78R1515 MTB-D

By:  Hochberg                                                     H.B. No. 2667



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use and management of certain state-owned real 
property.    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle E, Title 10, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Chapter 2206 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 2206.  USE AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE PROPERTY
	Sec. 2206.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "capital 
charge" means an amount paid to the state by a state agency based on 
real property owned by the agency and designed to provide budgetary 
incentives for an agency to use its property in a cost-effective 
manner.
	Sec. 2206.002.  INFORMATION ON REAL PROPERTY. Each state 
agency shall include, as part of its legislative appropriations 
request, the following information on any real property owned by 
the agency:
		(1)  total land owned, in acres;                                       
		(2)  total building space owned, in usable square feet;                
		(3)  location of property owned, by county, 
municipality, and survey;
		(4)  historical or acquisition costs of property owned 
and improvements;
		(5)  appraised market value of property owned, if 
known, including year of appraisal;
		(6)  if an appraisal is not available or is more than 
four years old, estimated market value of property owned using 
available indices or comparisons to county central appraisal 
district data, local economic data, or other sources;
		(7)  current use, expected use during the next 
biennium, and expected long-term use of the property owned;
		(8)  recommendations on the retention or disposition of 
property owned and, if the agency recommends that a property be 
disposed of, efforts made to market the property; and
		(9)  estimated impact, if any, of the capital charge 
system on federal direct and indirect cost recovery.
	Sec. 2206.003.  TEXAS AGENCY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION. (a) 
In this section, "commission" means the Texas Agency Infrastructure 
Commission.
	(b)  The Texas Agency Infrastructure Commission is created 
to:        
		(1)  investigate the number and function of state 
agency field offices; and
		(2)  recommend the colocation or closure of state 
agency field offices, if appropriate.
	(c)  The commission is composed of:                                     
		(1)  four members appointed by the governor;                           
		(2)  one member appointed by the governor who serves as 
presiding officer;
		(3)  one member appointed by the lieutenant governor;                  
		(4)  one member appointed by the governor from a list of 
persons submitted by the speaker of the house of representatives;
		(5)  one member appointed by the land commissioner; and                
		(6)  one member appointed by the comptroller.                          
	(d)  The governor may reject the persons on a list submitted 
under Subsection (c)(4) and require a new list to be submitted.
	(e)  A member of the commission may not receive compensation 
but is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General 
Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in conducting 
the business of the commission.  The travel expenses of a member are 
payable from the funds appropriated to the office of the officer who 
appointed the member, except that the expenses of a member 
appointed under Subsection (c)(4) are payable from the funds 
appropriated to the office of the speaker.
	(f)  Employees of the governor's office and the asset 
management division of the General Land Office shall staff the 
commission.
	(g)  The commission shall meet at the call of the presiding 
officer.  
	(h)  Before September 1, 2004, the commission shall submit a 
report with its findings and recommendations for state agency field 
offices to:
		(1)  the legislature;                                                  
		(2)  the governor; and                                                 
		(3)  the comptroller.                                                  
	(i)  This section expires and the commission is abolished on 
September 1, 2004.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.