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Texas Natural Resources Code - Chapter 191 Antiquities CodeLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Natural Resources Code > Texas Natural Resources Code - Chapter 191 Antiquities Code This chapter may be cited as the Antiquities Code of Texas. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2683, ch. 871, art. I, § 1, eff. Sept. ... It is the public policy and in the public interest of the State of Texas to locate, protect, and preserve all sites, objects, buildings, pre-twentieth ... In this chapter: (1) "Committee" means the Texas Historical Commission. (2) "Landmark" means a state archeological landmark. (3) "State agency" means a department, commission, board, ... (a) Information specifying the location of any site or item declared to be a state archeological landmark under Subchapter D of this chapter is not ... (a) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 109, § 29, eff. Aug. 30, 1995. (b) If an institution of higher education notifies the committee ... (a) The committee is the legal custodian of all items described in this chapter that have been recovered and retained by the State of Texas. ... The committee may promulgate rules and require contract or permit conditions to reasonably effect the purposes of this chapter. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2685, ... (a) Before breaking ground at a project location on state or local public land, the person primarily responsible for the project or the person's agent ... (a) The committee may contract with other state agencies or political subdivisions and with qualified private institutions, corporations, or individuals for the discovery and scientific ... (a) The committee may issue a permit to other state agencies or political subdivisions or to qualified private institutions, companies, or individuals for the survey ... All scientific investigations or recovery operations conducted under the contract provisions in Section 191.053 of this code and all operations conducted under permits or contracts ... The committee may accept gifts, grants, devises, or bequests of money, securities, or property to be used in the pursuance of its activities and the ... The committee may survey, excavate, or restore antiquities for private parties under rules promulgated by the committee. All real and administrative costs incurred in the ... (a) As far as is consistent with the public policy of this chapter, the committee, on a majority vote, may arrange or contract with other ... (a) The committee shall keep an information file about each complaint filed with the committee. (b) If a written complaint is filed with the committee, ... Sunken or abandoned pre-twentieth century ships and wrecks of the sea, and any part or the contents of them, and all treasure imbedded in the ... (a) Sites, objects, buildings, artifacts, implements, and locations of historical, archeological, scientific, or educational interest, including those pertaining to prehistoric and historical American Indians or ... Landmarks under Section 191.091 or 191.092 of this code are the sole property of the State of Texas and may not be removed, altered, damaged, ... (a) Any site located on private land which is determined by majority vote of the committee to be of sufficient archeological, scientific, or historical significance ... All sites or items of archeological, scientific, or historical interest located on private land in the State of Texas in areas designated as landmarks, as ... Any site on private land which is designated a landmark shall be marked by at least one marker bearing the words "State Archeological Landmark". Acts ... (a) Any landmark on public or private land may be determined by majority vote of the committee to be of no further historical, archeological, educational, ... (a) A state agency may not alter, renovate, or demolish a building possessed by the state that was constructed at least 50 years before the ... (a) No person, firm, or corporation may conduct a salvage or recovery operation without first obtaining a contract. (b) No person, firm, or corporation may ... (a) No person may intentionally and knowingly deface American Indian or aboriginal paintings, hieroglyphics, or other marks or carvings on rock or elsewhere that pertain ... No person who is not the owner, and does not have the consent of the owner, proprietor, lessee, or person in charge, may enter or ... (a) A person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine ... (a) In addition to, and without limiting the other powers of the attorney general, and without altering or waiving any criminal penalty provided in this ... (a) A citizen of the State of Texas may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction for restraining orders and injunctive relief to ... (a) The chief administrative officers of all state agencies and political subdivisions are directed to cooperate and assist the committee and the attorney general in ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |