The board has duties to preserve and maintain the Capitol and General Land Office Building, manage related grounds and landscaped areas, and maintain records; it may also adopt rules, approve changes, and buy insurance.
Sec. 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. (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.