SF 1633

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 09/11/2013 02:55pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; adding the chairs of the senate's Capital Investment
Committee to those receiving notification regarding capital investment projects;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16B.335, subdivisions 1, 2, 5.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, 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 new text begin of the senate Capital Investment Committee and the chair new text end of the house of
representatives Capital Investment Committee deleted text begin is deleted text end new text begin are new text end 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. The chairs of the senate
Finance deleted text begin Committee deleted text end new text begin and Capital Investment Committees new text end and the house of representatives
Capital Investment and Ways and Means Committees must also be notified whenever there
is a substantial change in a construction or major remodeling project, or in its cost.

(b) Capital projects exempt from the requirements of this subdivision 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, 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.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16B.335, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Other projects.

All other capital projects for which a specific
appropriation is made must not proceed until the recipient undertaking the project has
notified the chairs of the senate new text begin Capital Investment and new text end Finance deleted text begin Committee deleted text end new text begin Committees
new text end and the house of representatives Capital Investment and Ways and Means Committees that
the work is ready to begin. Notice is not required for capital projects needed to comply
with the Americans with Disabilities Act, for asset preservation projects to which section
16B.307 applies, or for projects funded by an agency's operating budget or by a capital
asset preservation and replacement account under section 16A.632, or a higher education
asset preservation and replacement account under section 135A.046.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16B.335, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Information technology.

Agency requests for construction and
remodeling funds shall include money for cost-effective information technology
investments that would enable an agency to reduce its need for office space, provide more
of its services electronically, and decentralize its operations. The Office of Enterprise
Technology must review and approve the information technology portion of construction
and major remodeling program plans before the plans are submitted to the chairs of the
senate Finance Committee and the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee
for their recommendations and the chair of the new text begin senate Capital Investment Committee and
the chair of the new text end house of representatives Capital Investment Committee deleted text begin is deleted text end new text begin are new text end notified as
required by subdivision 1.