When used in this chapter, the following words or terms have
the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise.
(1) Historical Artifacts--The tangible remains of existing
and past inhabitants of, and visitors to, the state of Texas.
(2) Records--Documents that are written, either by
hand or mechanical impression, that provide important information
related to the history of Texas.
(3) Documents--Written letters, diaries, journals,
books, photographs, drawn pictures, or any other material accounts
or portrayals of information related to the history of Texas.
(4) Acquisition--The purchase or other necessary expenditures
associated with obtaining, transporting, packaging, and preparing
documents, records, or historical artifacts for perpetual preservation,
including cataloguing, collecting, analyzing, conserving, excavating,
or curating. Ownership of all materials will be by the State of Texas.
(5) Museum--The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum,
or any public or private institution that is organized on a permanent
basis for mainly educational or aesthetic purposes, uses a professional
staff, owns or uses tangible objects, whether animate or inanimate,
cares for those objects and exhibits them to the public on a regular
basis for at least 120 days a year, and has as a primary purpose the
curation or display of documents, records, or historical artifacts
important to Texas history. Such institutions must be certified by
the commission's Curatorial Facility Certification Program to hold
state-associated held-in-trust collections, in accordance with Chapter
29 of this title (relating to Management and Care of Artifacts and
Collections).
(6) Repository--Any publicly or privately supported
institution that has as its primary purpose the curation for public
benefit of documents, records, or historical artifacts important to
Texas history. Such institutions must be certified by the commission's
Curatorial Facility Certification Program to hold state-associated
held-in-trust collections, in accordance with Chapter 29 of this title.
(7) Emergency acquisition--That the decision to purchase
documents, records, or historical artifacts must be made before the
next scheduled meeting of the commission. Such decisions would be
necessary because the documents, records, or artifacts are available
for immediate sale and are not likely to be available for acquisition
at the next scheduled commission meeting. The decision to make an
emergency acquisition will be made by the executive director with
the advice of the chair of the commission.
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