78(R) SB 915 - Senate Committee Report version


                                                                                


By:  Fraser                                                       S.B. No. 915
	(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2003; March 11, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Government Organization; 
April 8, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 8, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 915                                    By:  Ratliff


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the method and source of funding for the State Aircraft 
Pooling Board.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsections (b) and (c), Section 2205.007, 
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas 
trade association in the field of aircraft sales and leasing may not 
be a board member or a board employee who is exempt from the board's
[state's position classification plan or is compensated at or above 
the amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, 
salary group 17, of the] position classification salary schedule.
	(c)  A person who is the spouse of an officer, manager, or 
paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of 
aircraft sales and leasing may not be a board member and may not be a 
board employee who is exempt from the board's [state's position 
classification plan or is compensated at or above the amount 
prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, salary 
group 17, of the] position classification salary schedule.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 2205.012, Government 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board may employ and compensate staff [as provided 
by legislative appropriation] or may use staff provided by the 
Texas Building and Procurement [General Services] Commission or the 
state auditor's office.
	SECTION 3.  Section 2205.016, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 2205.016.  ANNUAL REPORT.  [(a)]   The board shall file 
annually with the governor and the presiding officer of each house 
of the legislature a complete and detailed written report 
accounting for all funds received and disbursed by the board during 
the preceding fiscal year.
	[(b)  The annual report must be in the form and reported in 
the time provided by the General Appropriations Act.]
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 2205, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 2205.020 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2205.020.  SOURCE OF FUNDING.  The board may not receive 
appropriations from the state.  All expenses of the board shall be 
paid from funds received under Section 2205.040.
	SECTION 5.  Subsections (b) and (c), Section 2205.032, 
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The board may purchase aircraft with funds received 
under Section 2205.040 [appropriated for that purpose].
	(c)  As part of the strategic plan that the board develops 
and submits under Chapter 2056, the board shall develop a 
long-range plan for its pool of aircraft.  [The board shall include 
appropriate portions of the long-range plan in its legislative 
appropriations request.]  The long-range plan must include 
estimates of future aircraft replacement needs and other fleet 
management needs, including any projected need to increase or 
decrease the number of aircraft in the pool.  In developing the 
long-range plan, the board shall consider at a minimum for each 
aircraft in the pool:
		(1)  how much the aircraft is used and the purposes for 
which it is used;   
		(2)  the cost of operating the aircraft and the revenue 
generated by the aircraft; and
		(3)  the demand for the aircraft or for that type of 
aircraft.              
	SECTION 6.  Subsection (a), Section 2205.034, Government 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board may acquire appropriate facilities for the 
accommodation of all aircraft owned or leased by the state.  The 
facilities may be purchased or leased as determined by the board to 
be most economical for the state [and as provided by legislative 
appropriations].  The facilities may include adequate hangar space, 
an indoor passenger waiting area, a flight-planning area, 
communications facilities, and other related and necessary 
facilities.
	SECTION 7.  Section 2205.040, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 2205.040.  RATES AND BILLING PROCEDURES.  (a)  The 
board shall adopt rates for interagency aircraft services that are 
sufficient to recover[, in the aggregate and to the extent 
possible,] all expenses of [direct costs for] the board [services 
provided], including current obligations for capital equipment 
financed under the Texas Public Finance Authority's master lease 
purchase program and aircraft replacement costs [a state agency's 
pro rata share of major maintenance, overhauls of equipment and 
facilities, and pilots' salaries].
	(b)  The board shall deposit revenue in an amount sufficient 
to pay its current obligations for aircraft and other capital 
equipment financed under the Texas Public Finance Authority's 
master lease purchase program to the credit of a special account 
established by the comptroller in the general revenue fund.  The 
board may, in its discretion, deposit additional revenue into and 
pay additional expenses from the account.
	(c)  The Legislative Budget Board, in cooperation with the 
board and the state auditor, shall:
		(1)  prescribe a billing procedure for passenger travel 
on state-operated aircraft; and
		(2)  confirm that the rates adopted under this section 
are sufficient to recover all expenses of the board.
	SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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