|
SECTION 1. INTERIM STUDY.
(a) The State Office of Risk Management shall conduct an interim study on
insurable state assets, using information provided by the Legislative
Budget Board, to develop a statewide strategy to ensure that all real
property owned by the state, including buildings, facilities, and land, is
adequately insured.
(b) The Legislative Budget
Board shall collect the information listed
under Subsection (c) of this section from each state agency that
possesses real property and require each state agency to submit the
information to the board by a date prescribed by the board. The board
shall coordinate with the following entities to collect the information:
(1) the comptroller of
public accounts;
(2) the state auditor's
office;
(3) the State Office of Risk
Management;
(4) the General Land Office;
and
(5) the Texas Facilities
Commission.
(c) The Legislative Budget
Board shall coordinate the collection of comprehensive real property data
for official state use, including:
(1) for each state-owned
building or facility:
(A) the name of the state
agency that has charge and control of the building or facility, including, for institutions of higher
education, the number assigned to the institution by the Federal
Interagency Committee on Education;
(B) the number or name of
the building or facility;
(C) the address and
geographic coordinates of the building or facility;
(D) a description of the
building or facility, including the type of construction based on the
Insurance Services Office classification system, the cost of construction,
and a statement on the quality of the construction;
(E) the year the building or
facility was built or the acquisition date of the building or facility;
(F) the number of stories
and the square footage of the building or facility;
(G) the occupancy type of
the building or facility;
(H) the amount of space in
the building or facility that is being used, expressed as a percentage;
(I) the status of the fire
alarm system within the building or facility;
(J) information on
protection systems and features of the building or facility, including fire
protection systems and features and any violations for which the building
or facility has been cited;
(K) the value of the
building or facility based on replacement value, market value, donated
value, or purchase price, including the year the building or facility was
appraised;
(L) the value of the
contents of the building or facility;
(M) the fund from which the
building or facility was purchased;
(N) information on the flood
zone status of the building or facility;
(O) any surrounding use of
the building or facility; and
(P) the type of fund
profiled under the uniform statewide accounting system that the state
agency used to purchase the building or facility; and
(2) for state-owned land:
(A) the name of the state
agency that has charge and control of the land,
including, for institutions of higher education, the number assigned to the
institution by the Federal Interagency Committee on Education;
(B) the address and geographic
coordinates of the land;
(C) the name of the land, if
any;
(D) whether a historical
marker is located on the land, and if so, a description of the historical
marker;
(E) the amount of acres of
the land;
(F) whether the land is
located in a flood zone;
(G) any surrounding use of
the land;
(H) the value of the land
based on market value, donated value, or purchase price and the year the
land was appraised; and
(I) the fund from which the
land was purchased.
(d) The Legislative Budget
Board shall report the information submitted by each state agency to the
State Office of Risk Management by a date prescribed by the State Office of
Risk Management.
(e) Not later than January 1, 2016, the State Office of Risk
Management shall consolidate the information received by the Legislative
Budget Board and enter it into a single database accessible by the
legislature and all state agencies.
(f) Not later than January 1, 2017, the State Office of Risk
Management shall conduct the insurable state asset interim study and report
the office's findings and recommendations to the legislature. The report
must include a statewide strategy that will ensure all real property owned
by the state is adequately insured.
|
SECTION 1. INTERIM STUDY.
(a) The State Office of Risk Management shall conduct an interim study on
insurable state assets, using information provided by the Legislative
Budget Board, to develop a statewide strategy to ensure that all real
property owned by the state, including buildings, facilities, and land, is
adequately insured.
(b) The Legislative Budget
Board shall collect the information described
by this section from each state agency and
institution of higher education that possesses real property and
require each agency and institution
to submit the information to the board by a date prescribed by the board.
The board shall coordinate with the following entities to collect the
information:
(1) the comptroller of
public accounts;
(2) the state auditor's
office;
(3) the State Office of Risk
Management;
(4) the General Land Office;
(5) the Texas Facilities
Commission;
(6)
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; and
(7)
any other state agency.
