsection to pay
salaries, employee benefits, costs associated with employee
benefits, or administration, operating, or program costs of the
commission.
(h) The commission may receive an additional distribution
from the fund under Subsection (g) only after the commission
certifies to the Legislative Budget Board that:
(1) the commission has reviewed and approved the use
of the money;
(2) all purchases made with the money will conform to
any applicable provision of law governing state procurement and
contracting; and
(3) the money will not be used to:
(A) pay salaries, employee benefits, costs
associated with employee benefits, or administration, operating,
or program costs of the commission or the state historic sites under
the control of the commission;
(B) acquire new historic sites [or real
property]; or
(C) purchase capital equipment that is not
related to the rehabilitation or restoration of a historic site
under the control of the commission or the historic courthouse
preservation program under Section 442.0081.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a distribution from the historic infrastructure sustainability
trust fund requested by the Texas Historical Commission on or after
the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.