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Senate committee reviews bill shifting responsibility for historic markers to Texas Historical Commission
Summary
A committee substitute for House Bill 41 87 would consolidate responsibility for historic markers and allow the Texas Historical Commission to use trust funds for site improvements, permit multiple affiliated nonprofits, and support retail operations; lawmakers and the commission described damaged markers and the need for a single steward.
House Bill 41 87, considered in committee as a committee substitute, would consolidate responsibility for a variety of state historic markers and authorize the Texas Historical Commission to use trust-fund dollars for improving historic sites.
The substitute, explained by Senator Lois Kolkhorst, adds a section allowing the commission to use funds from the Historic Infrastructure Sustainability Trust Fund to improve historic sites, permits the commission to have more than one affiliated nonprofit to support its operations, clarifies that the commission may spend appropriated funds to support retail operations at historic sites, and requires historians employed by the Historic Sites Division to develop an approved…
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