S.B. No. 640
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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