By: Kolkhorst	S.J.R. No. 31
	(In the Senate - Filed January 19, 2017; January 23, 2017,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
	January 24, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 7, Nays 0; January 24, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations
	for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of
	historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to
	accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and
	contributions to purchase such items.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 39, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.  The Legislature may, from time to time, make
	appropriations for preserving and perpetuating memorials of the
	history of Texas, by means of monuments, statues, paintings, films,
	videotapes, audiotapes, computer files or other electronic storage
	media, and documents of historical value. The Legislature or an
	agency of the state may accept on behalf of the state gifts of items
	of historical value and contributions to purchase items of
	historical value.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment allowing the
	legislature to make appropriations for preserving and perpetuating
	certain items of historical value and allowing the legislature and
	state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of
	historical value and contributions to preserve and perpetuate such
	items."
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