1-1 By: Barrientos S.B. No. 1160 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1993; March 15, 1993, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 1-4 April 7, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 7, 1993, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-9 Harris of Dallas x 1-10 Rosson x 1-11 Carriker x 1-12 Henderson x 1-13 Leedom x 1-14 Lucio x 1-15 Luna x 1-16 Nelson x 1-17 Patterson x 1-18 Shelley x 1-19 Sibley x 1-20 West x 1-21 Whitmire x 1-22 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1160 By: Lucio 1-23 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-24 AN ACT 1-25 relating to the authority of the Texas School for the Blind and 1-26 Visually Impaired to lease certain real property. 1-27 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-28 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Education Code, is 1-29 amended by adding Section 11.09 to read as follows: 1-30 Sec. 11.09. LEASE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF TEXAS SCHOOL FOR 1-31 THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED. (a) The Texas School for the 1-32 Blind and Visually Impaired may lease available real property on 1-33 the school's campus located at 1100 West 45th Street, Austin, 1-34 Travis County, to a private, nonprofit corporation that provides 1-35 print-handicapped persons with auditory materials. The lease must 1-36 provide that the corporation must use the property for those 1-37 services. 1-38 (b) In determining the fair market consideration for the 1-39 lease, actual benefits to be received by the school, the school's 1-40 students, and the blind and visually impaired community in the 1-41 state may be considered. 1-42 (c) The asset management division of the General Land Office 1-43 shall negotiate the terms of the lease, determine the most suitable 1-44 location for the lease, and close the transaction on behalf of the 1-45 school as provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Natural Resources 1-46 Code. The asset management division is not required to transact 1-47 the lease by sealed bid or public auction. 1-48 (d) Proceeds from the real estate transaction conducted 1-49 under this section shall be deposited in a separate account in the 1-50 general revenue fund and appropriated to the Texas School for the 1-51 Blind and Visually Impaired for the functions and purposes of the 1-52 school as provided by Section 11.062 of this code. This subsection 1-53 is exempt from the application of Section 403.094(h), Government 1-54 Code. 1-55 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-56 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-57 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-58 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-59 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-60 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-61 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-62 * * * * * 1-63 Austin, 1-64 Texas 1-65 April 7, 1993 1-66 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-67 President of the Senate 1-68 Sir: 2-1 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred S.B. No. 2-2 1160, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to 2-3 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not 2-4 pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in lieu thereof do 2-5 pass and be printed. 2-6 Harris of 2-7 Dallas, Chairman 2-8 * * * * * 2-9 WITNESSES 2-10 FOR AGAINST ON 2-11 ___________________________________________________________________ 2-12 Name: Bob Umstattd x 2-13 Representing: Recording For The Blind 2-14 City: Austin 2-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-16 Name: Lewis M. Roch x 2-17 Representing: 2-18 City: Austin 2-19 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-20 Name: Karen M. Neeley x 2-21 Representing: Recording For The Blind 2-22 City: Austin 2-23 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-24 Name: Kathleen Coyne x 2-25 Representing: Recording For The Blind 2-26 City: Austin 2-27 -------------------------------------------------------------------