Bill Text: TX HB265 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the lease of space by or for a state agency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB265 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB265-Introduced.html

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82R7772 CJC-D
By: Hilderbran H.B. No. 265

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 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.