By Moreno of Harris                                   H.B. No. 3621
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to creating a task force to study the use of land within
 1-3     the Capitol Complex.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Government Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Chapter 2059 to read as follows:
 1-7            CHAPTER 2059.  CAPITOL COMPLEX MASTER PLAN TASK FORCE
 1-8           Sec. 2059.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "Capitol
 1-9     Complex" means the state-owned property in the city of Austin
1-10     within the area bounded on the north by Martin Luther King, Jr.,
1-11     Boulevard, on the east by Trinity Street, on the south by 10th
1-12     Street, and on the west by Lavaca Street.
1-13           Sec. 2059.002.  TASK FORCE. (a)  The governor, the lieutenant
1-14     governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall
1-15     appoint a task force to study land use within the Capitol Complex.
1-16           (b)  The task force shall develop a master plan for the
1-17     Capitol Complex that:
1-18                 (1)  makes maximum and best use of the land within the
1-19     Capitol Complex for state agencies; and
1-20                 (2)  provides for the relocation to the Capitol Complex
1-21     of state agencies located outside the Capitol Complex.
1-22           (c)  The task force shall use research reports prepared by
1-23     the General Services Commission and the General Land Office in
1-24     developing the master plan under Subsection (b).
 2-1           Sec. 2059.003.  PRESIDING OFFICER. The governor shall appoint
 2-2     one member of the task force as the presiding officer.  The
 2-3     presiding officer shall present the master plan to the governor,
 2-4     the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
 2-5     representatives, and the director of any state agency that is
 2-6     affected by the master plan.
 2-7           Sec. 2059.004.  AGENCY REJECTION OR APPROVAL OF
 2-8     RECOMMENDATIONS. (a)  The governing board of a state agency may
 2-9     adopt or reject the recommendations contained in the master plan.
2-10     If the agency rejects the recommendations, the state agency shall
2-11     specify in writing the reasons for the rejection.
2-12           (b)  Not later than the 90th day after the date the task
2-13     force receives a rejection of the recommendation from a state
2-14     agency, the task force shall develop a new implementation strategy
2-15     to present to the state agency.
2-16           Sec. 2059.005.  ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT STAFF. An
2-17     executive agency at the direction of the governor and a legislative
2-18     agency at the direction of the lieutenant governor or the speaker
2-19     of the house of representatives shall provide support staff and
2-20     administrative assistance to the task force.
2-21           Sec. 2059.006.  APPLICABILITY OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE LAW.
2-22     Chapter 2110 does not apply to the task force.
2-23           Sec. 2059.007.  EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and
2-24     this chapter expires September 1, 2005.
2-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-26     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-27     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 3-1     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 3-2     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.