By: Schwertner, Huffman S.B. No. 640

(In the Senate - Filed January 26, 2023; February 17, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; March 16, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; March 16, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 640 By: Nichols

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the maintenance of certain state buildings allocated for legislative use and their grounds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2165.007, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) and except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the State Preservation Board is responsible for providing general building and grounds maintenance for the Sam Houston Building, the Robert E. Johnson Building and the attached chiller utility plant and parking facility known as state parking garage P, and the John H. Reagan Building. The commission shall operate and maintain the central utility plant in the Sam Houston Building. This subsection may not be construed to specifically commit the control of any public buildings or grounds to the State Preservation Board for purposes of Section 2165.002 or any other law.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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