TITLE: Relating to the authority of the Texas Facilities Commission to manage a construction project at the site of the G. J. Sutton State Office Complex in Bexar County.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of the Texas Facilities Commission to manage a construction project at the site of the G. J. Sutton State Office Complex in Bexar County.

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