By: Black H.B. No. 2427
73R6859 RJA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the powers and duties of the State Preservation Board.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 443.007, Government Code, is amended by
1-5 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-6 (d) The board may purchase insurance policies to insure the
1-7 buildings and the contents of the buildings against any insurable
1-8 risk that arises out of a construction or preservation project.
1-9 SECTION 2. Section 443.013, Government Code, is amended by
1-10 amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read
1-11 as follows:
1-12 (b) The board may charge a vendor a reasonable fee or a
1-13 percentage of gross or net sales for the right to operate in the
1-14 Capitol and may charge a royalty on items sold. Revenue received
1-15 under this section <from fees and royalties> shall be deposited in
1-16 the Capitol fund. Revenue received from a food service vendor
1-17 under this section shall be deposited to the credit of a separate
1-18 account in the fund, and money in the account may be used only for
1-19 the purchase and maintenance of equipment, furnishings, and space
1-20 related to food service in the Capitol.
1-21 (c) Chapter 94, Human Resources Code, does not apply to a
1-22 vending facility approved or operated by the board under this
1-23 section.
1-24 (d) The board may establish, manage, and operate gift and
2-1 souvenir shops in the Capitol and in the General Land Office
2-2 Building. The board may deposit money it receives under this
2-3 subsection to the credit of a separate account in the Capitol fund
2-4 and may spend money in the account only for:
2-5 (1) the benefit of the buildings;
2-6 (2) educational programs related to the General Land
2-7 Office Building and the historical portion of the Capitol; and
2-8 (3) operation of the gift and souvenir shops and a
2-9 Capitol Complex visitors center in the General Land Office
2-10 Building.
2-11 SECTION 3. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
2-12 adding Sections 443.0131 and 443.0132 to read as follows:
2-13 Sec. 443.0131. RENTAL OF SPACE TO NEWS MEDIA. The board may
2-14 set and collect a fee from news media representatives for the
2-15 rental of space in the Capitol. The fee shall be set in an amount
2-16 designed to recover the board's costs in furnishing and maintaining
2-17 the space. The board shall deposit money received under this
2-18 section to the credit of a separate account in the Capitol fund.
2-19 Money in the account may be used only to maintain and furnish the
2-20 space rented to news media representatives.
2-21 Sec. 443.0132. FEE FOR USE OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE BUILDING.
2-22 The board may set and collect a fee for public admission to the
2-23 General Land Office Building, a fee for use of the building for
2-24 special activities, or both. The fee shall be set in an amount
2-25 designed to pay for the maintenance and operation of a Capitol
2-26 Complex visitors center in the building. The board shall deposit
2-27 money received under this section to the credit of a separate
3-1 account in the Capitol fund. Money in the account may be used only
3-2 for the maintenance and operation of a Capitol Complex visitors
3-3 center in the building.
3-4 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-9 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-10 passage, and it is so enacted.