LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR STATE AGENCY SPACE NEEDS.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 2166.102.
in effect(a) The commission shall prepare a long-range plan on the needs of state agencies in Travis County that obtain or occupy space under this subtitle.
(b) The commission shall maintain a six-year capital planning cycle and shall electronically submit a master facilities plan with the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, Legislative Budget Board, and comptroller not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year.
(c) The master facilities plan must contain:
(1) projections of the amount of administrative office space and client service space needed by state agencies, including the current amount of each state agency's administrative office space in Travis County and identification of locations that currently exceed the space limitations prescribed by Section 2165.104 (c);
(2) an examination of the commission's efforts to colocate administrative office space;
(3) an examination of the use, age, condition, and economic life of state-owned buildings on the commission's inventory, including a listing of all improvements and repairs that have been made to the buildings with an itemized account of receipts and expenditures and an estimate of needed improvements and repairs;
(4) an analysis, in accordance with Subchapter D, of projects that have been requested by state agencies, including:
(A) a brief and specific justification prepared by the using agency for each project;
(B) a summary of the project analysis or, if the analysis was not made, a statement briefly describing the method used to estimate costs for the project;
(C) a project cost estimate detailed enough to allow the budget agencies, the governor, and the legislature the widest possible latitude in developing policy regarding each project request;
(D) an estimate, prepared by the commission with the cooperation of both the using agency and any private design professional retained, of the annual cost of maintaining the completed project, including the estimated cost of utility services;
(E) an estimate, prepared by the using agency, of the annual cost of staffing and operating the completed project, excluding maintenance cost;
(F) if appropriate and with the using agency's approval, an indication of:
(i) the feasibility of stage construction of a requested project; and
(ii) the degree to which money will be required in the next biennium if the project is undertaken in stages; and
(G) the designated priority of each project to which a priority rating has been assigned under Section 2166.151 (c);
(5) an examination of the extent to which the state satisfies its need for space by leasing building space;
(6) an examination of state-paid operation and maintenance costs for existing buildings owned or leased by the state;
(7) a discussion of the economic and market conditions affecting the costs of the construction or lease of buildings;
(8) an analysis of whether the state will benefit more from satisfying its needs for space by:
(A) engaging in new projects;
(B) leasing built space; or
(C) satisfying its needs in another manner;
(9) the commission's findings and recommendations under Section 2166.103 ;
(10) a summary of the commission's findings under Section 2166.101 on the status of state-owned buildings and current information on construction costs;
(11) the comprehensive capital improvement and deferred maintenance plan and regular updates developed under Section 2166.108 , including the aggregate project costs for each state agency;
(12) an examination of the amount of exempt and nonexempt office space under Section 2165.104 (c); and
(13) other information relevant to the long-range plan that is:
(A) considered appropriate by the commission; or
(B) requested in writing by the governor or the presiding officer of either house of the legislature.
(d) Each state agency housed wholly or partly in a facility on the commission's inventory or in a facility leased by the commission shall participate in the long-range planning process required by this section.
(e) For purposes of this section, "administrative office space" has the meaning assigned by Section 2165.1061 .
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1398, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1153 (S.B. 211 ), Sec. 18, eff. June 14, 2013.