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By:  Hughes                                                       H.B. No. 3445



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to creating a task force to study the use of land within 
the Capitol Complex.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 10, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Chapter 2059 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 2059.  CAPITOL COMPLEX MASTER PLAN TASK FORCE
	Sec. 2059.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "Capitol 
Complex" means the state-owned property in the city of Austin 
within the area bounded on the north by Martin Luther King, Jr., 
Boulevard, on the east by Trinity Street, on the south by 10th 
Street, and on the west by Lavaca Street.
	Sec. 2059.002.  TASK FORCE.  (a)  The governor, the 
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of 
representatives shall appoint a task force to study land use within 
the Capitol Complex.
	(b)  The task force shall develop a master plan for the 
Capitol Complex that:
		(1)  makes maximum and best use of the land within the 
Capitol Complex for state agencies; and
		(2)  provides for the relocation to the Capitol Complex 
of state agencies located outside the Capitol Complex.
	(c)  The task force shall use research reports prepared by 
the General Services Commission and the General Land Office in 
developing the master plan under Subsection (b).
	Sec. 2059.003.  PRESIDING OFFICER.  The governor shall 
appoint one member of the task force as the presiding officer.  The 
presiding officer shall present the master plan to the governor, 
the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of 
representatives, and the director of any state agency that is 
affected by the master plan.
	Sec. 2059.004.  AGENCY REJECTION OR APPROVAL OF 
RECOMMENDATIONS.  (a)  The governing board of a state agency may 
adopt or reject the recommendations contained in the master plan.  
If the agency rejects the recommendations, the state agency shall 
specify in writing the reasons for the rejection.
	(b)  Not later than the 90th day after the date the task force 
receives a rejection of the recommendation from a state agency, the 
task force shall develop a new implementation strategy to present 
to the state agency.
	Sec. 2059.005.  ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT STAFF.  An 
executive agency at the direction of the governor and a legislative 
agency at the direction of the lieutenant governor or the speaker of 
the house of representatives shall provide support staff and 
administrative assistance to the task force.
	Sec. 2059.006.  APPLICABILITY OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE LAW.  
Chapter 2110 does not apply to the task force.
	Sec. 2059.007.  EXPIRATION.  The task force is abolished and 
this chapter expires September 1, 2007.
	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.