HB 5032

relating to the display of certain historical documents in the
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter L, Chapter 441, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 441.206 to read as follows:
Sec. 441.206.  PLAN TO DISPLAY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS IN
CAPITOL COMPLEX.  (a)  The commission, in collaboration with the
State Preservation Board and other state agencies responsible for
the care and custody of historical documents and as the commission
determines appropriate, shall develop a plan to display in the
Capitol Complex the following documents:
(1)  the victory or death letter written by Lieutenant
Colonel William Barret Travis dated February 24, 1836;
(2)  the Texas Declaration of Independence; and
(b)  Not later than December 1, 2027, the commission shall:
(1)  develop the plan as described by Subsection (a);
(2)  publish the plan on the commission's Internet
(3)  provide a copy of the plan to the standing
committees of each house of the legislature that have jurisdiction
over the state's historical resources.
(c)  This section expires September 1, 2031.
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.