Sec. 442.072. JURISDICTION    


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  • (a) The following historic sites and parks formerly under the jurisdiction of the Parks and Wildlife Department are under the commission's jurisdiction:

    (1) Acton State Historic Site;

    (2) Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site;

    (3) Casa Navarro State Historic Site;

    (4) Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site;

    (5) Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site;

    (6) Fannin Battleground State Historic Site;

    (7) Fort Griffin State Historic Site;

    (8) Fort Lancaster State Historic Site;

    (9) Fort McKavett State Historic Site;

    (10) Fulton Mansion State Historic Site;

    (11) Landmark Inn State Historic Site;

    (12) Levi Jordan State Historic Site;

    (13) Magoffin Home State Historic Site;

    (14) Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site;

    (15) Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site;

    (16) San Felipe State Historic Site;

    (17) Starr Family Home State Historic Site;

    (18) Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site.

    (b) This subsection applies to a historic site that the state is required to operate in a particular manner or for a particular purpose, such as a site improved with federal money subject to federal restrictions on the purposes for which the improved site may be used or a site donated to the state subject to a reversion clause providing that the title reverts to the grantor when the site is not used for the purposes for which it was acquired. The commission has all powers necessary to operate the site in the required manner or for the required purpose.

    (c) The commission may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit corporation, foundation, association, or other nonprofit entity for the expansion, renovation, management, operation, or financial support of a historic site.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1159 , Sec. 11, eff. June 15, 2007.