HLS 162ES-59 REENGROSSED
2016 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 52
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides with respect to the execution and administration of capital
outlay appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 (Item #3)
1 AN ACT
2To provide relative to the capital outlay appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016-2017; to
3 provide with respect to capital outlay project requests; to require the submission of
4 certain capital outlay project requests; to provide for applicability; to provide for
5 effectiveness.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the Capital Outlay Act of the 2016
8Second Extraordinary Session of the Legislature, or any provision of law to the contrary, all
9projects for which a line of credit has been approved in the current fiscal year shall submit
10a new capital outlay request to the Office of Facility Planning and Control, which shall be
11received by the office of facility planning on or before November 1, 2016. All new capital
12outlay requests submitted on non-state projects for which a line of credit has been approved
13in the current fiscal year shall submit a new capital outlay request which shall include a letter
14of support from a legislator in whose district the project is located, in order to be eligible for
15the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 capital outlay process. The non-state project application shall not
16be deemed complete unless the project has either a fully executed cooperative endeavor
17agreement or proof of the applicable local match, if required, submitted to and received by
18the division of administration, office of facility planning and control and the Joint
19Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay on or before February 1, 2017.
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HB NO. 52
1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the Governor or, if not
2signed by the Governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without
3signature by the Governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of
4Louisiana. If vetoed by the Governor and subsequently approved by the Legislature, this Act
5shall become effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 52 Reengrossed 2016 Second Extraordinary Session Abramson
Abstract: Establishes additional requirements for the submission of capital outlay requests
for purposes of eligibility for a capital outlay appropriation for Fiscal Year 2017-
2018.
Proposed law, notwithstanding any provision of present law or the 2016-2017 Capital Outlay
Act to the contrary, imposes additional requirements for the submission of capital outlay
project requests.
Proposed law provides that non-state capital outlay project applications shall not be deemed
complete unless the project has either a fully executed cooperative endeavor agreement or
proof of the applicable local match funding, if required, which information shall be
submitted to the division of administration, office of facility planning and control, and the
Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay on or before February 1, 2017.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Remove provisions for specific exemptions from present law for the management
and execution of specific capital outlay projects or the projects of specific
recipients.
2. Remove provisions establishing general requirements relating to the
administration of cooperative endeavor agreements.
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