(c) The Legislative Budget
Board shall coordinate the collection of comprehensive real property data
for official state use, including for a
state agency other than an institution of higher education, as defined by
Section 61.003, Education Code:
(1) for each state-owned
building or facility:
(A) the name of the state
agency that has charge and control of the building or facility;
(B) the number or name of
the building or facility;
(C) the address and
geographic coordinates of the building or facility;
(D) a description of the
building or facility, including the type of construction based on the
Insurance Services Office classification system, the cost of construction,
and a statement on the quality of the construction;
(E) the year the building or
facility was built or the acquisition date of the building or facility;
(F) the number of stories
and the square footage of the building or facility;
(G) the occupancy type of
the building or facility;
(H) the amount of space in
the building or facility that is being used, expressed as a percentage;
(I) the status of the fire
alarm system within the building or facility;
(J) information on
protection systems and features of the building or facility, including fire
protection systems and features and any violations for which the building
or facility has been cited;
(K) the value of the
building or facility based on replacement value, market value, donated
value, or purchase price, including the year the building or facility was
appraised;
(L) the value of the
contents of the building or facility;
(M) the fund from which the
building or facility was purchased;
(N) information on the flood
zone status of the building or facility;
(O) any surrounding use of
the building or facility; and
(P) the type of fund
profiled under the uniform statewide accounting system that the state
agency used to purchase the building or facility; and
(2) for state-owned land:
(A) the name of the state
agency that has charge and control of the land;
(B) the address and
geographic coordinates of the land;
(C) the name of the land, if
any;
(D) whether a historical
marker is located on the land, and if so, a description of the historical
marker;
(E) the amount of acres of
the land;
(F) whether the land is
located in a flood zone;
(G) any surrounding use of
the land;
(H) the value of the land
based on market value, donated value, or purchase price and the year the
land was appraised; and
(I) the fund from which the
land was purchased.
(d)
The Legislative Budget Board shall collect the real property data of an
institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education
Code, from:
(1)
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, as such data is reported to
that board, including, for each building or facility owned by an
institution:
(A)
the name of the institution that has charge and control of the building or
facility, including the number assigned to the institution by the Federal
Interagency Committee on Education;
(B)
the number or name of the building or facility;
(C)
the address and geographic coordinates of the building or facility;
(D)
a description of the building or facility, including the type of
construction;
(E)
the year the building or facility was built or the acquisition date of the
building or facility;
(F)
the number of stories and the square footage of the building or facility;
(G)
the occupancy type of the building or facility;
(H)
the amount of space in the building or facility that is being used,
expressed as a percentage;
(I)
the value of the building or facility based on replacement value; and
(J)
information on the flood zone status of the building or facility; and
(2)
each institution of higher education, including, for land owned by the
institution:
(A)
the name of the institution that has charge and control of the land,
including the number assigned to the institution by the Federal Interagency
Committee on Education;
(B)
the address and geographic coordinates of the land;
(C)
the name of the land, if any;
(D)
the amount of acres of the land; and
(E)
the value of the land based on the market value or acquisition value.
(e) The Legislative Budget
Board shall report the information submitted by each state agency and institution of higher education to the
State Office of Risk Management by a date prescribed by the State Office of
Risk Management.
(f) Not later than June 1, 2016, the State Office of Risk
Management shall consolidate the information received by the Legislative
Budget Board and enter it into a single database accessible by the
legislature and all state agencies and
institutions of higher education.
(g) Not later than August 31, 2016, the State Office of Risk
Management shall conduct the insurable state asset interim study and report
the office's findings and recommendations to the legislature. The report
must include a statewide strategy that will ensure all real property owned
by the state is adequately insured.
|
|
SECTION 2. SELECT INTERIM
COMMITTEES; STUDY. (a) A Senate Select Committee on State Real Property
Data Collection, Reporting, and Assessment and a House Select Committee on
State Real Property Data Collection, Reporting, and Assessment are
established to, separately or jointly, study:
(1) the potential benefits
of maintaining a comprehensive database of all real property owned by the
state;
(2) the potential financial
loss to the state that could result from the state owning uninsured and
underinsured real property;
(3) any efficiencies or cost
savings potentially achieved by requiring the General Land Office to submit
the annual report required under Section 31.157, Natural Resources Code, to
the Texas Department of Transportation, the Employees Retirement System of
Texas, and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas;
(4) the potential benefits
or burdens, including administrative burdens, of requiring each state
agency to report information on the real property it possesses, at the same
time and in a uniform manner, to a single entity, and how often state agencies should report this information;
(5) which state agency is best
suited to collect information on all real property owned by the state and
the appropriate method for collecting this information;
(6) the information that is
currently reported by state agencies regarding real property it possesses;
(7) the distinction between
state agencies that report information on real property owned by the state
as compared to state agencies that collect information for a report on real
property owned by the state;
(8) information determined
by the Legislative Budget Board as necessary for the State Office of Risk
Management to conduct an insurable state asset study to develop a statewide
strategy that will ensure all real property owned by the state is
adequately insured;
(9) how often the State
Office of Risk Management should submit an insurable state asset study to
the legislature;
(10) the results of the
appraisal required by Subsection (e) of this section, and the potential
loss to the state by inadequately insuring the Capitol Complex, as defined
by Section 443.0071, Government Code; and
(11) other potential ways to
ensure that the state is able to identify, track, and maintain a database
of the location, condition, and replacement value of all real property
owned by the state.
