80R2251 YDB-D
 
  By: Isett, et al. H.B. No. 2620
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to state facility management and maintenance practices.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 2165.052, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
       Sec. 2165.052.  REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF STATE
BUILDINGS.  (a)  On direction of the commission's attention to a
needed improvement or repair of a building or office by the head of
a department or office, the commission shall provide for and direct
the repair or improvement.
       (b)  The commission shall establish a preventive maintenance
program and enter into energy savings performance contracts of the
type described by Section 2166.406(a) covering each state building
or office for which the commission is responsible for providing
facility management services under this chapter or other law.
       SECTION 2.  Section 2165.057(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
       (a)  The commission shall:
             (1)  develop and implement policies that clearly define
the responsibilities of the commission and the commission's staff
that relate to conducting facilities management services for state
agency facilities under Section 2165.007;
             (2)  with each state agency tenant, enter into a
contract that describes the specific level of facilities management
services the commission will provide and any activities related to
facilities management services the tenant agency and its employees
will provide at agency cost; and
             (3)  establish property-specific budgets for each
state agency facility for which the commission provides facilities
management services to assist in contracting under Subdivision (2)
and in evaluating the success and efficiency of the facilities
management services provided by the commission.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.