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Amend CSHB 3632 by adding the following appropriately
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS
of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ___. The heading to Section 2165.2035, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2165.2035. LEASE OF SPACE IN STATE-OWNED PARKING LOTS
AND GARAGES; USE AFTER HOURS.
SECTION ___. Subchapter E, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is
amended by adding Sections 2165.204 and 2165.2045 to read as
follows:
Sec. 2165.204. LEASE OF SPACE IN STATE-OWNED PARKING LOTS
AND GARAGES; EXCESS INDIVIDUAL PARKING SPACES. (a) The commission
may lease to a private individual an individual parking space in a
state-owned parking lot or garage located in the city of Austin that
the commission determines is not needed to accommodate the regular
parking requirements of state employees who work near the lot or
garage and visitors to nearby state government offices.
(b) Money received from a lease under this section shall be
deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.
(c) On or before December 1 of each even-numbered year, the
commission shall submit a report to the legislature and the
Legislative Budget Board describing the effectiveness of the
program under this section.
Sec. 2165.2045. LEASE OF SPACE IN STATE-OWNED PARKING LOTS
AND GARAGES; EXCESS BLOCKS OF PARKING SPACE. (a) The commission may
lease to an institution of higher education or a local government
all or a significant block of a state-owned parking lot or garage
located in the city of Austin that the commission determines is not
needed to accommodate the regular parking requirements of state
employees who work near the lot or garage and visitors to nearby
state government offices.
(b) Money received from a lease under this section shall be
deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.
(c) On or before December 1 of each even-numbered year, the
commission shall submit a report to the legislature and the
Legislative Budget Board describing the effectiveness of the
program under this section.
SECTION ___. (a) In this section, "commission" means the
Texas Facilities Commission.
(b) The commission shall conduct a study on the actual usage
of state parking facilities by state employees. In conducting the
study, the commission shall:
(1) for each state parking facility under the
commission's charge and control, consider the:
(A) available parking capacity of the facility;
(B) number of state employees using the facility;
(C) number of visitors using the facility;
(D) amount and nature of revenue realized from
the facility; and
(E) excess capacity available within the
facility; and
(2) develop recommendations for the redevelopment of
significantly underused parking facilities to purposes more suited
to the efficient administration of state government.
(c) Not later than September 1, 2010, the commission shall
report the results of the study conducted under this section to the
governor and the Legislative Budget Board.
(d) This section expires January 1, 2011.