Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. art. 6145-11b

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 6145-11b - Sesquicentennial Fund

Sec. 1. Amounts received from the following sources shall be deposited in a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the sesquicentennial fund and are appropriated for the purposes contained herein:

(1) licensing fees and royalties authorized by Paragraph (B), Subdivision (8), Section 7, Chapter 84, Acts of the 66th Legislature, 1979 (Article 6145-11, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and

(2) proceeds from the sale of medallions designated by the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission as lone stars under Article 6145-14a, Revised Statutes.

Sec. 2. After the expiration of Chapter 84, Acts of the 66th Legislature, 1979 (Article 6145-11, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), the comptroller of public accounts shall collect proceeds from royalties due under licenses granted by the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission.

Sec. 3. As amounts from licensing fees, royalties, and the sale of medallions designated as lone stars by the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission are deposited in the fund:

(1) the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts equally between an account in the fund that may be used only by the Texas Tourist Development Agency and an account in the fund that may be used only by the Texas Commission on the Arts, until the account of the Texas Commission on the Arts has received $1,261,244; and

(2) after the account for the Texas Commission on the Arts has received $1,261,244, the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts only to the account of the Texas Tourist Development Agency until that account has received $2,291,996; and

(3) after the account for the Texas Tourist Development Agency has received $2,291,996, the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts equally among the account of the Texas Tourist Development Agency, the account of the Texas Commission on the Arts, and an account in the fund that may be used only by the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission, until the account of the Texas Commission on the Arts has received a total of $7,095,846 from amounts allocated under this subsection and Subdivision (1) of this section;

(4) after the account for the Texas Commission on the Arts has received a total of $7,095,846 from amounts allocated under Subdivisions (1) and (3) of this section, the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts equally between the accounts of the Texas Tourist Development Agency and the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission until the account of the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission has received a total of $10,000,000 from amounts allocated under this subdivision and Subdivision (3) of this section or until January 31, 1987, whichever shall first occur.

(5) after the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission has received a total of $10,000,000 from the amounts allocated under Subdivisions (3) and (4) of this section, the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts only to the account of the Texas Tourist Development Agency until the account of the Texas Tourist Development Agency has received a total of $15,145,604; and

(6) after the Texas Tourist Development Agency has received a total of $15,145,604 from amounts allocated under this section, the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts only to the account of the State Preservation Board.

Sec. 4.

(a) Money in the fund allocated to the Texas Tourist Development Agency under Subdivisions (1) and (2) of Section 3 of this article shall be used to publish an official tour guide of the sesquicentennial or for promotional activities for the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission.

(b) Money in the fund allocated to the Texas Tourist Development Agency under Subdivisions (3), (4), and (5) of Section 3 of this article shall be used to advertise and promote the sesquicentennial both in and out of the state and for other activities as provided by law.

(c) Money in the fund allocated to the Texas Commission on the Arts under Section 3 of this article shall be used for funding and supporting sesquicentennial projects and programs and to perform any of the functions of the commission.

(d) Not less than one-half the money in the fund allocated to the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission shall be distributed to local official sesquicentennial committees sanctioned by the commission according to procedures adopted by the commission.

(e) Money in the fund allocated to the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission that is not distributed to local official sesquicentennial committees under Subsection (d) of this section or used to reimburse the comptroller of public accounts for audit services provided under Section 5 of this article shall be used to advertise and promote the sesquicentennial both in and out of state through interagency contracts with the Texas Tourist Development Agency.

Sec. 5. The comptroller of public accounts may audit any official sesquicentennial licensee or product manufacturer. At the request of the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission, the comptroller of public accounts shall perform the audit and collect any money due. At the request of the comptroller of public accounts, the attorney general shall sue as necessary to collect the amounts due to the state and uncollected. The comptroller of public accounts shall be reimbursed for services provided under this section from money provided for that purpose under Subsection (e) of Section 4 of this article.

Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 6145-11b

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 651, Sec. 5, eff. 8/26/1985. Sec. 5 amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 26, Sec. 1, eff. 12/4/1986; Sec. 3 amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 21.59, eff. 9/1/1997.