79R2128 MTB-D
By: Swinford H.B. No. 3285
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the abolition of the State Aircraft Pooling Board and
its functions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 85.285 to read as follows:
Sec. 85.285. AIRCRAFT. (a) The board is primarily
responsible for scheduling university system aircraft.
(b) The university system shall base university system
aircraft in Brazos County.
(c) A pilot of university system aircraft must be an
employee of the university system.
(d) In this section, "university system aircraft" means
aircraft owned on August 31, 1991, or acquired after that date by
the university system or one of its components.
SECTION 2. The following laws are repealed:
(1) Chapter 2205, Government Code;
(2) Section 2175.134(c), Government Code;
(3) Section 2175.191(c), Government Code; and
(4) Article 59.11, Code of Criminal Procedure.
SECTION 3. On the effective date of this Act:
(1) the State Aircraft Pooling Board is abolished;
(2) all board employee positions are eliminated; and
(3) any memorandum of understanding or interagency
contract entered into between the Texas Department of
Transportation and the State Aircraft Pooling Board for the
operation of state aircraft expires.
SECTION 4. (a) The Texas Department of Transportation
shall sell for fair market value all state aircraft and
aircraft-related equipment formerly under the custody of the State
Aircraft Pooling Board. If bonds were issued in connection with
acquiring or maintaining the aircraft or equipment or in connection
with other board purposes, the proceeds from the sale of the
aircraft and equipment shall be used to pay off the bonds to the
extent the proceeds of the bonds were expended for those purposes.
(b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall sell the
State Aircraft Pooling Board facility located at the
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for not less than the amount
contained in the current market value assessment of the property
that shall be made by the General Land Office. If bonds were
issued, the proceeds of which were expended for the purchase,
maintenance, or construction of the Austin-Bergstrom facilities,
the proceeds from the sale of the facilities shall be used to pay
off the state bond obligations as the Texas Public Finance
Authority determines to be appropriate.
SECTION 5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Texas
Department of Transportation has charge and control over the
approximately three-acre property formerly operated by the State
Aircraft Pooling Board at the site of the former Robert Mueller
Municipal Airport.
(b) The department may only:
(1) use the property described by Subsection (a) of
this section for purposes consistent with the operation of an
intelligent transportation system unless the City of Austin and
Travis County agree to a different use; and
(2) lease an unneeded portion of the property
described by Subsection (a) of this section under the procedures
prescribed by Subchapter C, Chapter 202, Transportation Code, if
the lease is approved by the City of Austin and Travis County.
(c) If bonds were issued in connection with acquiring,
renovating, or maintaining the facilities located at the site of
the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, the proceeds from any
lease of the facilities shall be used to pay off the bonds to the
extent the proceeds of the bonds were expended for acquiring,
renovating, or maintaining the facilities.
(d) In this section, "intelligent transportation system"
means a traffic management system designed to enhance the
efficiency and safety of the transportation system in the Austin
regional area through the remote monitoring and broadcasting of
traffic information. The term does not include the maintenance of
vehicles, the storage of fuel, or the storage of vehicles.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.