85R9298 KLA-D     By: Turner H.B. No. 1499       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the appropriation of money from the economic   stabilization fund for maintenance, renovation, and repair of   certain state buildings.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  In addition to other amounts appropriated to the   Texas Facilities Commission for the state fiscal biennium ending   August 31, 2019, $500 million is appropriated out of the economic   stabilization fund to the Texas Facilities Commission for that   state fiscal biennium for purposes of providing general building   maintenance for, and renovating and repairing, state buildings for   which the commission provides facilities management services under   Section 2165.007, Government Code, or under the terms of a   memorandum of understanding. Maintenance, renovation, and repairs   for which money appropriated under this section may be used   includes maintenance, renovation, and repairs of electrical,   mechanical, plumbing, and sewer systems.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, but only   if the Act receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in   each house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m),   Article III, Texas Constitution.