Texas Law Sets Clock Ticking on Deal to Manage Alamo

A Texas law that takes effect today gives oversight of the Alamo to the state’s General Land Office, which now has four months to negotiate a contract with the nonprofit group that has managed the historic site since 1905, the San Antonio Express-News writes.

If no deal is in place by January 1, the state agency will take control of the Alamo from the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, which has been the subject of a 15-month investigation by the Texas attorney general’s office amid questions over its management and financial viability.

The new law also gives the Land Office authority to hire a nonprofit group to raise money for restoration, which has lagged at the site of the 1836 battle for Texas independence.

A spokesman for the agency said it might also seek the position of paid executive director at the Alamo.