Bill Text: TX SB1729 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting and disposition of certain state-owned real property.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-17 - Left pending in committee [SB1729 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1729-Engrossed.html
By: Birdwell, Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1729 |
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relating to the reporting and disposition of certain state-owned | ||
real property. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2166, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 2166.109, 2166.110, and 2166.111 to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 2166.109. CONSOLIDATED DATABASE OF STATE-OWNED REAL | ||
PROPERTY ASSETS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2166.003, this | ||
section applies to all state agencies, including a state agency | ||
otherwise exempt from this chapter under that section, other than a | ||
state institution of higher education. | ||
(b) The commission shall establish and maintain a | ||
centralized, consolidated database for state-owned real property | ||
assets. The commission shall design the database to provide a broad | ||
overview of state agency real property assets and require state | ||
agencies to provide more generalized, less detailed information on | ||
real property assets than is required under Subchapter E, Chapter | ||
31, Natural Resources Code. | ||
(c) The commission by rule shall prescribe: | ||
(1) the information required for the database and the | ||
form for a state agency to provide the information; | ||
(2) the responsibilities and access rights of the | ||
commission and other state agencies related to the database; and | ||
(3) a schedule for establishing the database and for | ||
state agencies to submit information to the commission for | ||
inclusion in the database. | ||
(d) Each state agency shall submit to the commission in | ||
accordance with commission rules: | ||
(1) not later than September 30 of each even-numbered | ||
year, the agency's inventory of state-owned real property assets | ||
current as of the last day of the most recent state fiscal year; and | ||
(2) not later than the 90th day after the date of the | ||
occurrence, a description of any acquisition, disposition, or | ||
significant change in condition or status of a real property asset | ||
included in the agency's inventory. | ||
Sec. 2166.110. BIENNIAL REPORT. Not later than December 1 | ||
of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit a report to | ||
the governor and legislature on the status of all state-owned real | ||
property assets included in the database maintained under Section | ||
2166.109. | ||
Sec. 2166.111. DISPOSITION OF STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY. | ||
(a) A state agency in the executive branch of state government | ||
shall notify the commission at least 60 days before the date of any | ||
planned sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of a | ||
state-owned real property asset included in the agency's inventory | ||
under Section 2166.109. | ||
(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date of receiving | ||
notice from a state agency under Subsection (a), the commission | ||
shall submit to the state agency and governor a recommendation on | ||
whether the property is suitable to meet an identified space need of | ||
another state agency. | ||
(c) A state agency may not sell, lease, exchange, or | ||
otherwise dispose of property the commission recommends as suitable | ||
to meet an identified space need of another state agency unless the | ||
governor, in writing, authorizes the agency to proceed with the | ||
sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition. | ||
(d) This section does not apply to the disposition of a | ||
state highway right-of-way or to any legislative action directing | ||
the disposition of state-owned real property. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Facilities Commission is required | ||
to implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates money | ||
specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not | ||
appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the commission | ||
may, but is not required to, implement this Act using other | ||
appropriations available for that purpose. | ||
(b) A state agency is not required to comply with Section | ||
2166.109 or 2166.111, Government Code, as added by this Act, until | ||
the Texas Facilities Commission has established the database and | ||
adopted the rules required by Section 2166.109, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |