Bill Text: TX SB1457 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to management services for the physical facilities of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB1457 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1457-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1457 |
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relating to management services for the physical facilities of the | ||
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas | ||
School for the Deaf. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30.022, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (h-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(h) Except as provided by Subsection (h-1), the [ |
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and shall administer and spend appropriations made for the benefit | ||
of the school. | ||
(h-1) The Texas Facilities Commission shall provide | ||
facilities maintenance services for the physical facilities of the | ||
school, including facilities construction, cabling, facility | ||
reconfiguration, and any other services as provided by a memorandum | ||
of understanding between the board and the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 30.052, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (h-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(h) Except as provided by Subsection (h-1), the [ |
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has [ |
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and shall administer and spend appropriations to carry out the | ||
purposes of the school as provided by Section 30.051. | ||
(h-1) The Texas Facilities Commission shall provide | ||
facilities maintenance services for the physical facilities of the | ||
school, including facilities construction, cabling, facility | ||
reconfiguration, and any other services as provided by a memorandum | ||
of understanding between the board and the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission. | ||
SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 2165.007, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall | ||
provide facilities management services in relation to all state | ||
agency facilities in Travis County or a county adjacent to Travis | ||
County. The commission's duty does not apply to: | ||
(1) a facility owned or operated by an institution of | ||
higher education; | ||
(2) military facilities; | ||
(3) facilities owned or operated by the Texas | ||
Department of Criminal Justice; | ||
(4) facilities owned or operated by the Texas Juvenile | ||
Justice Department [ |
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(5) facilities owned or operated by the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation; | ||
(6) the Capitol, including the Capitol Extension, the | ||
General Land Office building, the Bob Bullock Texas State History | ||
Museum, any museum located on the Capitol grounds, the Governor's | ||
Mansion, and any property maintained by the Texas Historical | ||
Commission under Sections 442.0072 and 442.0073; | ||
(7) a facility determined by the commission to be | ||
completely residential; | ||
(8) a regional or field office of a state agency; | ||
(9) a facility located within or on state park | ||
property; | ||
(10) the property known as the Finance Commission | ||
Building described by deed recorded in Volume 5080, Page 1099, of | ||
the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas; [ |
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(11) the property known as the Credit Union Department | ||
Building described by deed recorded in Volume 6126, Page 27, of the | ||
Deed Records of Travis County, Texas; | ||
(12) facilities owned or operated by the Texas School | ||
for the Blind and Visually Impaired; or | ||
(13) facilities owned or operated by the Texas School | ||
for the Deaf. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the | ||
following are transferred from the Texas School for the Blind and | ||
Visually Impaired to the Texas Facilities Commission: | ||
(1) the powers, duties, functions, programs, and | ||
activities of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired | ||
relating to the maintenance of the school's physical facilities; | ||
(2) any obligations and contracts of the Texas School | ||
for the Blind and Visually Impaired that are directly related to | ||
implementing a power, duty, function, program, or activity | ||
transferred under this subsection; and | ||
(3) all property and records in the custody of the | ||
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired that are related to | ||
a power, duty, function, program, or activity transferred under | ||
this subsection and all funds appropriated by the legislature for | ||
that power, duty, function, program, or activity. | ||
(b) The Texas Facilities Commission and the Texas School for | ||
the Blind and Visually Impaired shall enter into a memorandum of | ||
understanding as provided by Subsection (h-1), Section 30.022, | ||
Education Code, as added by this Act, that: | ||
(1) identifies in detail the applicable powers and | ||
duties that are transferred between the two agencies by this Act; | ||
and | ||
(2) establishes a plan for the identification and | ||
transfer of the records, personnel, property, and unspent | ||
appropriations of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually | ||
Impaired that are used for purposes of the commission's powers and | ||
duties directly related to the maintenance of the school's physical | ||
facilities under Section 30.022, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the | ||
following are transferred from the Texas School for the Deaf to the | ||
Texas Facilities Commission: | ||
(1) the powers, duties, functions, programs, and | ||
activities of the Texas School for the Deaf relating to the | ||
maintenance of the school's physical facilities; | ||
(2) any obligations and contracts of the Texas School | ||
for the Deaf that are directly related to implementing a power, | ||
duty, function, program, or activity transferred under this | ||
subsection; and | ||
(3) all property and records in the custody of the | ||
Texas School for the Deaf that are related to a power, duty, | ||
function, program, or activity transferred under this subsection | ||
and all funds appropriated by the legislature for that power, duty, | ||
function, program, or activity. | ||
(b) The Texas Facilities Commission and the Texas School for | ||
the Deaf shall enter into a memorandum of understanding as provided | ||
by Subsection (h-1), Section 30.052, Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act, that: | ||
(1) identifies in detail the applicable powers and | ||
duties that are transferred between the two agencies by this Act; | ||
and | ||
(2) establishes a plan for the identification and | ||
transfer of the records, personnel, property, and unspent | ||
appropriations of the Texas School for the Deaf that are used for | ||
purposes of the commission's powers and duties directly related to | ||
the maintenance of the school's physical facilities under Section | ||
30.052, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1457 passed the Senate on | ||
April 11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1457 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |