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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ellis S.B. No. 1068 |
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| 3 | 3 | | (Guillen) |
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| 4 | 4 | | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1068: No. |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the lease of certain state parking facilities to other |
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| 10 | 10 | | persons. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 2165.2035, Government |
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| 13 | 13 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 2165.2035. LEASE OF SPACE IN STATE-OWNED PARKING LOTS |
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| 15 | 15 | | AND GARAGES; PRIVATE COMMERCIAL USE. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended by adding Sections 2165.204, 2165.2045, and 2165.2046 to |
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| 18 | 18 | | read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 2165.204. LEASE OF SPACE IN STATE-OWNED PARKING LOTS |
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| 20 | 20 | | AND GARAGES; PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL USE OF EXCESS INDIVIDUAL PARKING |
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| 21 | 21 | | SPACES. (a) The commission may lease to a private individual an |
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| 22 | 22 | | individual parking space in a state-owned parking lot or garage |
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| 23 | 23 | | located in the city of Austin if the commission determines the |
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| 24 | 24 | | parking space to be in excess of the number of parking spaces |
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| 25 | 25 | | sufficient to accommodate the regular parking requirements of state |
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| 26 | 26 | | employees employed near the lot or garage and visitors to nearby |
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| 27 | 27 | | state government offices. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) Money received from a lease under this section shall be |
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| 29 | 29 | | deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) In leasing a parking space under Subsection (a), the |
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| 31 | 31 | | commission must ensure that the lease does not restrict uses for |
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| 32 | 32 | | parking lots and garages developed under Section 2165.2035, |
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| 33 | 33 | | including special event parking related to institutions of higher |
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| 34 | 34 | | education. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (d) In leasing or renewing a lease for a parking space under |
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| 36 | 36 | | Subsection (a), the commission shall give preference to an |
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| 37 | 37 | | individual who is currently leasing or previously leased the |
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| 38 | 38 | | parking space. |
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| 39 | 39 | | Sec. 2165.2045. LEASE OF SPACE IN STATE-OWNED PARKING LOTS |
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| 40 | 40 | | AND GARAGES; CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES USE OF EXCESS BLOCKS OF |
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| 41 | 41 | | PARKING SPACE. (a) The commission may lease to an institution of |
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| 42 | 42 | | higher education or a local government all or a significant block of |
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| 43 | 43 | | a state-owned parking lot or garage located in the city of Austin if |
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| 44 | 44 | | the commission determines the parking spaces located in the lot or |
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| 45 | 45 | | garage to be in excess of the number of parking spaces sufficient to |
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| 46 | 46 | | accommodate the regular parking requirements of state employees |
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| 47 | 47 | | employed near the lot or garage and visitors to nearby state |
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| 48 | 48 | | government offices. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) Money received from a lease under this section shall be |
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| 50 | 50 | | deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (c) In leasing all or a block of a state-owned parking lot or |
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| 52 | 52 | | garage under Subsection (a), the commission must ensure that the |
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| 53 | 53 | | lease does not restrict uses for parking lots and garages developed |
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| 54 | 54 | | under Section 2165.2035, including special event parking related to |
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| 55 | 55 | | institutions of higher education. |
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| 56 | 56 | | (d) In leasing or renewing a lease for all or a block of a |
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| 57 | 57 | | state-owned parking lot or garage under Subsection (a), the |
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| 58 | 58 | | commission shall give preference to an entity that is currently |
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| 59 | 59 | | leasing or previously leased the lot or garage or a block of the lot |
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| 60 | 60 | | or garage. |
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| 61 | 61 | | Sec. 2165.2046. REPORTS ON PARKING PROGRAMS. On or before |
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| 62 | 62 | | October 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit a |
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| 63 | 63 | | report to the Legislative Budget Board describing the effectiveness |
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| 64 | 64 | | of parking programs developed by the commission under this |
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| 65 | 65 | | subchapter. The report must, at a minimum, include: |
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| 66 | 66 | | (1) the yearly revenue generated by the programs; |
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| 67 | 67 | | (2) the yearly administrative and enforcement costs of |
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| 68 | 68 | | each program; |
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| 69 | 69 | | (3) yearly usage statistics for each program; and |
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| 70 | 70 | | (4) initiatives and suggestions by the commission to: |
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| 71 | 71 | | (A) modify administration of the programs; and |
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| 72 | 72 | | (B) increase revenue generated by the programs. |
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| 73 | 73 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 74 | 74 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 75 | 75 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 76 | 76 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 77 | 77 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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