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2	2	By: Hancock S.B. No. 1340
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to studies on the allocation and use of buildings and
10	10	facilities owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by this state.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Chapter 2165, Government Code, is amended by
13	13	adding Subchapter C-1 to read as follows:
14	14	SUBCHAPTER C-1. STUDY OF STATE AGENCY SPACE
15	15	Sec. 2165.121. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "state
16	16	agency" includes a legislative agency.
17	17	Sec. 2165.122. STUDY. (a) The Legislative Budget Board
18	18	every six years shall conduct a study on the allocation and use of
19	19	buildings and facilities owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by
20	20	this state or state agencies and submit a report to the legislature
21	21	on the study not later than September 1 of the study year. The study
22	22	must examine:
23	23	(1) the total amount of money this state is spending on
24	24	leased space for state agencies;
25	25	(2) the opportunities for moving agency personnel out
26	26	of leased space into existing state-owned space;
27	27	(3) any efficiencies or cost savings achieved by
28	28	consolidating agency personnel and resources into existing
29	29	state-owned space;
30	30	(4) any efficiencies or cost savings achieved by
31	31	consolidating agency personnel and resources into existing leased
32	32	space, if state-owned space is not available;
33	33	(5) the impact of any consolidation described by
34	34	Subdivisions (3) and (4) on this state's insurable assets; and
35	35	(6) the potential benefits of maintaining a
36	36	comprehensive, regularly updated database of all buildings and
37	37	facilities owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by state agencies.
38	38	(b) The Legislative Budget Board shall complete the initial
39	39	study and report required by this section not later than September
40	40	1, 2026. This subsection expires September 1, 2039.
41	41	Sec. 2165.123. STATE AGENCY IDENTIFICATION OF
42	42	CONSOLIDATION OPPORTUNITIES. Each state agency every six years
43	43	using information included in a report submitted under Section
44	44	2165.122 shall identify opportunities for consolidating agency
45	45	personnel and resources into space owned by this state, or if
46	46	state-owned space is not available, into space leased by this
47	47	state.
48	48	SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "institution of higher
49	49	education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education
50	50	Code.
51	51	(b) The Legislative Budget Board shall conduct an interim
52	52	study on the buildings and facilities owned, leased, or otherwise
53	53	occupied by this state and develop a statewide strategy to ensure
54	54	the buildings and facilities are adequately utilized. The
55	55	Legislative Budget Board may delegate to any person authority
56	56	granted to the board under this section as the board determines
57	57	necessary to conduct the interim study under this section.
58	58	(c) The Legislative Budget Board shall collect the
59	59	information required by this section from each state agency and
60	60	institution of higher education that has charge and control of a
61	61	building or facility and require each agency and institution to
62	62	submit the information to the board by a date the board prescribes.
63	63	The board shall coordinate with the following entities to collect
64	64	the information:
65	65	(1) the comptroller of public accounts;
66	66	(2) the state auditor's office;
67	67	(3) the State Office of Risk Management;
68	68	(4) the General Land Office;
69	69	(5) the Texas Facilities Commission;
70	70	(6) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; and
71	71	(7) any other state agency the board determines
72	72	necessary.
73	73	(d) For each building or facility owned, leased, or
74	74	otherwise occupied, solely or in part, by a state agency other than
75	75	an institution of higher education, the Legislative Budget Board or
76	76	a state agency the board designates shall obtain the following
77	77	information:
78	78	(1) the name of the state agency that has charge and
79	79	control of the building or facility;
80	80	(2) whether the building or facility is owned or
81	81	leased, solely or in part, by the state agency, or if not owned or
82	82	leased, the arrangement under which the building or facility is
83	83	otherwise occupied;
84	84	(3) the name or number of the building or facility;
85	85	(4) the address and geographic coordinates of the
86	86	building or facility;
87	87	(5) the number of stories and the total square footage
88	88	of the building or facility;
89	89	(6) the amount of available square footage in the
90	90	building or facility for agency personnel, the storage of
91	91	resources, or any other useable purpose identified by the agency;
92	92	(7) the amount of square footage used in the building
93	93	or facility for a purpose described by Subdivision (6) of this
94	94	subsection, expressed as a percent of the total square footage;
95	95	(8) if the building or facility changed occupants on
96	96	or after December 31, 2021:
97	97	(A) with respect to a new occupant:
98	98	(i) the location formerly occupied;
99	99	(ii) the amount of square footage used at
100	100	the formerly occupied location; and
101	101	(iii) the amount of square footage used at
102	102	the building or facility; and
103	103	(B) with respect to a former occupant:
104	104	(i) the location to which the former
105	105	occupant moved;
106	106	(ii) the amount of square footage formerly
107	107	used at the building or facility; and
108	108	(iii) the amount of square footage used at
109	109	the newly occupied location;
110	110	(9) a description of the continuity of government
111	111	operation plans to conduct business in alternate sites in the event
112	112	of a disaster or other emergency; and
113	113	(10) the average monthly utility expenses for the
114	114	building or facility during the preceding 12 months.
