| 1 | 1 | | 89R18107 LRM-D |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | By: Metcalf H.B. No. 5032 |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | relating to the display of certain historical documents in the |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | Capitol Complex. |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 441, Government Code, is |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 441.206 to read as follows: |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 441.206. PLAN TO DISPLAY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS IN |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | CAPITOL COMPLEX. (a) The commission, in collaboration with the |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | State Preservation Board and other state agencies responsible for |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | the care and custody of historical documents and as the commission |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | determines appropriate, shall develop a plan to display in the |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | Capitol Complex the following documents: |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | (1) the victory or death letter written by Lieutenant |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | Colonel William Barret Travis dated February 24, 1836; |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | (2) the Texas Declaration of Independence; and |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | (3) the Texas Constitution. |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | (b) Not later than December 1, 2027, the commission shall: |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | (1) develop the plan as described by Subsection (a); |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | (2) publish the plan on the commission's Internet |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | website; and |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | (3) provide a copy of the plan to the standing |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | committees of each house of the legislature that have jurisdiction |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | over the state's historical resources. |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | (c) This section expires September 1, 2031. |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
|---|