78R10867 MTB-D


By:  Cook of Colorado                                             H.B. No. 3045



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the limitation on the allocation of office space to 
state agencies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2165.104(c), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(c)  To the extent possible without sacrificing critical 
public or client services, the commission may not allocate usable 
office space, as defined by the commission, to a state agency under 
Article I, II, V, VI, VII, or VIII of the General Appropriations Act 
or to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas 
Education Agency, the State Board for Educator Certification, the 
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board, or the Office of 
Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System in an amount that 
exceeds an average of 135 [153] square feet per agency employee for 
each agency site.  To the extent that any of those agencies 
allocates its own usable office space, as defined by the 
commission, the agency shall allocate the space to achieve the 
required ratio.  This subsection does not apply to:
		(1)  an agency site at which there are so few employees 
that it is not practical to apply this subsection to that site, as 
determined by the commission [fewer than 16 employees are located]; 
and
		(2)  an agency site at which it is not practical to 
apply this subsection because of the site's type of space or use of 
space, as determined by the commission [warehouse space;
		[(3)  laboratory space;                                      
		[(4)  storage space exceeding 1,000 gross square feet;       
		[(5)  library space;                                         
		[(6)  space for hearing rooms used to conduct hearings 
required under the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001; or
		[(7)  another type of space specified by commission 
rule, if the commission determines that it is not practical to apply 
this subsection to that space].
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a lease for usable 
office space entered into or renewed on or after September 1, 2003.  
A lease entered into or renewed before September 1, 2003, shall be 
reviewed by the Texas Building and Procurement Commission as the 
lease comes up for renewal to determine whether it would be 
cost-effective to bring the lease into compliance with Section 
2165.104(c), Government Code, as amended by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.