Tex. Gov't Code § 444.021 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES; FUNDING
GENERAL DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall:
(1) foster the development of a receptive climate for the arts that will culturally enrich and benefit state citizens in their daily lives;
(2) make visits and vacations to the state more appealing to the world;
(3) attract, through appropriate programs of publicity and education, additional outstanding artists to become state residents;
(4) direct activities such as the sponsorship of lectures and exhibitions and the central compilation and dissemination of information on the progress of the arts in the state;
(5) provide advice to the comptroller, Texas Historical Commission, Texas State Library, Texas Tourist Development Agency, Texas Department of Transportation, and other state agencies to provide a concentrated state effort in encouraging and developing an appreciation for the arts in the state;
(6) provide advice relating to the creation, acquisition, construction, erection, or remodeling by the state of a work of art; and
(7) provide advice, on request of the governor, relating to the artistic character of buildings constructed, erected, or remodeled by the state.
(b) The commission shall not knowingly foster, encourage, promote, or fund any project which includes obscene material as defined in Section 43.21, Penal Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 108, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 22(35), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.48, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.444.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 d4c30f7c14f70021d2cb5d52bf463bb18a4ff866dc876e23cd04d0fcb5b1c670
- Composed by
- 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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.