115	115	(e) The Legislative Budget Board or a state agency the board
116	116	designates shall collect the real property data of an institution
117	117	of higher education from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
118	118	Board, as the data is reported to that board, including, for each
119	119	building or facility owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by the
120	120	institution:
121	121	(1) the name of the institution that has charge and
122	122	control of the building or facility, including the number assigned
123	123	to the institution by the Federal Interagency Committee on
124	124	Education;
125	125	(2) whether the building or facility is owned or
126	126	leased, solely or in part, by the institution, or if not owned or
127	127	leased, the arrangement under which the building or facility is
128	128	otherwise occupied;
129	129	(3) the name or number of the building or facility;
130	130	(4) the address and geographic coordinates of the
131	131	building or facility;
132	132	(5) the number of stories and the total square footage
133	133	of the building or facility;
134	134	(6) the amount of available square footage in the
135	135	building or facility for working personnel, the storage of
136	136	resources, or any other useable purpose identified by the
137	137	institution;
138	138	(7) the amount of square footage used in the building
139	139	or facility for a purpose described by Subdivision (6) of this
140	140	subsection, expressed as a percent of the total square footage;
141	141	(8) if the building or facility changed occupants on
142	142	or after December 31, 2021:
143	143	(A) with respect to a new occupant:
144	144	(i) the location formerly occupied;
145	145	(ii) the amount of square footage used at
146	146	the formerly occupied location; and
147	147	(iii) the amount of square footage used at
148	148	the building or facility; and
149	149	(B) with respect to a former occupant:
150	150	(i) the location to which the former
151	151	occupant moved;
152	152	(ii) the amount of square footage formerly
153	153	used at the building or facility; and
154	154	(iii) the amount of square footage used at
155	155	the newly occupied location;
156	156	(9) a description of the continuity of government
157	157	operation plans to conduct business in alternate sites in the event
158	158	of a disaster or other emergency; and
159	159	(10) the average monthly utility expenses for the
160	160	building or facility during the preceding 12 months.
161	161	(f) On request by the Legislative Budget Board, the Texas
162	162	Facilities Commission shall provide clarifying information under
163	163	Subsections (d) and (e) of this section, including information on
164	164	buildings that house multiple state agencies and other related
165	165	matters. The Texas Facilities Commission shall provide the
166	166	information to the Legislative Budget Board by the date the board
167	167	prescribes.
168	168	(g) On request by the Texas Facilities Commission or the
169	169	State Office of Risk Management, a state agency shall provide the
170	170	agency's telework policies to the entity requesting the
171	171	information. The Texas Facilities Commission and the State Office
172	172	of Risk Management shall coordinate to reduce duplication of
173	173	efforts.
174	174	(h) Not later than June 1, 2026, the Legislative Budget
175	175	Board or a state agency the board designates shall consolidate the
176	176	information collected under Subsections (d), (e), and (f) of this
177	177	section and enter the information into a single database accessible
178	178	by a member of the legislature or the member's designee or the
179	179	executive head of a state agency or institution of higher education
180	180	or the executive head's designee.
181	181	(i) The Legislative Budget Board shall conduct the study
182	182	required by Subsection (b) of this section and report the board's
183	183	findings and recommendations to the legislature not later than
184	184	September 1, 2026. The report must include a statewide strategy to
185	185	ensure all property owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by the
186	186	state is adequately utilized.
187	187	(j) The Legislative Budget Board, State Office of Risk
188	188	Management, and Texas Facilities Commission shall produce maps
189	189	identifying the locations of the buildings and facilities owned,
190	190	leased, or otherwise occupied by state agencies and institutions of
191	191	higher education across this state.
192	192	(k) The information collected and produced under this
193	193	section is excepted from disclosure under Sections 552.021 and
194	194	552.156, Government Code, and Sections 412.0128 and 412.054, Labor
195	195	Code.
196	196	(l) The Legislative Budget Board may consolidate the study
197	197	and report required by this section with any report required of the
198	198	board by law regarding the allocation and use of space by state
199	199	agencies.
200	200	(m) Based on the report required by this section, each
201	201	state agency shall identify opportunities for the consolidation of
202	202	personnel and resources into space owned by this state, or if
203	203	state-owned space is not available, into space leased by this
204	204	state.
205	205	(n) This section expires September 1, 2027.
206	206	SECTION 3. Based on information collected and published by
207	207	the Legislative Budget Board as described by this Act or any
208	208	findings or recommendations by an entity conducting a study under
209	209	this Act, each state agency shall identify opportunities for the
210	210	consolidation of personnel and resources into space owned by this
211	211	state, or if state-owned space is not available, into space leased
212	212	by this state.
213	213	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
214	214	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
215	215	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
216	216	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
217	217	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.