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BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

 

C.S.H.B. 635

By: Howard

House Administration

Committee Report (Substituted)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

Interested parties see a need for a clear mechanism by which vendors may participate at designated events held in the proposed Texas mall area of the Capitol Complex. C.S.H.B. 635 provides for a formal approval process for a temporary vendor permit for events held in that area when certain conditions are met.

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

 

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

 

ANALYSIS

 

C.S.H.B. 635 amends the Government Code to require the State Preservation Board, by rule and in consultation with the Texas Facilities Commission (TFC) and other appropriate state agencies, to establish a process for a vendor to apply for and obtain from the board a permit that allows the vendor to sell goods from a rented space during an event authorized by the board and held in the Texas mall area of the Capitol Complex. The bill expressly does not require the board to adopt such rules until the Capitol Complex master plan required to be developed by the TFC is implemented and the Texas mall proposed in the plan is established.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

September 1, 2017.

 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

 

While C.S.H.B. 635 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.

 

INTRODUCED

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2165.260 to read as follows:

 

Sec. 2165.260.  CAPITOL COMPLEX VENDOR PERMIT. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)  The commission, with the approval of the State Preservation Board, shall establish a process for a vendor to apply for and obtain from the commission a permit that allows the vendor to sell goods from a rented space during an event held in the Capitol Complex, as defined by Section 443.0071.

 

 

(b)  The commission is not required to adopt the rules required under Subsection (a) until the Capitol Complex master plan developed under Section 2166.105 is implemented and the Texas Mall proposed in the plan is established.

SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2165.260 to read as follows:

 

Sec. 2165.260.  TEXAS MALL AREA VENDOR PERMIT.  (a)  In this section, the "Texas mall area of the Capitol Complex" means the state-owned property within the area bounded on the north by Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard, on the east by Brazos Street, on the south by 15th Street, and on the west by Colorado Street.

(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, the State Preservation Board by rule and in consultation with the commission and other appropriate state agencies shall establish a process for a vendor to apply for and obtain from the board a permit that allows the vendor to sell goods from a rented space during an event authorized by the board and held in the Texas mall area of the Capitol Complex.

(c)  The State Preservation Board is not required to adopt the rules required under Subsection (b) until the Capitol Complex master plan developed under Section 2166.105 is implemented and the Texas mall proposed in the plan is established.

SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

 

SECTION 2. Same as introduced version.