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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to management services for the physical facilities of the |
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Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas |
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School for the Deaf. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 30.022, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (h-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(h) Except as provided by Subsection (h-1), the [The] board |
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has [exclusive] jurisdiction over the physical assets of the school |
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and shall administer and spend appropriations made for the benefit |
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of the school. |
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(h-1) The Texas Facilities Commission shall provide |
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facilities maintenance services for the physical facilities of the |
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school, including facilities construction, cabling, facility |
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reconfiguration, and any other services as provided by a memorandum |
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of understanding between the board and the Texas Facilities |
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Commission. |
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SECTION 2. Section 30.052, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (h-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(h) Except as provided by Subsection (h-1), the [The] board |
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has [exclusive] jurisdiction over the physical assets of the school |
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and shall administer and spend appropriations to carry out the |
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purposes of the school as provided by Section 30.051. |
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(h-1) The Texas Facilities Commission shall provide |
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facilities maintenance services for the physical facilities of the |
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school, including facilities construction, cabling, facility |
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reconfiguration, and any other services as provided by a memorandum |
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of understanding between the board and the Texas Facilities |
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Commission. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 2165.007, Government |
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Code, is amended 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 Juvenile |
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Justice Department [Youth 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, any museum located on the Capitol grounds, the Governor's |
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Mansion, and any property maintained by the Texas Historical |
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Commission under Sections 442.0072 and 442.0073; |
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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; |
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(9) a facility located within or on state park |
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property; |
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(10) the property known as the Finance Commission |
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Building described by deed recorded in Volume 5080, Page 1099, of |
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the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas; [or] |
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(11) the property known as the Credit Union Department |
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Building described by deed recorded in Volume 6126, Page 27, of the |
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Deed Records of Travis County, Texas; |
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(12) facilities owned or operated by the Texas School |
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for the Blind and Visually Impaired; or |
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(13) facilities owned or operated by the Texas School |
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for the Deaf. |
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SECTION 4. (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the |
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following are transferred from the Texas School for the Blind and |
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Visually Impaired to the Texas Facilities Commission: |
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(1) the powers, duties, functions, programs, and |
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activities of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired |
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relating to the maintenance of the school's physical facilities; |
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(2) any obligations and contracts of the Texas School |
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for the Blind and Visually Impaired that are directly related to |
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implementing a power, duty, function, program, or activity |
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transferred under this subsection; and |
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(3) all property and records in the custody of the |
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Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired that are related to |
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a power, duty, function, program, or activity transferred under |
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this subsection and all funds appropriated by the legislature for |
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that power, duty, function, program, or activity. |
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(b) The Texas Facilities Commission and the Texas School for |
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the Blind and Visually Impaired shall enter into a memorandum of |
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understanding as provided by Subsection (h-1), Section 30.022, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act, that: |
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(1) identifies in detail the applicable powers and |
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duties that are transferred between the two agencies by this Act; |
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and |
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(2) establishes a plan for the identification and |
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transfer of the records, personnel, property, and unspent |
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appropriations of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually |
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Impaired that are used for purposes of the commission's powers and |
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duties directly related to the maintenance of the school's physical |
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facilities under Section 30.022, Education Code. |
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SECTION 5. (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the |
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following are transferred from the Texas School for the Deaf to the |
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Texas Facilities Commission: |
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(1) the powers, duties, functions, programs, and |
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activities of the Texas School for the Deaf relating to the |
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maintenance of the school's physical facilities; |
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(2) any obligations and contracts of the Texas School |
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for the Deaf that are directly related to implementing a power, |
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duty, function, program, or activity transferred under this |
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subsection; and |
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(3) all property and records in the custody of the |
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Texas School for the Deaf that are related to a power, duty, |
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function, program, or activity transferred under this subsection |
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and all funds appropriated by the legislature for that power, duty, |
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function, program, or activity. |
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(b) The Texas Facilities Commission and the Texas School for |
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the Deaf shall enter into a memorandum of understanding as provided |
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by Subsection (h-1), Section 30.052, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, that: |
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(1) identifies in detail the applicable powers and |
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duties that are transferred between the two agencies by this Act; |
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and |
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(2) establishes a plan for the identification and |
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transfer of the records, personnel, property, and unspent |
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appropriations of the Texas School for the Deaf that are used for |
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purposes of the commission's powers and duties directly related to |
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the maintenance of the school's physical facilities under Section |
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30.052, Education Code. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |