Sec. 31.455. ALAMO PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD. (a) The land office may establish an Alamo Preservation Advisory Board to provide advice, proposals, and recommendations to:
(1) promote the development of a world-class site to educate visitors on the history and importance of the Alamo in this state's fight for independence and to honor the people who lost their lives at the Alamo;
(2) promote and support the Alamo complex;
(3) provide the resources and support necessary to advance the understanding and education of current and future generations on the historical significance and factual record of the Alamo complex;
(4) inspire virtues of honor and Texas pride;
(5) preserve the memory and achievement of individuals who served at the Alamo and provide a fitting tribute to the heroism of the people who paid the ultimate sacrifice for freedom and of the noble men and women of this state who have served in the armed forces or died while serving in the armed forces to ensure the freedom of the people of this state;
(6) provide educational and museum facilities for the preservation, perpetuation, appropriate publication, and display of manuscripts, books, relics, pictures, oral histories, and all other items and information related to the history of the Alamo complex and of this state that preserve the historical character of the Alamo shrine; and
(7) promote, counsel, and provide support to governmental and private organizations that are committed to objectives similar to the objectives described in this subsection.
(b) The advisory board is composed of:
(1) the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, who serves as the presiding officer of the advisory board;
(2) a designee appointed by the governor;
(3) a representative of the Alamo Endowment, appointed by the commissioner;
(4) the director of the Alamo;
(5) the Alamo curator;
(6) one representative of the Texas Historical Commission;
(7) a designee appointed by the county judge of Bexar County;
(8) a designee appointed by the mayor of the City of San Antonio;
(9) a designee appointed by the commissioner representing the local travel and tourism industry and the businesses and landholders from the area immediately surrounding the Alamo complex;
(10) one member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and
(11) one senator appointed by the lieutenant governor.
(c) Subject to approval by the advisory board, the advisory board may include nonvoting members, who as individuals or as representatives of institutions, are interested in the purposes for which the advisory board was established.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (H.B. 3726), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 2968), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
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