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FISCAL NOTE
Senate Bill 309
Committee: County and Municipal GovernmentSponsor: Senator Clyde Chambliss
Analyst: Riley Aaron Date: 05/16/2023
Senate Bill 309 as reported by the Committee on County and Municipal Government would
require the professional services of architects, landscape architects, engineers, land surveyors,
geoscientists, and other similar professions to: (1) undergo a qualification-based selection
process when procured by certain state agencies and; (2) approval by the Division of
Construction Management and the Governor for any professional services sought that are in
excess of the fee schedule established by the Division. This could increase or decrease the
purchase price of these services procured by various state entities by an undetermined amount
depending on the difference in (1) the cost of products procured under this qualification-based
selection process; (2) the fee schedule established by the Division; and (3) the cost otherwise
obtained under current law.
This bill would also increase the administrative obligations of the following governmental
agencies and entities not subject to state procurement policies, as it relates to the procurement of
professional services of architects, landscape architects, engineers, land surveyors, geoscientists,
and interior designers, to adopt rules and policies pursuant to the provisions of this bill: (1) the
Retirement Systems of Alabama; (2) all educational and eleemosynary institutions governed by
a board of trustees or other similar governing body; (3) the Department of Mental Health; (4) the
Alabama Department of Transportation; and (5) the Alabama State Port Authority.