Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

         
            S.B. No. 640
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Government Code 2165.007 (Government Code 2165)
Senate Committee Report: Government Code 2165.007 (Government Code 2165)
Engrossed: Government Code 2165.007 (Government Code 2165)
House Committee Report:  (Government Code 2165)
Enrolled:  (Government Code 2165)

               AN ACT
            
            relating to the state agencies responsible for providing facilities 
         
            management services for certain state buildings allocated for 
         
            legislative use.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Government Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 301.073 to read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 301.073.  FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR SPACE 
         
            OCCUPIED BY LEGISLATURE.  (a)  In this section, "facilities 
         
            management services" has the meaning assigned by Section 2165.007, 
         
            except that the term does not include utility services or utility 
         
            expenses.
         
                   (b)  Notwithstanding Section 2165.007 or 2165.057(a) or 
         
            other law and except as otherwise provided by this section, the 
         
            State Preservation Board is responsible for providing:
         
                         (1)  for the Sam Houston Building, the facilities 
         
            management services designated by the administrative head of the 
         
            senate;
         
                         (2)  for the John H. Reagan Building, the facilities 
         
            management services designated by the administrative head of the 
         
            house;
         
                         (3)  for an interior portion of the Robert E. Johnson 
         
            Building occupied by a single legislative agency, the facilities 
         
            management services designated by the administrative head of that 
         
            legislative agency; and
         
                         (4)  for any portion of the Robert E. Johnson Building 
         
            not covered by Subdivision (3) and for the attached parking 
         
            facility known as state parking garage P, the facilities management 
         
            services designated by the administrative head of the Texas 
         
            Legislative Council in consultation with the other affected 
         
            legislative agencies occupying space in the building.
         
                   (c)  The Texas Facilities Commission shall:
         
                         (1)  provide any facilities management service for a 
         
            facility listed in Subsection (b) that has not been designated to be 
         
            performed by the State Preservation Board;
         
                         (2)  operate and maintain the central utility plant in 
         
            the Sam Houston Building;
         
                         (3)  subject to Subdivision (4), operate and maintain 
         
            the chiller utility plant attached to the Robert E. Johnson 
         
            Building; and
         
                         (4)  as part of phase 2 construction of the Capitol 
         
            Complex master plan developed under Section 2166.105:
         
                               (A)  connect the Robert E. Johnson Building to the 
         
            centralized chilled water distribution system described by that 
         
            plan; and
         
                               (B)  subsequently decommission the chiller 
         
            utility plant attached to the Robert E. Johnson Building, except 
         
            for portions of the plant needed to provide backup chilled water for 
         
            the building's data center or other critical infrastructure 
         
            identified by the administrative head of the Texas Legislative 
         
            Council.
         
                   (d)  The Texas Facilities Commission shall transfer to the 
         
            State Preservation Board an amount of money sufficient to reimburse 
         
            the board for the costs incurred by the board to perform the 
         
            services described by Subsection (b), including any deferred 
         
            maintenance project performed by the board.
         
                   (e)  This section does not, and may not be construed to, 
         
            specifically commit the control of any public buildings or grounds 
         
            to the State Preservation Board for purposes of Section 2165.002 or 
         
            any other law.
         
                   (f)  The administrative head of the appropriate legislative 
         
            agency may select an entity to provide construction management and 
         
            oversight of a project undertaken to repair or rehabilitate a 
         
            facility described by Subsection (b) that is funded by money 
         
            appropriated to the State Preservation Board.  The entity selected 
         
            is exclusively responsible for providing construction management 
         
            and oversight of the project, notwithstanding Section 2165.001, 
         
            Chapter 2166, or other law.  On the request of the administrative 
         
            head of the legislative agency, from the money appropriated to the 
         
            State Preservation Board to fund the project, the board shall 
         
            transfer to the legislative agency the amount of money necessary 
         
            for the legislative agency to pay the costs the agency incurs in 
         
            connection with the project.
         
                   (g)  For the chamber and committee rooms occupied by the




	AN ACT
	relating to the state agencies responsible for providing facilities
	management services for certain state buildings allocated for
	legislative use.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 301.073 to read as follows:
	Sec. 301.073. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR SPACE
	OCCUPIED BY LEGISLATURE. (a) In this section, "facilities
	management services" has the meaning assigned by Section 2165.007,
	except that the term does not include utility services or utility
	expenses.
	(b) Notwithstanding Section 2165.007 or 2165.057(a) or
	other law and except as otherwise provided by this section, the
	State Preservation Board is responsible for providing:
	(1) for the Sam Houston Building, the facilities
	management services designated by the administrative head of the
	senate;
	(2) for the John H. Reagan Building, the facilities
	management services designated by the administrative head of the
	house;
	(3) for an interior portion of the Robert E. Johnson
	Building occupied by a single legislative agency, the facilities
	management services designated by the administrative head of that
	legislative agency; and
	(4) for any portion of the Robert E. Johnson Building
	not covered by Subdivision (3) and for the attached parking
	facility known as state parking garage P, the facilities management
	services designated by the administrative head of the Texas
	Legislative Council in consultation with the other affected
	legislative agencies occupying space in the building.
	(c) The Texas Facilities Commission shall:
	(1) provide any facilities management service for a
	facility listed in Subsection (b) that has not been designated to be
	performed by the State Preservation Board;
	(2) operate and maintain the central utility plant in
	the Sam Houston Building;
	(3) subject to Subdivision (4), operate and maintain
	the chiller utility plant attached to the Robert E. Johnson
	Building; and
	(4) as part of phase 2 construction of the Capitol
	Complex master plan developed under Section 2166.105:
	(A) connect the Robert E. Johnson Building to the
	centralized chilled water distribution system described by that
	plan; and
	(B) subsequently decommission the chiller
	utility plant attached to the Robert E. Johnson Building, except
	for portions of the plant needed to provide backup chilled water for
	the building's data center or other critical infrastructure
	identified by the administrative head of the Texas Legislative
	Council.
	(d) The Texas Facilities Commission shall transfer to the
	State Preservation Board an amount of money sufficient to reimburse
	the board for the costs incurred by the board to perform the
	services described by Subsection (b), including any deferred
	maintenance project performed by the board.
	(e) This section does not, and may not be construed to,
	specifically commit the control of any public buildings or grounds
	to the State Preservation Board for purposes of Section 2165.002 or
	any other law.
	(f) The administrative head of the appropriate legislative
	agency may select an entity to provide construction management and
	oversight of a project undertaken to repair or rehabilitate a
	facility described by Subsection (b) that is funded by money
	appropriated to the State Preservation Board. The entity selected
	is exclusively responsible for providing construction management
	and oversight of the project, notwithstanding Section 2165.001,
	Chapter 2166, or other law. On the request of the administrative
	head of the legislative agency, from the money appropriated to the
	State Preservation Board to fund the project, the board shall
	transfer to the legislative agency the amount of money necessary
	for the legislative agency to pay the costs the agency incurs in
	connection with the project.
	(g) For the chamber and committee rooms occupied by the