84R1923 TSR-D
By: Birdwell S.B. No. 350
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties of the General Land Office and other state
agencies with regard to the accounting for and management of real
property owned by the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.154(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Not later than August 1 of each [the] year [in which the
commissioner of the General Land Office submits a report as
provided by Section 31.157, Natural Resources Code], the department
shall submit a preliminary report of the report required under
Subsection (a) to the commissioner of the General Land Office
identifying the real property used for military purposes. Not
later than September 1 of each [the] year [in which the commissioner
of the General Land Office submits a report as provided by Section
31.157, Natural Resources Code], the department shall submit the
final report as required by Subsection (a) to:
(1) the governor;
(2) the presiding officer of each house of the
legislature;
(3) the Legislative Budget Board; and
(4) the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning, and
Policy [governor's budget office].
SECTION 2. Sections 31.155(a) and (b), Natural Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The division is not responsible for maintaining the
inventory records, as provided by Section 31.154, of the real
property administered by [the Texas Department of Transportation,]
an institution of higher education[, the Employees Retirement
System of Texas, or the Teacher Retirement System of Texas]. The
institution of higher education [agencies] administering the real
property shall maintain those records.
(b) An institution of higher education [The Texas
Department of Transportation], on the request of the division, but
not more than semiannually, shall submit its real property
inventory records to the division[. The real property inventory
records of an institution of higher education, the Employees
Retirement System of Texas, and the Teacher Retirement System of
Texas, on the request of the division, but not more than
semiannually, shall be submitted to the division] for information
purposes only. The division shall maintain the inventory records
of the former Texas National Research Laboratory Commission, to the
extent possible, and is responsible for the disposal of any real
property interests held by the former commission as provided by
Subchapter G.
SECTION 3. Section 31.155(d), Natural Resources Code, as
amended by Chapters 713 (H.B. 3436), 1153 (S.B. 211), and 1339 (S.B.
894), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(d) The duty under this subchapter of the division to review
and verify real property records and to make recommendations
regarding real property and of the commissioner to prepare a report
involving real property does not apply to:
(1) the real property of an institution of higher
education;
(2) the real property that is part of a fund created or
specifically authorized by the constitution of this state and that
is administered by or with the assistance of the land office; and
(3) [the real property of the Employees Retirement
System of Texas;
[(4) the real property of the Teacher Retirement
System of Texas; and
[(5)] the real property located in the Capitol
complex, as defined by Section 443.0071, Government Code
[(5) the real property included in the Capitol Complex
as defined by Section 411.061(a)(1), Government Code].
SECTION 4. Sections 31.156(a) and (e), Natural Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The division shall review the real property inventory of
each state agency annually [not less than every four years, and a
review shall be made during the calendar year before the agency is
scheduled for abolition under the Texas Sunset Act (Chapter 325,
Government Code)]. The division may verify the accuracy of
inventory records provided by an agency.
(e) The [In any year that the division will evaluate real
property under the management and control of the Texas Military
Department, the] division shall notify the Texas Military
Department [department] before the division begins an [the]
evaluation of real property under the management and control of the
department.
SECTION 5. Section 31.157(e), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) The final report shall be submitted to the governor, all
members [the presiding officers of both houses] of the legislature,
the Legislative Budget Board, and the Governor's Office of Budget,
Planning, and Policy [governor's budget office] not later than
September 1 of each year.
SECTION 6. Section 31.155(c), Natural Resources Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 7. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a final report required to be submitted under Section 31.157,
Natural Resources Code, after the effective date of this Act. A
report required to be submitted on or before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately preceding the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.