Bill Text: TX SB640 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the state agencies responsible for providing facilities management services for certain state buildings allocated for legislative use.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB640 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB640-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 640 | ||
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| 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 | ||
| house and senate in the Capitol, Capitol Extension, and any | ||
| legislative office building, the administrative head of agency for | ||
| the appropriate house shall specify the scope, manner, and | ||
| performance of all work related to audiovisual systems, including | ||
| sound systems. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 640 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2023, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 640 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 118, | ||
| Nays 20, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
