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                                                                  S.B. No. 920




AN ACT

relating to creating the Texas Treasure Award to honor businesses 
that have existed in Texas for 50 years or more.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 442, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Section 442.019 to read as follows:
	Sec. 442.019.  TEXAS TREASURE AWARDS.  (a)  The commission 
shall create the Texas Treasure Award program to honor businesses 
that have existed in this state providing employment and supporting 
the Texas economy for 50 years or more.
	(b)  Any person may nominate a business that meets the 
criteria described by Subsection (a) to the commission for 
consideration to receive the award.
	(c)  The commission shall establish separate levels of 
recognition for businesses that have existed in this state 
providing employment and supporting the Texas economy for at least 
50 years, at least 75 years, at least 100 years, and at least 125 
years.
	(d)  The commission shall periodically select businesses to 
receive Texas Treasure Awards for the various levels of recognition 
as the commission considers appropriate considering the 
significance of the contribution of each business to this state.  
The commission shall honor the recipient of a Texas Treasure Award 
by presenting the recipient with a suitable plaque that includes 
the business's level of recognition and other appropriate 
information.
	(e)  The commission shall notify the state senator and state 
representative in whose districts a recipient's principal place of 
business in this state is located.  The commission, the recipient, 
and the state senator and state representative shall cooperate in 
determining whether the ceremony at which the plaque honoring the 
recipient will be presented will be held in the hall of the senate, 
in the hall of the house of representatives, in the municipality or 
general area in which the recipient's principal place of business 
in this state is located, or in another suitable location.
	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, 2005.

                                                                              




______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 920 passed the Senate on 
April 26, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 920 passed the House on 
May 25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, two 
present not voting.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


______________________________ 
            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor