TX SB2036

Authorizes the Texas Historical Commission's executive director to negotiate and award contracts to qualified vendors without resoliciting bids when competitive bidding fails to produce responsive bids, provided written determination shows resolicitation would be unlikely to succeed, increase costs, or delay addressing critical needs

Transfers jurisdiction over Civil War centennial markers and Republic of Texas centennial markers to the Texas Historical Commission, designating them as state property regardless of whether located on public or private land

Creates the "Friends of the Texas Historical Commission" as a required affiliated nonprofit organization to raise funds, provide services, and offer financial support to the commission, with authority to charge fees and collect revenue from gift shops and concessions at historic sites

Establishes the Washington-on-the-Brazos Historical Foundation as a nonprofit entity to support operations at four specific state historic sites: Washington-on-the-Brazos, Fanthorp Inn, Barrington Living History Farm, and Star of the Republic Museum

Expands the official list of state historic sites under commission jurisdiction from 26 to 40, adding sites including Bush Family Home, San Jacinto Battleground, Fort Martin Scott, Goodnight Ranch, and Iwo Jima Monument and Museum