By: Eltife, Nelson S.B. No. 2004
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to deferred maintenance for state facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of
the house of representatives shall each appoint three members to a
Joint Oversight Committee on Government Facilities. The members of
the committee shall elect a chair.
(b) If this act become effective immediately, the
lieutenant governor and speaker shall make the appointments not
later than July 1, 2015. If this act becomes effective September 1,
2015, the lieutenant governor and speaker shall make the
appointments not later than September 15, 2015.
(c) The committee established under this section may meet to
review deferred maintenance plans and to receive implementation
updates.
(d) The committee shall provide a biannual written status
report to the legislature which includes the amount of money
appropriated from the deferred maintenance fund, the deferred
maintenance projects to be completed through appropriations of the
fund, and the status of ongoing and completed projects.
(e) The committee established under this section may
exercise any powers of a joint committee. The cost of operation of
the committee may be borne in the same manner as the cost of a joint
committee. The Texas Legislative Council may provide funding for
the operations of the committees. To the extent not inconsistent
with this resolution, the joint rules adopted by the 84th
Legislature for the administration of joint interim legislative
study committees apply to the committee established under this
section.
(f) This section expires January 8, 2021.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2165, Government Code, is amending by
adding Subchapter I to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER I. DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FUND
Sec. 2165.401. PURPOSE; INTENT. It is the intent of the
legislature that state facilities be brought into a better state of
repair to ensure the safety of employees and visitors, the
efficiency of building operations and a long-term reduction in
repair costs by addressing deferred maintenance needs. Funds under
this subchapter are intended to fund projects to this purpose.
Sec. 2165.402. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "fund"
means the deferred maintenance fund.
Sec. 2165.403. DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FUND ACCOUNT. (a) The
deferred maintenance fund is an account in the general revenue
fund. (b) The fund consists of money credited, appropriated, or
transferred to the fund at the direction of the legislature.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.