Bill Text: TX HB4752 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas House Bill 4752

Bill Title: Relating to requiring the Texas Historical Commission to create a program to identify and restore Rosenwald Schools structures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-16 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [HB4752 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4752-Engrossed.html

	88R25131 LRM-D

	By: Gervin-Hawkins, Flores, Garcia	H.B. No. 4752



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to requiring the Texas Historical Commission to create a
	program to identify and restore Rosenwald Schools structures.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 442.034 to read as follows:
	Sec. 442.034. ROSENWALD SCHOOLS STRUCTURES PROGRAM. (a)
	The commission shall establish a program to:
	(1) identify, renovate, restore, maintain, and
	preserve Rosenwald Schools structures, and their contents, located
	in this state; and
	(2) protect the historical and architectural
	integrity of the exterior, interior, and grounds of the Rosenwald
	Schools structures.
	(b) The commission may, as part of the program, acquire
	property containing a Rosenwald School structure.
	(c) A Rosenwald School structure restored, repaired, or
	renovated under the program may be used as a community learning
	center.
	(d) The commission may accept gifts, grants, and in-kind
	donations from public and private entities to implement the
	program. The legislature may appropriate money to the commission
	to implement the program.
	(e) The commission may adopt rules reasonably necessary to
	implement the program.
	SECTION 2. The Texas Historical Commission shall first
	implement the program established by Section 442.034, Government
	Code, as added by this Act, in the south central region of this
	state.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.