HF 2525

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/27/2017 09:58am

A bill for an act
relating to state government; determining what notice must be given for a capital
improvement project; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16B.335,
subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16B.335, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Construction and major remodeling.

(a) The commissioner, or any
other recipient to whom an appropriation is made to acquire or better public lands or buildings
or other public improvements of a capital nature, must not prepare final plans and
specifications for any construction, major remodeling, or land acquisition in anticipation
of which the appropriation was made until the agency that will use the project has presented
the program plan and cost estimates for all elements necessary to complete the project to
the chair of the senate Finance Committee and the chair of the house of representatives
Ways and Means Committee and the chairs have made their recommendations, and the
chair and ranking minority member of the senate Capital Investment Committee and the
chair and ranking minority member of the house of representatives Capital Investment
Committee are notified. "Construction or major remodeling" means construction of a new
building, a substantial addition to an existing building, or a substantial change to the interior
configuration of an existing building. The presentation must note any significant changes
in the work that will be done, or in its cost, since the appropriation for the project was
enacted or from the predesign submittal. The program plans and estimates must be presented
for review at least two weeks before a recommendation is needed. The recommendations
are advisory only. Failure or refusal to make a recommendation is considered a negative
recommendation.

new text begin (b) new text end The chairs and ranking minority members of the senate Finance and Capital
Investment Committees deleted text begin and deleted text end new text begin , new text end the house of representatives Capital Investment and Ways and
Means Committees new text begin , and the house of representatives and senate budget committees or
divisions with jurisdiction over the agency that will use the project new text end must also be notified
whenever there is a substantial change in a construction or major remodeling project, or in
its cost. new text begin This notice must include the nature and reason for the change, and the anticipated
cost of the change. The notice must be given no later than ten days after signing a change
order or other document authorizing a change in the project, or if there is not a change order
or other document, no later than ten days after the project owner becomes aware of a
substantial change in the project or its cost.
new text end

deleted text begin (b) deleted text end new text begin (c) new text end Capital projects exempt from the requirements deleted text begin of this subdivision deleted text end new text begin in paragraph
(a) to seek recommendations before preparing final plans and specifications new text end include
demolition or decommissioning of state assets, hazardous material projects, utility
infrastructure projects, environmental testing, parking lots, parking structures, park and ride
facilities, bus rapid transit stations, light rail lines, passenger rail projects, exterior lighting,
fencing, highway rest areas, truck stations, storage facilities not consisting primarily of
offices or heated work areas, roads, bridges, trails, pathways, campgrounds, athletic fields,
dams, floodwater retention systems, water access sites, harbors, sewer separation projects,
water and wastewater facilities, port development projects for which the commissioner of
transportation has entered into an assistance agreement under section 457A.04, ice centers,
a local government project with a construction cost of less than $1,500,000, or any other
capital project with a construction cost of less than $750,000. new text begin The requirements in paragraph
(b) to give notice of changes applies to these projects.
new text end