Bill Text: TX HB1186 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to removing or renaming certain objects and structures located in or near the Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-19 - Left pending in committee [HB1186 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1186-Introduced.html
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By: Anchia | H.B. No. 1186 |
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relating to removing or renaming certain objects and structures | ||
located in or near the Capitol. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 443.01527 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 443.01527. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN ITEMS FROM PUBLIC | ||
DISPLAY. Not later than December 31, 2021, the board shall remove | ||
the following items from public display: | ||
(1) the portrait of Albert Sidney Johnson located in | ||
the senate chamber; | ||
(2) the cannons located on the south grounds of the | ||
Capitol and near the south entrance to the Capitol building; | ||
(3) the Confederate Soldiers' Monument located on the | ||
south grounds of the Capitol; | ||
(4) the portrait of Richard William "Dick" Dowling | ||
located in the house chamber; | ||
(5) Hood's Texas Brigade Monument located on the east | ||
grounds of the Capitol; | ||
(6) the portrait of Jefferson Davis located in the | ||
senate chamber; and | ||
(7) Terry's Texas Rangers Monument located on the | ||
south grounds of the Capitol. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2165.251(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The space in the old State Board of Insurance State | ||
Office Building, located on San Jacinto Street between 11th and | ||
12th streets in Austin, the Sam Houston Building, and the | ||
Jackson-Webber [ |
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legislature and legislative agencies for their use. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) The state office building located on the | ||
south side of 15th Street between Congress Avenue and Colorado | ||
Street in Austin, previously known as the John H. Reagan Building, | ||
is renamed the Jackson-Webber Building in honor of Nathaniel | ||
Jackson and John Webber. | ||
(b) As soon as practicable following the effective date of | ||
this Act, the Texas Facilities Commission shall implement the name | ||
change made by Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |