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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the preservation, maintenance, and restoration of |
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certain state buildings by the State Preservation Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 442.0071(e), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) The State Preservation Board [Purchasing and General
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Services Commission] and the office of the governor may exercise |
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the powers and shall perform the duties relating to the Governor's |
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Mansion that are provided by applicable law, subject to the |
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requirements of this section. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 443.0073 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 443.0073. PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN |
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STATE BUILDINGS. (a) The board shall preserve, maintain, and |
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restore the Governor's Mansion, the Gethsemane Church and Luther |
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Hall, the Elrose Building, the Christianson-Leberman Building, and |
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the Carrington-Covert House, their contents, and their grounds, |
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subject to the Texas Historical Commission's duties to preserve, |
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maintain, and restore the buildings and grounds under other law. |
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(b) For purposes of this section, the Gethsemane Church and |
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the Carrington-Covert House are the buildings described by Section |
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442.0072(c), and Luther Hall and the Elrose Building are located on |
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16th Street between Colorado Street and North Congress Avenue in |
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Austin and the Christianson-Leberman Building is located at 1304 |
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Colorado Street in Austin. |
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SECTION 3. Section 2165.007(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall |
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provide facilities management services in relation to all state |
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agency facilities in Travis County or a county adjacent to Travis |
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County. The commission's duty does not apply to: |
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(1) a facility owned or operated by an institution of |
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higher education; |
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(2) military facilities; |
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(3) facilities owned or operated by the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice; |
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(4) facilities owned or operated by the Texas Youth |
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Commission; |
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(5) facilities owned or operated by the Texas |
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Department of Transportation; |
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(6) the Capitol, including the Capitol Extension, the |
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General Land Office building, the Bob Bullock Texas State History |
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Museum, [and] any museum located on the Capitol grounds, and any |
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property maintained by the State Preservation Board under Section |
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443.0073; |
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(7) a facility determined by the commission to be |
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completely residential; |
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(8) a regional or field office of a state agency; or |
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(9) a facility located within or on state park |
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property. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |