HB 1, Hse 2nd Rdg, Amnd #136

(1) In Article I of the bill, following the appropriations to the State Office of Risk Management (page I-87), add the following appropriately numbered rider and renumber subsequent riders accordingly:

____. Interim Study on Real Property Owned by the State. (a) Out of the funds appropriated above, it is the intent of the legislature that the State Office of Risk Management 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 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.

(c) The State Office of Risk Management shall 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.

(d) The information that is consolidated by the office into a single database accessible by the legislature, state agencies, and institutions of higher education is confidential.

(2) In Article X of the bill, following the appropriations to the Legislative Budget Board (page X-3), add the following appropriately numbered rider and renumber subsequent riders accordingly:

____. Collection of Information Relating to Real Property Owned by the State. (a) Out of the funds appropriated above, it is the intent of the legislature that the Legislative Budget Board coordinate the collection of the following 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;

(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;

(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.

(b) 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 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;

(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, 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;

(D) the amount of acres of the land; and

(E) the value of the land based on the market value or acquisition value.

(c) The Legislative Budget Board shall require each agency and institution of higher education to submit the information described by Subsections (a) and (b) of this rider 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 Facilities Commission;

(6) the Higher Education Coordinating Board; and

(7) any other state agency.

(d) 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.

(e) Any information collected from the Legislative Budget Board related to facility, security, design, operation, and vulnerability assessments is confidential.