Texas Administrative Code
Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 2 - TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Chapter 29 - MANAGEMENT AND CARE OF ARTIFACTS AND COLLECTIONS
Section 29.7 - State Associated Collections
Universal Citation: 13 TX Admin Code ยง 29.7
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) The Commission has authority over state-associated collections in six categories based on the way they were generated. They are as follows:
(1) Permitted-collections that are the result
of work governed by the Antiquities Code on land or under waters belonging to
the State of Texas or a political subdivision of the State necessitating the
issuance of a permit by the Commission. This work can be conducted by an
outside researcher, other state agency, cultural resources management firm or
by Commission personnel. Permitted collections form the bulk of the
Commission's state-associated collections.
(2) Commission non-permitted collections are
the result of work governed by the Antiquities Code on land or under waters
belonging to the State of Texas or a political subdivision of the State
conducted by Commission personnel without the issuance of a permit.
(3) Purchased-collections are the result of
acquisition of significant historical items by the Commission through the Texas
Historical Artifacts Acquisition Program or use of other state funds.
(4) Donated-collections are the result of a
material gift transaction by a private landowner, individual, corporation,
organization, or through a bequest to the Commission. A major component of this
category of collections is the consequence of work conducted by or under the
direction of Commission personnel on private lands in Texas whereby the
landowner transfers ownership of the generated collection through a
deed-of-gift or donation form to the State of Texas and its agent, the Texas
Historical Commission.
(5) Court
action-collections are the result of rulings by a court concerning confiscated,
illegally-held archeological or historical materials from public lands to be
given to the Commission for care and protection.
(6) Legislative action collections means
collections that are awarded to the commission through legislative action such
as House Bill 12, 80th Leg., Reg. Ses., 2007, which transferred 18 historic
sites and all of their collections from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
(TPWD) to the THC.
(b) Any or all of these state-associated collections may be entrusted to and housed in a designated curatorial facility in the State of Texas. They are accessioned, documented, and cataloged objects, documents, and samples of cultural, scientific, or historical significance that are representative of the diversity within the state. These collections should be given a high level of care.
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