Section 2165.005 - Naming of State Buildings(a) This section prescribes the procedure for naming a building owned by this state, including a building financed under Chapter 1232.(b) The commission shall submit names proposed for a new state building to be used as a state or regional headquarters by a state agency, or proposals to rename an existing state building which is used as a state or regional headquarters by a state agency, to the presiding officers of the house of representatives and the senate.(c) The name proposed by the commission for a state building to be used as a state or regional headquarters by a state agency may be approved and authorized only by concurrent resolution passed by the legislature and signed by the governor.(d) The commission shall submit names proposed for a state building which will be used as a local headquarters by a state agency to the presiding officers of the house of representatives and the senate and the members of each body in whose district the building is located.(e) The name proposed by the commission for a state building to be used as a local headquarters by a state agency may be approved and authorized only with the consent of the governor and the presiding officers of the house of representatives and the senate.(f) A building that will be used as a state or regional headquarters for a state agency, other than a university building, a secure correctional facility operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, or a prison, may bear the name of a person only if the person is deceased and was significant in the state's history.Tex. Gov't. Code § 2165.005
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 734,Sec. 113, eff. 9/1/2015.Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.240, eff. 9/1/2001Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 14.12, eff. 9/1/2001.Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 658, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/1997Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1995.