1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an organization and the commission may enter into an agreement to use state money for the following purposes:

   1. (1) expanding, renovating, or improving historic sites or facilities, including through construction;
   2. (2) maintaining, preserving, restoring, and protecting historical markers, monuments, and historic sites;
   3. (3) promoting and conducting archeological studies;
   4. (4) designing and fabricating exhibits and preserving, storing, and displaying artifacts, historical data, items of historical significance, and other items;
   5. (5) creating interpretive and educational programs;
   6. (6) acquiring additional artifacts, historical and marketing data, real estate, and items of historical significance relevant to state history, settlement, and culture and historic sites; and
   7. (7) supporting programming or providing financial support for projects of the commission or a historic site.
2. (b) Each agreement entered into under this section must be approved by the commission.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 948 (H.B. 4187), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.