By:  Haley                                             S.B. No. 706
       73R6111 JRD-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 the benefit of the
    2-5  buildings and for educational programs related to the General Land
    2-6  Office Building and the historical portion of the Capitol.
    2-7        SECTION 3.  Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
    2-8  adding Sections 443.0131 and 443.0132 to read as follows:
    2-9        Sec. 443.0131.  RENTAL OF SPACE TO NEWS MEDIA.  The board may
   2-10  set and collect a fee from news media representatives for the
   2-11  rental of space in the Capitol.  The fee shall be set in an amount
   2-12  designed to recover the board's costs in furnishing and maintaining
   2-13  the space.  The board shall deposit money received under this
   2-14  section to the credit of a separate account in the Capitol fund.
   2-15  Money in the account may be used only to maintain and furnish the
   2-16  space rented to news media representatives.
   2-17        Sec. 443.0132.  FEE FOR USE OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE BUILDING.
   2-18  The board may set and collect a fee for public admission to the
   2-19  General Land Office Building, a fee for use of the building for
   2-20  special activities, or both.  The fee shall be set in an amount
   2-21  designed to pay for the maintenance and operation of a capitol
   2-22  complex visitors center in the building.  The board shall deposit
   2-23  money received under this section to the credit of a separate
   2-24  account in the Capitol fund.  Money in the account may be used only
   2-25  for the maintenance and operation of a capitol complex visitors
   2-26  center in the building.
   2-27        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
    3-1  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    3-2  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    3-3  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    3-4  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
    3-5  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
    3-6  passage, and it is so enacted.