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1	1	S.B. No. 640
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the state agencies responsible for providing facilities
6	6	management services for certain state buildings allocated for
7	7	legislative use.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Government Code, is
10	10	amended by adding Section 301.073 to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 301.073. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR SPACE
12	12	OCCUPIED BY LEGISLATURE. (a) In this section, "facilities
13	13	management services" has the meaning assigned by Section 2165.007,
14	14	except that the term does not include utility services or utility
15	15	expenses.
16	16	(b) Notwithstanding Section 2165.007 or 2165.057(a) or
17	17	other law and except as otherwise provided by this section, the
18	18	State Preservation Board is responsible for providing:
19	19	(1) for the Sam Houston Building, the facilities
20	20	management services designated by the administrative head of the
21	21	senate;
22	22	(2) for the John H. Reagan Building, the facilities
23	23	management services designated by the administrative head of the
24	24	house;
25	25	(3) for an interior portion of the Robert E. Johnson
26	26	Building occupied by a single legislative agency, the facilities
27	27	management services designated by the administrative head of that
28	28	legislative agency; and
29	29	(4) for any portion of the Robert E. Johnson Building
30	30	not covered by Subdivision (3) and for the attached parking
31	31	facility known as state parking garage P, the facilities management
32	32	services designated by the administrative head of the Texas
33	33	Legislative Council in consultation with the other affected
34	34	legislative agencies occupying space in the building.
35	35	(c) The Texas Facilities Commission shall:
36	36	(1) provide any facilities management service for a
37	37	facility listed in Subsection (b) that has not been designated to be
38	38	performed by the State Preservation Board;
39	39	(2) operate and maintain the central utility plant in
40	40	the Sam Houston Building;
41	41	(3) subject to Subdivision (4), operate and maintain
42	42	the chiller utility plant attached to the Robert E. Johnson
43	43	Building; and
44	44	(4) as part of phase 2 construction of the Capitol
45	45	Complex master plan developed under Section 2166.105:
46	46	(A) connect the Robert E. Johnson Building to the
47	47	centralized chilled water distribution system described by that
48	48	plan; and
49	49	(B) subsequently decommission the chiller
50	50	utility plant attached to the Robert E. Johnson Building, except
51	51	for portions of the plant needed to provide backup chilled water for
52	52	the building's data center or other critical infrastructure
53	53	identified by the administrative head of the Texas Legislative
54	54	Council.
55	55	(d) The Texas Facilities Commission shall transfer to the
56	56	State Preservation Board an amount of money sufficient to reimburse
57	57	the board for the costs incurred by the board to perform the
58	58	services described by Subsection (b), including any deferred
59	59	maintenance project performed by the board.
60	60	(e) This section does not, and may not be construed to,
61	61	specifically commit the control of any public buildings or grounds
62	62	to the State Preservation Board for purposes of Section 2165.002 or
63	63	any other law.
64	64	(f) The administrative head of the appropriate legislative
65	65	agency may select an entity to provide construction management and
66	66	oversight of a project undertaken to repair or rehabilitate a
67	67	facility described by Subsection (b) that is funded by money
68	68	appropriated to the State Preservation Board. The entity selected
69	69	is exclusively responsible for providing construction management
70	70	and oversight of the project, notwithstanding Section 2165.001,
71	71	Chapter 2166, or other law. On the request of the administrative
72	72	head of the legislative agency, from the money appropriated to the
73	73	State Preservation Board to fund the project, the board shall
74	74	transfer to the legislative agency the amount of money necessary
75	75	for the legislative agency to pay the costs the agency incurs in
76	76	connection with the project.
77	77	(g) For the chamber and committee rooms occupied by the
78	78	house and senate in the Capitol, Capitol Extension, and any
79	79	legislative office building, the administrative head of agency for
80	80	the appropriate house shall specify the scope, manner, and
81	81	performance of all work related to audiovisual systems, including
82	82	sound systems.
83	83	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
84	84	______________________________ ______________________________
85	85	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
86	86	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 640 passed the Senate on
87	87	March 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
88	88	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2023, by the
89	89	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
90	90	______________________________
91	91	Secretary of the Senate
92	92	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 640 passed the House, with
93	93	amendment, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 118,
94	94	Nays 20, one present not voting.
95	95	______________________________
96	96	Chief Clerk of the House
97	97	Approved:
98	98	______________________________
99	99	Date
100	100	______________________________
101	101	Governor