By: Eltife, et al. S.B. No. 2004
(Geren)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to deferred maintenance funding for state facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Joint Oversight Committee on Government
Facilities is created to review deferred maintenance plans and
receive implementation updates.
(b) The committee is composed of six members as follows:
(1) three members of the senate appointed by the
lieutenant governor; and
(2) three members of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(c) The committee chair shall alternate annually between a
member of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor and a
member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker,
beginning with a member of the senate.
(d) If this Act takes effect immediately, the lieutenant
governor and the speaker of the house of representatives shall make
appointments to the committee not later than July 1, 2015. If this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015, the lieutenant governor and
speaker shall make appointments to the committee not later than
September 15, 2015.
(e) The committee shall biannually provide a written status
report to the legislature that includes the amount of money
expended from the deferred maintenance fund, the deferred
maintenance projects to be completed through expenditures from the
fund, and the status of ongoing and completed projects.
(f) The committee 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
committee. To the extent not inconsistent with this Act, the joint
rules adopted by the 84th Legislature for the administration of
joint interim legislative study committees apply to the committee.
(g) This section expires and the committee is abolished
January 8, 2019.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2165, Government Code, is amended 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 issues. The
deferred maintenance fund is created to fund projects for this
purpose.
Sec. 2165.402. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "fund"
means the deferred maintenance fund.
Sec. 2165.403. DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FUND ACCOUNT. (a) The
fund is an account in the general revenue fund.
(b) The fund consists of money appropriated, credited, or
transferred to the fund by or at the direction of the legislature.
(c) Section 403.095 does not apply to the fund.
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.