Bill Text: TX HB265 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the lease of space by or for a state agency.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB265 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB265-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 265 | ||
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| relating to the lease of space by or for a state agency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2167.002, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2167.002. PREREQUISITES FOR LEASING SPACE. (a) The | ||
| commission may lease space for a state agency in accordance with | ||
| this chapter and the agency's specifications if: | ||
| (1) state-owned space is not otherwise available to | ||
| the agency; and | ||
| (2) the agency has verified it has money available to | ||
| pay for the lease. | ||
| (b) In making a determination under this section that | ||
| state-owned space is not available to a state agency, the | ||
| commission must consider all reasonably available state-owned | ||
| space in this state, regardless of whether utilizing state-owned | ||
| space would require the agency to move all or part of the agency's | ||
| operations to a different geographic location in this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2167.005(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The commission may delegate to a state agency, including | ||
| an institution of higher education, the authority to enter into | ||
| lease contracts for space if the commission determines that | ||
| state-owned space is not available as provided by Section 2167.002. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 265 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 265 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
