Brown (SB 91) Act No. 574
Prior law authorized capital outlay budget requests submitted after November 1st to be
included within the capital outlay act if the capital outlay budget request meets all applicable
requirements except for time of submission and if any of the following conditions have been
met:
(1)The project is an economic development project recommended in writing by the
secretary of the Department of Economic Development.
(2)The project is an emergency project recommended in writing by the commissioner
of administration.
(3)The project is for a nonstate entity, has a total project cost of less than $1 million, and
has been approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay; however,
no action to approve any such project may be taken by the JLCCO after February 1
st
.
New law retains prior law and adds a fourth exception to the November 1st deadline for
submission of capital outlay requests:
(4)The project is located in a designated disaster area, there is a public need for the
project because of a national or state declared disaster, and the project has been
approved by the JLCCO, which approval may occur after February 1st and which
project may have a total project cost of $1 million or more.
Prior law provided for the definition of "economic development" and "emergency" for
purposes of the exceptions to the November 1st deadline for submission of capital outlay
requests.
New law retains prior law and adds definitions of "designated disaster area" and "public
need" for purposes of an exception to the November 1st deadline for submission of capital
outlay requests.
Effective July 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 39:112(C)(2); adds R.S. 39:112(C)(1)(d))