Bill Text: TX SB646 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to approval for purchases of property or construction projects by a state agency with self-directed semi-independent status.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB646 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB646-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to approval for purchases of property or construction projects by a state agency with self-directed semi-independent status.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB646 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB646-Comm_Sub.html
By: Birdwell, et al. | S.B. No. 646 | |
(In the Senate - Filed February 5, 2019; March 1, 2019, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; | ||
March 26, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, | ||
Nays 0; March 26, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to approval for purchases of property or construction | ||
projects by a state agency with self-directed semi-independent | ||
status. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2165.261 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2165.261. PROPERTY PURCHASES AND CONSTRUCTION | ||
PROJECTS BY SELF-DIRECTED SEMI-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES. (a) This | ||
section applies only to a state agency that has self-directed | ||
semi-independent status under state law. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Chapter 472 of this code, Chapter 16, | ||
Finance Code, Chapter 1105, Occupations Code, or any other law, a | ||
state agency must obtain written authorization from the governor | ||
before allocating money for the purchase of real property or to | ||
construct a building on real property. | ||
(c) To apply for authorization under this section, a state | ||
agency, in accordance with procedures prescribed by the governor, | ||
shall: | ||
(1) submit to the Texas Facilities Commission: | ||
(A) a detailed description of the proposed | ||
property purchase or construction project and the agency's need for | ||
the purchase or project; and | ||
(B) a request for an analysis by the commission | ||
of any available state property or building that satisfies the | ||
agency's need; and | ||
(2) submit to the governor: | ||
(A) a request for written authorization for the | ||
purchase or project that includes the detailed description | ||
submitted under Subdivision (1)(A), the total amount of money | ||
required to complete the purchase or project, and the agency's | ||
justification for the purchase or project; and | ||
(B) the analysis obtained from the commission | ||
under Subdivision (1)(B). | ||
(d) A state agency that receives written authorization | ||
under Subsection (c) shall: | ||
(1) collaborate with the Texas Facilities Commission | ||
with respect to the purchase or project; and | ||
(2) notify the commission and the General Land Office | ||
on completion of the purchase or project. | ||
(e) The governor may adopt rules necessary to implement this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
date of this Act, the governor shall prescribe the procedures and | ||
may adopt any rules necessary to implement Section 2165.261, | ||
Government Code, as added by this Act. The governor may adopt the | ||
initial rules in the manner provided by law for emergency rules. | ||
(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, and in accordance with | ||
procedures prescribed by the governor, a state agency with | ||
self-directed semi-independent status under state law that before | ||
the effective date of this Act allocated money to purchase real | ||
property or construct a building on real property and has not | ||
completed the purchase or has not begun the construction, as | ||
applicable: | ||
(1) shall submit to the governor a detailed | ||
description of the proposed purchase or project, including the | ||
amount of money previously allocated by the agency for the purchase | ||
or project, the amount of money required to complete the purchase or | ||
project, and the agency's justification for the purchase or | ||
project; and | ||
(2) may not allocate additional money for the purchase | ||
or project unless the agency receives written authorization for the | ||
purchase or project from the governor in accordance with Section | ||
2165.261, Government Code, as added by this Act, and any rules | ||
adopted under that section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
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