Sec. 301.073. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR SPACE OCCUPIED BY LEGISLATURE. (a) In this section, "facilities management services" has the meaning assigned by Section 2165.007, except that the term does not include utility services or utility expenses.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 2165.007 or 2165.057(a) or other law and except as otherwise provided by this section, the State Preservation Board is responsible for providing:

(1) for the Sam Houston Building, the facilities management services designated by the administrative head of the senate;

(2) for the John H. Reagan Building, the facilities management services designated by the administrative head of the house;

(3) for an interior portion of the Robert E. Johnson Building occupied by a single legislative agency, the facilities management services designated by the administrative head of that legislative agency; and

(4) for any portion of the Robert E. Johnson Building not covered by Subdivision (3) and for the attached parking facility known as state parking garage P, the facilities management services designated by the administrative head of the Texas Legislative Council in consultation with the other affected legislative agencies occupying space in the building.

(c) The Texas Facilities Commission shall:

(1) provide any facilities management service for a facility listed in Subsection (b) that has not been designated to be performed by the State Preservation Board;

(2) operate and maintain the central utility plant in the Sam Houston Building;

(3) subject to Subdivision (4), operate and maintain the chiller utility plant attached to the Robert E. Johnson Building; and

(4) as part of phase 2 construction of the Capitol Complex master plan developed under Section 2166.105:

(A) connect the Robert E. Johnson Building to the centralized chilled water distribution system described by that plan; and

(B) subsequently decommission the chiller utility plant attached to the Robert E. Johnson Building, except for portions of the plant needed to provide backup chilled water for the building's data center or other critical infrastructure identified by the administrative head of the Texas Legislative Council.

(d) The Texas Facilities Commission shall transfer to the State Preservation Board an amount of money sufficient to reimburse the board for the costs incurred by the board to perform the services described by Subsection (b), including any deferred maintenance project performed by the board.

(e) This section does not, and 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.

(f) The administrative head of the appropriate legislative agency may select an entity to provide construction management and oversight of a project undertaken to repair or rehabilitate a facility described by Subsection (b) that is funded by money appropriated to the State Preservation Board. The entity selected is exclusively responsible for providing construction management and oversight of the project, notwithstanding Section 2165.001, Chapter 2166, or other law. On the request of the administrative head of the legislative agency, from the money appropriated to the State Preservation Board to fund the project, the board shall transfer to the legislative agency the amount of money necessary for the legislative agency to pay the costs the agency incurs in connection with the project.

(g) For the chamber and committee rooms occupied by the house and senate in the Capitol, Capitol Extension, and any legislative office building, the administrative head of agency for the appropriate house shall specify the scope, manner, and performance of all work related to audiovisual systems, including sound systems.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1081 (S.B. 640), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.