Tex. Gov't Code Section 443.007
General Powers and Duties of Board

(a)

The board shall:

(1)

preserve, maintain, and restore the Capitol, the General Land Office Building, their contents, and their grounds;

(2)

define the buildings’ grounds, except that the grounds may not include another state office building;

(3)

review and approve the executive director’s annual budget and work plan, the long-range master plan for the buildings and their grounds, and the furnishings plan for placement and care of objects under the care of the curator;

(4)

approve all changes to the buildings and their grounds, including usual maintenance and any transfers or loans of objects under the curator of the Capitol’s care;

(5)

define and identify all significant aspects of the buildings and their grounds;

(6)

define and identify, with the curator of the Capitol, all significant contents of the buildings and all state-owned items of historical significance that were at one time in the buildings; and

(7)

maintain records relating to the construction and development of the buildings, their contents, and their grounds, including documents such as plans, specifications, photographs, purchase orders, and other related documents, the original copies of which shall be maintained by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

(a-1)

If the board updates or modifies its long-range master plan for the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and modification of the Capitol and the Capitol grounds, the board must conform its plan to the Capitol Complex master plan prepared by the Texas Facilities Commission under Section 2166.105 (Capitol Complex Master Plan).

(b)

The board may adopt rules concerning the buildings, their contents, and their grounds. The board may allocate specific duties and responsibilities to any other state agency, if the other agency agrees to perform the duty or accept the responsibility.

(c)

Any power or duty related to the buildings and formerly vested in the Texas Commission on the Arts, State Purchasing and General Services Commission, Antiquities Committee, Texas Historical Commission, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, or any other entity or state agency is vested solely in the board.

(d)

The board may purchase insurance policies to insure the buildings, the contents of the buildings, and any other personal property against any insurable risk, including insurance covering historical artifacts, art, or other items on loan to the board.

(e)

The board shall manage and maintain the two adjacent landscaped areas bordered and separated by contiguous concrete sidewalks abutting the south side of the Sam Houston Building.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 53, Sec. 4, eff. May 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 10, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 612, Sec. 1, eff. June 13, 1993; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 6, 7 eff. May 21, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 356 (S.B. 246), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1153 (S.B. 211), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013.

Source: Section 443.007 — General Powers and Duties of Board, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­443.­htm#443.­007 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

443.001
Board 443.002
Sunset Provision 443.003
Membership 443.004
Chairman 443.005
Architect of the Capitol 443.006
Curator of the Capitol 443.007
General Powers and Duties of Board 443.008
Advisory Committees 443.009
Offices, Records, and Documents in the Capitol 443.010
Donations 443.011
Responsibility for Items 443.012
Fire Inspection 443.013
Vending Facilities 443.014
Texans Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor 443.015
Parking Meters 443.016
Use of Indigenous Plants and Trees 443.017
Transfer of Certain Historical Items 443.018
Regulation of Visitors and Vendors 443.019
Deposit for Use of Capitol or Capitol Grounds 443.020
Pass Keys to Rooms in the Capitol 443.021
State History Museum 443.022
Audits 443.023
Purchase and Lease Requirements for Certain Expenditures 443.024
Display of the Texas and United States Flags 443.025
Woodlawn 443.026
Tours 443.027
Publications and Publicity 443.028
Chapel 443.029
Governor’s Mansion 443.030
Support Organizations 443.0031
Lobbying Prohibition 443.0032
Antidiscrimination Policy for Appointments to Board 443.0033
Grounds for Removal from Board 443.0041
Application of Open Meetings and Administrative Procedure Laws 443.0042
Information on Responsibilities of Board Members and Employees 443.0043
Separation of Policymaking and Management Responsibilities 443.0044
Accessibility Plan and Compliance 443.0045
Public Notification of Board Activities 443.0046
Public Testimony at Board Meetings 443.0047
Maintaining Information on Complaints Filed with Board 443.0048
Information on Status of Complaints 443.0051
Executive Director 443.0052
Equal Employment Opportunity 443.0053
Employee Performance Evaluations 443.0054
Compensatory Time for Employees Exempt from Flsa 443.0071
Review of Construction in Capitol Complex 443.0072
Powers and Duties Relating to Other Buildings and Grounds 443.0081
Historical Representation Advisory Committee 443.0101
Capitol Fund 443.0102
Application of State Funds Reform Act 443.0103
Texas State Buildings Preservation Endowment Fund 443.0131
Rental of Space to News Media 443.0132
Fee for Use of General Land Office Building 443.0133
Fee for Copy of Copyrighted Material 443.0135
Alcoholic Beverages 443.0151
Visitor Parking Facilities 443.0152
Capitol Grounds Monuments 443.0153
Parking Fees Not Subject to Sales Tax 443.0231
Information Technologies 443.0295
Governor’s Mansion Renewal Trust Fund 443.01525
Tejano Memorial Monument 443.01526
African American Texans Monument 443.01527
Memorial Monument for Emergency Medical Services Personnel
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

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