H.B. No. 635 AN ACT relating to issuance of a vendor permit for the sale of goods during an authorized event held in the Texas mall area of the Capitol Complex. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2165.260 to read as follows: Sec. 2165.260. TEXAS MALL AREA VENDOR PERMIT. (a) In this section, the "Texas mall area of the Capitol Complex" means the state-owned property within the area bounded on the north by Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard, on the east by Brazos Street, on the south by 15th Street, and on the west by Colorado Street. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Preservation Board by rule and in consultation with the commission and other appropriate state agencies shall establish a process for a vendor to apply for and obtain from the board a permit that allows the vendor to sell goods from a rented space during an event authorized by the board and held in the Texas mall area of the Capitol Complex. (c) The State Preservation Board is not required to adopt the rules required under Subsection (b) until the Capitol Complex master plan developed under Section 2166.105 is implemented and the Texas mall proposed in the plan is established. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 635 was passed by the House on April 13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 5, 3 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 635 was passed by the Senate on May 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor