Bill Text: TX HB1756 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1756 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to county appropriations to historical foundations or organizations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Referred to Local Government [HB1756 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1756-Introduced.html

	87R5918 DRS-D

	By: Burns	H.B. No. 1756



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to county appropriations to historical foundations or
	organizations.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 318.021, Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 318.021. APPROPRIATIONS TO HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS[:
	~~CERTAIN COUNTIES~~]. The commissioners court of a county [~~with a~~
	~~population of 239,000 to 825,000~~] may appropriate money from the
	general fund of the county to a historical foundation or
	organization in the county for the purpose of purchasing,
	constructing, restoring, preserving, maintaining, or
	reconstructing historical landmarks, buildings, and furnishings
	that are of historical significance to the county. The foundation
	or organization must be incorporated under the law of this state as
	a nonprofit corporation.
	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, 2021.