Bill Text: TX HB1397 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer and the care and custody of the letter known as the victory or death letter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-19 - Filed [HB1397 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1397-Introduced.html
| 89R463 SCP-D | ||
| By: Harris | H.B. No. 1397 | |
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| relating to the transfer and the care and custody of the letter | ||
| known as the victory or death letter. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 31, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 31.4515 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 31.4515. CARE AND CUSTODY OF VICTORY OR DEATH LETTER; | ||
| DISPLAY. (a) In this section, "victory or death letter" means the | ||
| letter written by Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis dated | ||
| February 24, 1836, and signed "Victory or Death." | ||
| (b) The land office is responsible for the care and custody | ||
| of the victory or death letter. | ||
| (c) The land office shall designate an appropriate place in | ||
| the Alamo complex for the storage and display of the victory or | ||
| death letter. | ||
| (d) Any power or duty related to the victory or death letter | ||
| formerly vested in another state agency or entity is vested solely | ||
| in the land office. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission shall | ||
| transfer the letter described by Section 31.4515(a), Natural | ||
| Resources Code, as added by this Act, to the General Land Office. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
