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House Bill 265 |
House Author: Hilderbran |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Birdwell |
Current law authorizes the Texas Facilities Commission to lease space for a state agency if state-owned space is not available and the agency has money available to pay for the lease and to delegate to a state agency the authority to enter into lease contracts for space. House Bill 265 amends the Government Code to require the Texas Facilities Commission, in determining whether state-owned space is available, to consider all reasonably available state-owned space in Texas, regardless of whether utilizing the available space would require a move to a different location in the state. The bill also conditions the commission's delegation of authority to enter into lease contracts for space on a determination by the commission that state-owned space is not available.