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FISCAL NOTE
Senate Bill 309
Committee: State Government Sponsor: Senator Clyde Chambliss
Analyst: Riley Aaron Date: 05/24/2023
Senate Bill 309 as passed the Senate 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 bill 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.