Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	By: Birdwell, Zaffirini S.B. No. 1729
	1	+	By: Birdwell S.B. No. 1729
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
	4	+	April 26, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 26, 2017,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1729 By: Creighton
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4	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	12		AN ACT
6	13		relating to the reporting and disposition of certain state-owned
7	14		real property.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2166, Government Code, is
10	17		amended by adding Sections 2166.109, 2166.110, and 2166.111 to read
11	18		as follows:
12	19		Sec. 2166.109. CONSOLIDATED DATABASE OF STATE-OWNED REAL
13	20		PROPERTY ASSETS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2166.003, this
14	21		section applies to all state agencies, including a state agency
15	22		otherwise exempt from this chapter under that section, other than a
16	23		state institution of higher education.
17	24		(b) The commission shall establish and maintain a
18	25		centralized, consolidated database for state-owned real property
19	26		assets. The commission shall design the database to provide a broad
20	27		overview of state agency real property assets and require state
21	28		agencies to provide more generalized, less detailed information on
22	29		real property assets than is required under Subchapter E, Chapter
23	30		31, Natural Resources Code.
24	31		(c) The commission by rule shall prescribe:
25	32		(1) the information required for the database and the
26	33		form for a state agency to provide the information;
27	34		(2) the responsibilities and access rights of the
28	35		commission and other state agencies related to the database; and
29	36		(3) a schedule for establishing the database and for
30	37		state agencies to submit information to the commission for
31	38		inclusion in the database.
32	39		(d) Each state agency shall submit to the commission in
33	40		accordance with commission rules:
34	41		(1) not later than September 30 of each even-numbered
35	42		year, the agency's inventory of state-owned real property assets
36	43		current as of the last day of the most recent state fiscal year; and
37	44		(2) not later than the 90th day after the date of the
38	45		occurrence, a description of any acquisition, disposition, or
39	46		significant change in condition or status of a real property asset
40	47		included in the agency's inventory.
41	48		Sec. 2166.110. BIENNIAL REPORT. Not later than December 1
42	49		of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit a report to
43	50		the governor and legislature on the status of all state-owned real
44	51		property assets included in the database maintained under Section
45	52		2166.109.
46	53		Sec. 2166.111. DISPOSITION OF STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY.
47	54		(a) A state agency in the executive branch of state government
48	55		shall notify the commission at least 60 days before the date of any
49	56		planned sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of a
50	57		state-owned real property asset included in the agency's inventory
51	58		under Section 2166.109.
52	59		(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date of receiving
53	60		notice from a state agency under Subsection (a), the commission
54	61		shall submit to the state agency and governor a recommendation on
55	62		whether the property is suitable to meet an identified space need of
56	63		another state agency.
57	64		(c) A state agency may not sell, lease, exchange, or
58	65		otherwise dispose of property the commission recommends as suitable
59	66		to meet an identified space need of another state agency unless the
60	67		governor, in writing, authorizes the agency to proceed with the
61	68		sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition.
62	69		(d) This section does not apply to the disposition of a
63	70		state highway right-of-way or to any legislative action directing
64	71		the disposition of state-owned real property.
65	72		SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Facilities Commission is required
66	73		to implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates money
67	74		specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not
68	75		appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the commission
69	76		may, but is not required to, implement this Act using other
70	77		appropriations available for that purpose.
71	78		(b) A state agency is not required to comply with Section
72	79		2166.109 or 2166.111, Government Code, as added by this Act, until
73	80		the Texas Facilities Commission has established the database and
74	81		adopted the rules required by Section 2166.109, Government Code.
75	82		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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