Tex. Gov't Code § 443.010 · Chapter 443. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD
DONATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board and the employees of the board shall develop plans and programs to solicit, and may solicit, gifts, money, and items of value from private persons, foundations, or organizations. Property provided by those entities and money donated to the board become the property of the state and are under the control of the board. The board shall use gifts of money made to the board for the purpose specified by the grantor, if any. To the extent practicable, the board shall use gifts of property made to the board for the purpose specified by the grantor. The board may refuse a gift if in the board's judgment the purpose specified by the grantor conflicts with the goal of preserving the historic character of the buildings under the board's control.
(b) This section does not apply to temporary exhibits or property of a person having an office in the Capitol.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 10, Sec. 5, eff. Aug. 29, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (S.B. 1338), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.443.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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