Sec. 443.0131. RENTAL OF SPACE TO NEWS MEDIA    


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  • (a) The board may set and collect a fee from news media representatives for the rental of space in the Capitol. The fee shall be set in an amount designed to recover the board's costs in furnishing and maintaining the space.

    (b) The board shall deposit money received under this section to the credit of a separate account in the Capitol fund.

    (c) Money in the account may be spent only to maintain and furnish the space rented to news media representatives. To the extent the balance in the account exceeds $50,000, the excess may be transferred with board approval to another account and may be spent for any purpose within the board's jurisdiction.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 612, Sec. 3, eff. June 13, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.