| 1 | 1 | | 89R15040 SCF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Shofner H.B. No. 4103 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to operation and management of the Eyes of Father Margil |
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| 10 | 10 | | State Historic Site and Trail by the Texas Historical Commission. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 442, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | adding Subchapter B-3 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SUBCHAPTER B-3. EYES OF FATHER MARGIL STATE HISTORIC SITE AND TRAIL |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 442.068. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) "Commission" means the Texas Historical |
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| 17 | 17 | | Commission. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) "Fund" means the Eyes of Father Margil State |
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| 19 | 19 | | Historic Site and Trail fund established under Section 442.0682. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) "Historic site" means the Eyes of Father Margil |
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| 21 | 21 | | State Historic Site and Trail in Nacogdoches, Texas. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 442.0681. EYES OF FATHER MARGIL STATE HISTORIC SITE |
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| 23 | 23 | | AND TRAIL. (a) To the extent authorized by law, the commission may |
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| 24 | 24 | | contract with the municipality that owns the Eyes of Father Margil |
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| 25 | 25 | | State Historic Site and Trail for the commission to assume |
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| 26 | 26 | | operation and administration of the historic site. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) A contract executed under Subsection (a) must contain |
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| 28 | 28 | | provisions for: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) expanding, renovating, managing, maintaining, |
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| 30 | 30 | | operating, or providing financial support for the historic site, |
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| 31 | 31 | | including administration, construction, and operation of a visitor |
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| 32 | 32 | | center, and related activities; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) preserving for the historic site artifacts, |
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| 34 | 34 | | relics, and other items of historical interest; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) employing for the historic site a director and |
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| 36 | 36 | | other employees the commission considers necessary to fulfill the |
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| 37 | 37 | | commission's duties and responsibilities under the contract; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) accepting donations of money, property, and |
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| 39 | 39 | | historical relics for the historic site; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (5) acquiring for the historic site property and |
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| 41 | 41 | | historical relics with money available for that purpose. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Sec. 442.0682. EYES OF FATHER MARGIL STATE HISTORIC SITE |
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| 43 | 43 | | AND TRAIL FUND. (a) The Eyes of Father Margil State Historic Site |
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| 44 | 44 | | and Trail fund is created as a fund outside the state treasury. The |
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| 45 | 45 | | commission shall administer the fund but may contract with the |
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| 46 | 46 | | municipality that owns the historic site for administration of the |
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| 47 | 47 | | fund. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) The fund consists of: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) admissions revenue from the operation of the |
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| 50 | 50 | | historic site; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) sales revenue from the operation of the historic |
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| 52 | 52 | | site gift shop; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) donations to the commission for the historic site. |
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| 54 | 54 | | (c) Money in the fund may be spent without legislative |
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| 55 | 55 | | appropriation and only to administer, operate, preserve, repair, |
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| 56 | 56 | | expand, or otherwise maintain the historic site. |
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| 57 | 57 | | (d) Interest and income from the assets of the fund shall be |
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| 58 | 58 | | credited to and deposited in the fund. |
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| 59 | 59 | | Sec. 442.0683. GRANTS; DONATIONS. The commission may |
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| 60 | 60 | | accept a grant or donation for the operation and administration of |
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| 61 | 61 | | the historic site. |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 63 | 63 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 64 | 64 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 65 | 65 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 66 | 66 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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