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                                                                  H.B. No. 2902




AN ACT

relating to the maintenance and preservation of historic 
courthouses.       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 442.0081, Government 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 442.0081.  HISTORIC COURTHOUSE PRESERVATION AND 
MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS [PROGRAM];  GRANTS AND LOANS.
	SECTION 2.  Section 442.0081, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (g-1) and amending Subsection (h) to read as 
follows:
	(g-1)  To help protect courthouses that have benefited from 
the historic courthouse preservation program, the commission shall 
develop and implement a maintenance program to assist counties 
receiving money under the preservation program in continuing to 
maintain, repair, and preserve the courthouses.  The maintenance 
program may include offering to periodically inspect the 
courthouses and offering counties technical assistance and 
information on best practices in maintaining the courthouses.
	(h)  The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement 
the historic courthouse preservation and maintenance programs
[program].
	SECTION 3.  Sections 442.0083(e) and (f), Government Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(e)  A grant for a historic courthouse project may not exceed 
the greater of $6 [$4] million or two percent of the amount 
appropriated for implementing the historic courthouse preservation 
program during the state fiscal biennium.
	(f)  Biennial appropriations to the commission for 
administering the historic courthouse preservation and maintenance 
programs [program] during a state fiscal biennium, including 
providing oversight for historic courthouse projects, may not 
exceed 2-1/2 [one] percent of the amount appropriated for 
implementing the historic courthouse preservation and maintenance 
programs [program] during the state fiscal biennium.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2902 was passed by the House on May 4, 
2005, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate 
amendments to H.B. No. 2902 on May 23, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 2902 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 20, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor