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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Alamo preservation fund and the establishment of an |
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Alamo preservation fund advisory committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 31, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Sections 31.4545 and 31.4546 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 31.4545. ALAMO PRESERVATION FUND. (a) The Alamo |
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preservation fund is a special fund in the state treasury outside |
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the general revenue fund as established by Section 49-q, Article |
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III, Texas Constitution. |
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(b) The land office shall manage the Alamo preservation fund |
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and may accept a gift, grant, or donation of money, securities, |
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services, or property to restore, preserve, maintain, operate, and |
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develop the Alamo complex. |
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(c) The land office may spend money from the Alamo |
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preservation fund only for the restoration, preservation, |
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maintenance, operation, or development of the Alamo complex and |
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only in amounts that are less than or equal to the amounts received |
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by the land office from federal, local, or private sources, which |
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the land office may spend for the same purposes. |
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(d) The land office shall retain not less than $25 million |
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in an account in the Alamo preservation fund to be known as the |
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Alamo operation and maintenance trust account. The land office may |
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spend the interest and other earnings from the trust account for the |
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operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Alamo complex. |
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Sec. 31.4546. ALAMO PRESERVATION FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. |
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(a) The Alamo preservation fund advisory committee is established |
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to advise the land office on expenditures of money from the Alamo |
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preservation fund. The advisory committee consists of 15 members |
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appointed as follows: |
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(1) three members appointed by the governor; |
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(2) three members appointed by the lieutenant |
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governor; |
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(3) three members appointed by the speaker of the |
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house of representatives; |
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(4) three members appointed by the commissioner of the |
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land office; |
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(5) two members appointed by the San Antonio City |
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Council; and |
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(6) one member appointed by the Bexar County |
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Commissioners Court. |
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(b) Members of the advisory committee serve staggered |
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three-year terms with the terms of five members expiring January 1 |
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of each year. |
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(c) The commissioner of the land office shall appoint a |
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member to serve as presiding officer of the advisory committee. |
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(d) The advisory committee shall make recommendations to |
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the land office on the best use of money in the Alamo preservation |
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fund to create a world-class site to educate visitors on the history |
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and importance of the Alamo in this state's fight for independence, |
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to honor the people who lost their lives at the Alamo, and to |
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develop the complex and surrounding grounds, including providing |
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education and museum facilities, financing studies and planning, |
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providing architectural services, acquiring land or buildings, and |
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constructing facilities. |
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(e) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the |
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advisory committee. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2016, as required by |
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Section 31.4546, Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act: |
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(1) the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the |
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house of representatives, and the commissioner of the General Land |
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Office shall each appoint three members to the Alamo preservation |
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fund advisory committee and each designate one of their appointed |
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members to a term expiring January 1, 2017, one to a term expiring |
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January 1, 2018, and one to a term expiring January 1, 2019; |
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(2) the San Antonio City Council shall appoint two |
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members to the Alamo preservation fund advisory committee and |
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designate one member to a term expiring January 1, 2017, and one to |
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a term expiring January 1, 2018; and |
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(3) the Bexar County Commissioners Court shall appoint |
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one member to the Alamo preservation fund advisory committee to a |
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term expiring January 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect December 1, 2015, but only |
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if the constitutional amendment to establish the Alamo preservation |
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fund and make a one-time transfer of money from the economic |
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stabilization fund to the Alamo preservation fund is approved by |
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the voters. If that amendment is not approved by the voters, this |
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Act has no effect. |