1-1 By: Barrientos, et al. S.B. No. 1677
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 25, 1995; April 26, 1995, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 5, 1995,
1-4 reported favorably, as amended, by the following vote: Yeas 10,
1-5 Nays 3; May 5, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Wentworth
1-7 Amend S.B. No. 1677 as follows:
1-8 On page 3, at the end of line 3 (committee printing page 2,
1-9 line 4), add the following:
1-10 "the comptroller certifies that sufficient funds are
1-11 available, and the governor does not disapprove the action of the
1-12 Legislative Budget Board within 14 days of its action,"
1-13 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 2 By: Wentworth
1-14 Amend S.B. No. 1677 by deleting Section 2.
1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-16 AN ACT
1-17 relating to studying the feasibility of constructing a
1-18 motion-picture soundstage facility on state-owned property in
1-19 certain counties and authorizing the construction if it is
1-20 feasible; making an appropriation.
1-21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-22 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 444, Government Code, is
1-23 amended by adding Section 444.029 to read as follows:
1-24 Sec. 444.029. MOTION-PICTURE SOUNDSTAGE FACILITY. (a) The
1-25 commission, after consulting with the governor's Music, Film,
1-26 Television, and Multimedia Office, shall contract with a private
1-27 entity to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of
1-28 constructing, through a contract with a private entity, and
1-29 operating, through a contract with a private entity, a
1-30 motion-picture soundstage facility on state-owned real property in
1-31 Travis or Williamson County.
1-32 (b) The commission shall issue requests for proposals for
1-33 conducting the study not later than November 1, 1995. The study
1-34 must be completed not later than July 31, 1996.
1-35 (c) The study must include:
1-36 (1) an evaluation of the costs of constructing and
1-37 operating the facility;
1-38 (2) an evaluation of available methods to finance
1-39 construction of the facility;
1-40 (3) an evaluation of how other state agencies and
1-41 local governments in Travis or Williamson County could share in the
1-42 construction costs and ownership of the facility;
1-43 (4) an evaluation of the amount of rental revenues
1-44 that would be derived from the facility and of payments the
1-45 facility could generate for the governmental owners of the facility
1-46 in lieu of taxes on improvements and personal property related to
1-47 the facility;
1-48 (5) an evaluation of potential sites for the facility;
1-49 (6) an evaluation of how the state and other
1-50 governmental owners of the facility could contract with a private
1-51 entity to manage the facility; and
1-52 (7) an evaluation of how the state and other
1-53 governmental owners of the facility could cooperate with private
1-54 entities to provide for the construction of separate support
1-55 facilities for the soundstage facility.
1-56 (d) On completion of the study, if the commission determines
1-57 that a project to construct and own the facility in accordance with
1-58 this section is feasible, the commission shall propose a project
1-59 plan for construction, ownership, and management of the facility.
1-60 The commission shall submit the plan to the Legislative Budget
1-61 Board not later than September 1, 1996. The plan must include:
1-62 (1) the text of any interagency or intergovernmental
1-63 agreements that are necessary for joint sharing of costs and
1-64 revenues associated with the facility;
1-65 (2) a budget for constructing the facility; and
1-66 (3) methods to finance construction of the facility.
1-67 (e) If the Legislative Budget Board gives its prior approval
1-68 to the expenditure of money appropriated to the commission for the
2-1 purpose of constructing the facility and related project expenses,
2-2 the commission may execute contracts with:
2-3 (1) other governmental entities to share the costs,
2-4 revenues, and ownership of the facility, including costs associated
2-5 with construction; and
2-6 (2) private entities for the construction or
2-7 management of the facility.
2-8 (f) The commission and the other facility owners must manage
2-9 the facility through a contract with a private entity. The
2-10 contract must be awarded in accordance with applicable state
2-11 procurement laws.
2-12 (g) On approval of the expenditure of money appropriated to
2-13 the commission for the purpose of constructing the facility and
2-14 related project expenses by the Legislative Budget Board, charge
2-15 and control of the real property selected by the commission for the
2-16 facility site in the plan submitted to the Legislative Budget Board
2-17 is transferred to the commission. The commission may share title to
2-18 the facility and other improvements on the facility site related to
2-19 the construction of the facility with the other owners of the
2-20 facility.
2-21 (h) Any revenues received by the commission under this
2-22 section that are not appropriated to the commission for the
2-23 administration of this section shall be deposited to the credit of
2-24 the Texas cultural endowment fund. Any revenues received by
2-25 another state agency under this section may be used by the agency
2-26 for its costs related to the administration of this section or for
2-27 other costs related to the operation of the agency.
2-28 SECTION 2. In addition to other amounts appropriated to the
2-29 Texas Commission on the Arts for the state fiscal biennium ending
2-30 August 31, 1997, the amount of $10,000,000 is appropriated out of
2-31 the General Revenue Fund to the Texas Commission on the Arts for
2-32 the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 1997, for the purposes
2-33 described by Section 444.029, Government Code, as added by this
2-34 Act. Not more than 2.5 percent of that amount may be expended for
2-35 the purpose of conducting the feasibility study described by
2-36 Subsections (a), (b), and (c), Section 444.029, Government Code, as
2-37 added by this Act. None of the remaining amounts may be expended
2-38 without the prior approval of the Legislative Budget Board.
2-39 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-40 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-41 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-42 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-43 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-44 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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