1-1 By: Haley S.B. No. 706
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 1993; March 9, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
1-4 April 23, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 23, 1993,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Haley x
1-10 Moncrief x
1-11 Ellis x
1-12 Montford x
1-13 Shapiro x
1-14 Truan x
1-15 Turner x
1-16 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 706 By: Haley
1-17 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-18 AN ACT
1-19 relating to the powers and duties of the State Preservation Board.
1-20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-21 SECTION 1. Section 443.007, Government Code, is amended by
1-22 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-23 (d) The board may purchase insurance policies to insure the
1-24 buildings and the contents of the buildings against any insurable
1-25 risk that arises out of a construction or preservation project.
1-26 SECTION 2. Section 443.013, Government Code, is amended by
1-27 amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read
1-28 as follows:
1-29 (b) The board may charge a vendor a reasonable fee or a
1-30 percentage of gross or net sales for the right to operate in the
1-31 Capitol and may charge a royalty on items sold. Revenue received
1-32 under this section <from fees and royalties> shall be deposited in
1-33 the Capitol fund. Revenue received from a food service vendor
1-34 under this section shall be deposited to the credit of a separate
1-35 account in the fund, and money in the account may be used only for
1-36 the purchase and maintenance of equipment, furnishings, and space
1-37 related to food service in the Capitol.
1-38 (c) Chapter 94, Human Resources Code, does not apply to a
1-39 vending facility approved or operated by the board under this
1-40 section.
1-41 (d) The board may establish, manage, and operate gift and
1-42 souvenir shops in the Capitol and in the General Land Office
1-43 Building. The board may deposit money it receives under this
1-44 subsection to the credit of a separate account in the Capitol fund
1-45 and may spend money in the account only for the benefit of the
1-46 buildings and for educational programs related to the General Land
1-47 Office Building and the historical portion of the Capitol.
1-48 SECTION 3. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
1-49 adding Sections 443.0131 and 443.0132 to read as follows:
1-50 Sec. 443.0131. RENTAL OF SPACE TO NEWS MEDIA. The board may
1-51 set and collect a fee from news media representatives for the
1-52 rental of space in the Capitol. The fee shall be set in an amount
1-53 designed to recover the board's costs in furnishing and maintaining
1-54 the space. The board shall deposit money received under this
1-55 section to the credit of a separate account in the Capitol fund.
1-56 Money in the account may be used only to maintain and furnish the
1-57 space rented to news media representatives.
1-58 Sec. 443.0132. FEE FOR USE OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE BUILDING.
1-59 The board may set and collect a fee for public use of the building
1-60 for special activities. The fee shall be set in an amount
1-61 designed to pay for the maintenance and operation of a Capitol
1-62 Complex visitors center in the building. The board shall deposit
1-63 money received under this section to the credit of a separate
1-64 account in the Capitol fund. Money in the account may be used only
1-65 for the maintenance and operation of a Capitol Complex visitors
1-66 center in the building.
1-67 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-68 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-5 passage, and it is so enacted.
2-6 * * * * *
2-7 Austin,
2-8 Texas
2-9 April 23, 1993
2-10 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-11 President of the Senate
2-12 Sir:
2-13 We, your Committee on Administration to which was referred S.B. No.
2-14 706, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
2-15 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not
2-16 pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in lieu thereof do
2-17 pass and be printed.
2-18 Haley,
2-19 Chairman
2-20 * * * * *
2-21 WITNESSES
2-22 No witnesses appeared on S.B. No. 706.