S.B. No. 706
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 Subsections (d) and (e)
1-10 to read 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:
2-4 (1) the benefit of the buildings;
2-5 (2) educational programs related to the General Land
2-6 Office Building and the historical portion of the Capitol; and
2-7 (3) operation of the gift and souvenir shops and a
2-8 Capitol Complex visitors center in the General Land Office
2-9 Building.
2-10 (e) The sale of alcoholic beverages in the Capitol and the
2-11 General Land Office Building and on their grounds is prohibited.
2-12 SECTION 3. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
2-13 adding Sections 443.0131 and 443.0132 to read as follows:
2-14 Sec. 443.0131. RENTAL OF SPACE TO NEWS MEDIA. The board may
2-15 set and collect a fee from news media representatives for the
2-16 rental of space in the Capitol. The fee shall be set in an amount
2-17 designed to recover the board's costs in furnishing and maintaining
2-18 the space. The board shall deposit money received under this
2-19 section to the credit of a separate account in the Capitol fund.
2-20 Money in the account may be used only to maintain and furnish the
2-21 space rented to news media representatives.
2-22 Sec. 443.0132. FEE FOR USE OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE BUILDING.
2-23 The board may set and collect a fee for public use of the building
2-24 for special activities. 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. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
3-5 adding Section 443.0135 to read as follows:
3-6 Sec. 443.0135. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. (a) The following
3-7 activities are prohibited in the Capitol, including the Capitol
3-8 extension and on its grounds:
3-9 (1) the sale of alcoholic beverages;
3-10 (2) the gift of alcoholic beverages in open containers
3-11 or for on-premises consumption;
3-12 (3) the consumption of alcoholic beverages; and
3-13 (4) the possession of an open container of an
3-14 alcoholic beverage.
3-15 (b) Subsections (a)(2), (3), and (4) are not applicable in
3-16 the offices, reception areas, and other similar areas under the
3-17 control of the legislature, a legislative agency, the governor, or
3-18 another officer of the state.
3-19 (c) Subsections (a)(2), (3), and (4) are not applicable to
3-20 celebrations of events of significant importance to the history of
3-21 the Capitol if consumption of alcoholic beverages at the event is
3-22 approved by the board.
3-23 (d) The board may adopt rules that permit the sale, gift,
3-24 consumption, and possession of an open container of alcoholic
3-25 beverages at celebrations of events of significant importance to
3-26 the history of the Capitol and may determine the historical events
3-27 that qualify as events of significant importance to the history of
4-1 the Capitol.
4-2 (e) The board shall submit a written report to the regular
4-3 session of the legislature convening in the third year following
4-4 the year in which the federal decennial census is taken regarding
4-5 the relationship of the prohibitions established by this section
4-6 and the preservation of buildings and other property on the Capitol
4-7 grounds.
4-8 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
4-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-14 passage, and it is so enacted.