(b) Not later than November
30, 2015, the lieutenant governor shall appoint five senators to the Senate
Select Committee on State Real Property Data Collection, Reporting, and
Assessment and designate one senator to serve as the chair, and the speaker
of the house of representatives shall appoint five state representatives to
the House Select Committee on State Real Property Data Collection,
Reporting, and Assessment and select one state representative to serve as
the chair.
(c) The committees
established under this section shall convene separately at the call of the
chair of the respective committee, or jointly at the call of both chairs.
In joint meetings, the chairs of each committee shall act as joint chairs.
(d) Following consideration
of the factors listed in Subsection (a) of this section, the committees
established under this section shall jointly adopt recommendations and
report in writing any findings and adopted recommendations to the
legislature not later than January 13, 2017. The report, at a minimum,
must identify a single entity to collect information on all real property
owned by the state, including buildings, facilities, and land.
(e) The committees
established under this section shall conduct an appraisal of the Capitol
Complex, as defined by Section 443.0071, Government Code.
The committees may contract
with a state certified or state licensed real estate appraiser in
accordance with Subchapter A, Chapter 2254, Government Code, and other
applicable state procurement practices to conduct the appraisal. The
appraisal must be completed in a manner that ensures that the committees
can comply with the requirements of Subsection (a)(10) of this section.
|
SECTION 2. SELECT INTERIM
COMMITTEES; STUDY. (a) A Senate Select Committee on State Real Property
Data Collection, Reporting, and Assessment and a House Select Committee on
State Real Property Data Collection, Reporting, and Assessment are
established to, separately or jointly, study:
(1) the potential benefits
of maintaining a comprehensive database of all real property owned by the
state;
(2) the potential financial
loss to the state that could result from the state owning uninsured and
underinsured real property;
(3) any efficiencies or cost
savings potentially achieved by requiring the General Land Office to submit
the annual report required under Section 31.157, Natural Resources Code, to
the Texas Department of Transportation, the Employees Retirement System of
Texas, and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas;
(4) the potential benefits
or burdens, including administrative burdens, of requiring each state
agency and institution of higher education
to report information on the real property it possesses, at the same time
and in a uniform manner, to a single entity, and how often the information should be reported;
(5) which state agency is
best suited to collect information on all real property owned by the state
and the appropriate method for collecting this information;
(6) the information that is
currently reported by state agencies and
institutions of higher education regarding real property of which agencies and institutions have charge
and control;
(7) the distinction between
state agencies and institutions of higher
education that report information on real property owned by the
state as compared to state agencies and
institutions of higher education that collect information for a
report on real property owned by the state;
(8) information determined
by the Legislative Budget Board as necessary for the State Office of Risk
Management to conduct an insurable state asset study to develop a statewide
strategy that will ensure all real property owned by the state is
adequately insured;
(9) how often the State
Office of Risk Management should submit an insurable state asset study to
the legislature;
(10) the results of the
appraisal required by Subsection (e) of this section, and the potential
loss to the state by inadequately insuring the Capitol Complex, as defined
by Section 443.0071, Government Code; and
(11) other potential ways to
ensure that the state is able to identify, track, and maintain a database
of the location, condition, and replacement value of all real property
owned by the state.
(b) Not later than November
30, 2015, the lieutenant governor shall appoint five senators to the Senate
Select Committee on State Real Property Data Collection, Reporting, and
Assessment and designate one senator to serve as the chair, and the speaker
of the house of representatives shall appoint five state representatives to
the House Select Committee on State Real Property Data Collection,
Reporting, and Assessment and select one state representative to serve as
the chair.
(c) The committees
established under this section shall convene separately at the call of the
chair of the respective committee, or jointly at the call of both chairs.
In joint meetings, the chairs of each committee shall act as joint chairs.
(d) Following consideration
of the factors listed in Subsection (a) of this section, the committees
established under this section shall jointly adopt recommendations and
report in writing any findings and adopted recommendations to the
legislature not later than January 13, 2017. The report, at a minimum,
must identify a single entity to collect information on all real property
owned by the state, including buildings, facilities, and land.
(e) The committees
established under this section shall conduct an appraisal of all or part of the Capitol Complex, as
defined by Section 443.0071, Government Code.
The appraisal must be
completed in a manner that ensures that the committees can comply with the
requirements of Subsection (a)(10) of this section. To conduct the
appraisal required under this subsection, the committees may:
(1)
use the services of the State Office of Risk Management, including any existing
appraisal contracts developed by the office; or
(2) contract with a state
certified or state licensed real estate appraiser in accordance with
Subchapter A, Chapter 2254, Government Code, and other applicable state
procurement practices.
|