By: Howard, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 635
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;
May 2, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.
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