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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Texas Facilities Commission to |
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manage a construction project at the site of the G. J. Sutton State |
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Office Complex in Bexar County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Facilities Commission is |
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authorized to manage a construction project for a state office |
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building and associated parking facilities for state use at a cost |
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not to exceed $162,446,464 to be located on state-owned property in |
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Bexar County at the site of the existing G. J. Sutton State Office |
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Complex. |
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(b) The project for the state office building and associated |
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parking facilities is approved for financing in accordance with |
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Section 1232.108, Government Code, and bonds may be issued to fund |
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the construction of the building and facilities in accordance with |
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Section 1232.102, Government Code. |
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(c) The state office building shall be known as the G. J. |
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Sutton Building and the property on the land on which the building |
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is located shall be known as the G. J. Sutton State Office Complex. |
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(d) The project for the state office building and associated |
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parking facilities shall be constructed in compliance with Chapter |
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2166, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. In managing and implementing the project |
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authorized under Section 1 of this Act, the Texas Facilities |
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Commission in collaboration with the Texas Historical Commission |
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shall determine any opportunities for and the feasibility of |
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preserving the existing status of the G. J. Sutton Building as a |
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contributing building for the designation of the area as a historic |
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district of the National Register of Historic Places. |
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SECTION 3. The construction of a state office building and |
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associated parking facilities for state use described by this Act |
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is subject to the specific appropriation of funds to the Texas |
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Facilities Commission for that purpose by a general appropriations |
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act of the 84th Legislature. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |