By: Haley S.B. No. 706
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the powers and duties of the State Preservation Board.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 443.007, Government Code, is amended by
1-4 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-5 (d) The board may purchase insurance policies to insure the
1-6 buildings and the contents of the buildings against any insurable
1-7 risk that arises out of a construction or preservation project.
1-8 SECTION 2. Section 443.013, Government Code, is amended by
1-9 amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read
1-10 as follows:
1-11 (b) The board may charge a vendor a reasonable fee or a
1-12 percentage of gross or net sales for the right to operate in the
1-13 Capitol and may charge a royalty on items sold. Revenue received
1-14 under this section <from fees and royalties> shall be deposited in
1-15 the Capitol fund. Revenue received from a food service vendor
1-16 under this section shall be deposited to the credit of a separate
1-17 account in the fund, and money in the account may be used only for
1-18 the purchase and maintenance of equipment, furnishings, and space
1-19 related to food service in the Capitol.
1-20 (c) Chapter 94, Human Resources Code, does not apply to a
1-21 vending facility approved or operated by the board under this
1-22 section.
1-23 (d) The board may establish, manage, and operate gift and
1-24 souvenir shops in the Capitol and in the General Land Office
2-1 Building. The board may deposit money it receives under this
2-2 subsection to the credit of a separate account in the Capitol fund
2-3 and may spend money in the account only for the benefit of the
2-4 buildings and for educational programs related to the General Land
2-5 Office Building and the historical portion of the Capitol.
2-6 SECTION 3. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
2-7 adding Sections 443.0131 and 443.0132 to read as follows:
2-8 Sec. 443.0131. RENTAL OF SPACE TO NEWS MEDIA. The board may
2-9 set and collect a fee from news media representatives for the
2-10 rental of space in the Capitol. The fee shall be set in an amount
2-11 designed to recover the board's costs in furnishing and maintaining
2-12 the space. The board shall deposit money received under this
2-13 section to the credit of a separate account in the Capitol fund.
2-14 Money in the account may be used only to maintain and furnish the
2-15 space rented to news media representatives.
2-16 Sec. 443.0132. FEE FOR USE OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE BUILDING.
2-17 The board may set and collect a fee for public use of the building
2-18 for special activities. The fee shall be set in an amount
2-19 designed to pay for the maintenance and operation of a Capitol
2-20 Complex visitors center in the building. The board shall deposit
2-21 money received under this section to the credit of a separate
2-22 account in the Capitol fund. Money in the account may be used only
2-23 for the maintenance and operation of a Capitol Complex visitors
2-24 center in the building.
2-25 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-26 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-27 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-4 passage, and it is so enacted.