By:  Haywood                                          S.B. No. 1745
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to generally prohibiting governmental entities from
 1-3     leasing office building space.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subtitle E, Title 10, Government Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Chapter 2206 to read as follows:
 1-7                CHAPTER 2206.  LEASING OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
 1-8           Sec. 2206.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "state or local
 1-9     governmental entity" means:
1-10                 (1)  a board, commission, department, office, or other
1-11     agency in the executive branch of state government created under
1-12     the constitution or a statute of the state;
1-13                 (2)  the legislature or a legislative agency;
1-14                 (3)  the Texas Supreme Court, the Texas Court of
1-15     Criminal Appeals, a court of appeals, a state judicial agency, or
1-16     the State Bar of Texas; or
1-17                 (4)  a political subdivision of this state, including
1-18     a:
1-19                       (A)  county;
1-20                       (B)  municipality; or
1-21                       (C)  special-purpose district or authority.
1-22           Sec. 2206.002.  EXCEPTION.  This Chapter does not apply to:
1-23                 (1)  an institution of higher education as defined by
 2-1     Section 61.003, Education Code; and
 2-2                 (2)  a public school district.
 2-3           Sec. 2206.003.  GENERAL PROHIBITION ON LEASING GOVERNMENT
 2-4     PROPERTY.  (a)  A state or local governmental entity may not lease
 2-5     or sublease space in an office building owned or leased by the
 2-6     governmental entity to another state or local governmental entity
 2-7     or a private entity.
 2-8           (b)  This section does not apply to a lease entered into
 2-9     under:
2-10                 (1)  Subchapter E, Chapter 2165;
2-11                 (2)  Section 30.027, 30.028, 30.059, Education Code;
2-12     and
2-13                 (3)  Section 318.013, Local Government Code.
2-14           (c)  This section does not apply to the lease of space in an
2-15     office building for a vending facility.