Bill Text: TX SB32 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the display of the national motto and historically significant documents to the founding of the United States in public schools and institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-06 - Filed [SB32 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB32-Introduced.html
| By: Paxton | S.B. No. 32 | |
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| relating to the display of the national motto and historically | ||
| significant documents to the founding of the United States in | ||
| public schools and institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1.004, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1.004. DISPLAY OF NATIONAL MOTTO AND HISTORICALLY | ||
| SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENTS. (a) A public elementary or secondary | ||
| school or an institution of higher education as defined by Section | ||
| 61.003 must display in a conspicuous place in each building of the | ||
| school or institution a durable poster or framed copy of the United | ||
| States national motto, "In God We Trust," and the historically | ||
| significant documents to the founding of the United States if the | ||
| poster or framed copy meets the requirements of Subsection (b) and | ||
| is: | ||
| (1) donated for display at the school or institution; | ||
| or | ||
| (2) purchased from private donations and made | ||
| available to the school or institution. | ||
| (a-1) In this section, "historically significant documents | ||
| to the founding of the United States" means: | ||
| (1) the United States Declaration of Independence; | ||
| (2) the United States Constitution; and | ||
| (3) the Ten Commandments. | ||
| (b) A poster or framed copy [ |
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| described by Subsection (a): | ||
| (1) must contain: | ||
| (A) the national motto, a representation of the | ||
| United States flag centered under the national motto, and a | ||
| representation of the state flag; | ||
| (B) one or more of the historically significant | ||
| documents to the founding of the United States; or | ||
| (C) both the items described by Paragraph (A) and | ||
| one or more items described by Paragraph (B); and | ||
| (2) may not depict any words, images, or other | ||
| information other than the items [ |
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| Subdivision (1). | ||
| (c) A public elementary or secondary school and an | ||
| institution of higher education may accept and use private | ||
| donations for the purposes of Subsection (a). | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
