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Amend Floor Amendment No. 60 to CSHB 7 by adding an 
appropriately numbered new SECTION and renumbering subsequent 
SECTIONS accordingly, to read as follows:
	SECTION ____.  Section 2165.2035, Government Code, as 
created by House Bill 3042 of the 78th Legislature, is reenacted to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 2165.2035.  LEASE OF SPACE IN STATE-OWNED PARKING LOTS 
AND GARAGES.  (a)  In this section, "lease" includes a management 
agreement.
	(b)  The commission shall develop private, commercial uses 
for state-owned parking lots and garages located in the city of 
Austin at locations in the area bordered by West Fourth Street, 
Lavaca Street, West Third Street, and Nueces Street that the 
commission determines are appropriate for commercial uses outside 
of regular business hours.
	(c)  The commission may contract with a private vendor to 
manage the commercial use of state-owned parking lots and garages.
	(d)  Money received from a lease under this program shall be 
deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.
	(e)  On or before December 1 of each even-numbered year, the 
commission shall submit a report to the legislature and the 
Legislative Budget Board describing the effectiveness of the 
program under this section.
	(f)  The limitation on the amount of space allocated to 
private tenants prescribed by Section 2165.205(b) does not apply to 
the lease of a state-owned parking lot or garage under this section.
	(g)  Any lease of a state-owned parking lot or garage under 
this section must contain a provision that allows state employees 
who work hours other than regular working hours under Section 
658.005 to retain their parking privileges in a state-owned parking 
lot or garage.
	(h)  Nonprofit, charitable, and other community 
organizations may apply to use state parking lots and garages 
located in the city of Austin in the area bordered by West Fourth 
Street, Lavaca Street, West Third Street, and Nueces Street free of 
charge or at a reduced rate.  The executive director of the 
commission shall develop a form to be used to make such 
applications.  The form shall require information related to:
		(1)  the dates and times of the free use requested;                           
		(2)  the nature of the applicant's activities 
associated with the proposed use of state parking lots and garages; 
and
		(3)  any other information determined by the executive 
director of the commission to be necessary to evaluate an 
application.
	(i)  To be considered timely, an application must be 
submitted at least one month before the proposed use, unless this 
provision is waived by the executive director of the commission.
	(j)  The executive director of the commission may approve or 
reject an application made under Subsection (h).