Tex. Gov't Code § 442.0062 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR OF OFFICIAL TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Official Texas historical marker" means a marker, medallion, monument, or plaque awarded, approved, or administered by the commission, including:
(A) centennial monuments installed by the State of Texas in the 1930s;
(B) monuments installed by the State of Texas in the 1950s and 1960s to commemorate Texas history;
(C) medallions, plaques, or markers installed by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee, the commission's predecessor, in or after 1953; and
(D) markers, medallions, monuments, or plaques installed by the commission in or after 1973 on public or private property to commemorate an area, event, or person that are engraved with text or to which a plaque with text is attached.
(2) "Institution of higher education" and "university system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
(b) An official Texas historical marker is state property, regardless of whether the marker is located on public or private property.
(c) The commission has jurisdiction over and is responsible for the preservation, maintenance, and repair of official Texas historical markers.
(d) This section may not be construed as transferring ownership or control of, or the responsibility to preserve, maintain, or repair, a museum, statue, exhibition building, or other building that is owned or operated by a private entity, municipality, county, or institution of higher education or university system.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 948 (H.B. 4187), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.442.htm
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