78R8288 MTB-D

By:  Swinford                                                     H.B. No. 2464



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision of facilities management services by the 
Texas Building and Procurement Commission for certain state 
agencies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 2165.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2165.007.  FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES. (a) In this 
section, "facilities management services" means any state agency 
facilities management service that is not unique to carrying out a 
program of the agency.  The term includes services related to 
facilities construction and management, energy management, general 
building and grounds maintenance, facility leasing, and data 
facilities management.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall 
provide facilities management services in relation to all 
facilities used for a state agency's headquarters in Travis County 
or a county adjacent to Travis County.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 2165.057 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2165.057.  MANAGEMENT OF FACILITIES. The commission 
shall develop and implement policies that clearly define the 
responsibilities of the commission and the commission's staff that 
relate to conducting facilities management services for state 
agency facilities under Section 2165.007.
	SECTION 3.  On September 1, 2003:                                              
		(1)  all powers and duties of a state agency that relate 
to the facilities management services treated by Section 
2165.007(b), Government Code, as added by this Act, are transferred 
to the Texas Building and Procurement Commission;
		(2)  all obligations and contracts of a state agency 
that relate to the transferred services are transferred to the 
Texas Building and Procurement Commission;
		(3)  all records and other property in the custody of a 
state agency that relate to the transferred services and all funds 
appropriated by the legislature to a state agency that relate to the 
transferred services are transferred to the Texas Building and 
Procurement Commission;
		(4)  all complaints and investigations that are pending 
before a state agency that relate to the transferred services are 
transferred without change in status to the Texas Building and 
Procurement Commission; and
		(5)  a rule or form adopted by a state agency that 
relates to the transferred services is considered to be a rule or 
form of the Texas Building and Procurement Commission and remains 
in effect until altered by the commission.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.