SLS 17RS-423 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 48
BY SENATOR MILKOVICH
STATE AGENCIES. Requires state agencies to include on their website information
regarding any properties rented by the agency. (gov sig)
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To urge and request the division of administration to request state agencies to publish certain
3 information regarding the lease of nonpublic buildings.
4 WHEREAS, during the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature, the Legislature in
5 Act No. 66, found and declared that the maximum utilization of state owned or leased
6 buildings is a necessary cost efficiency and, accordingly, further declared that it is incumbent
7 upon and the responsibility of all state agencies to actively conserve, identify, and seek
8 available office space in state owned or leased buildings; and
9 WHEREAS, to provide maximum disclosure to all state agencies and the public, it
10 would be beneficial for the division of administration to request each agency to indicate on
11 their respective websites, information as to whether such agencies lease nonpublic buildings
12 for their operations and, if so, to identify the location and dimensions of such buildings, the
13 ownership of such buildings, the amount spent to lease such buildings, and the amount of
14 underutilized space; and
15 WHEREAS, the division of administration should request that each state agency
16 publish such information within sixty days of leasing such buildings and update such
17 information every sixty days.
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SLS 17RS-423 ORIGINAL
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
2 request the division of administration to request each agency to indicate on their respective
3 websites, information as to whether such agencies lease nonpublic buildings for their
4 operations and, if so, to identify the location and dimensions of such buildings, the
5 ownership of such buildings, the amount spent to lease such buildings, and the amount of
6 underutilized space, and to report to the legislature in a timely manner on the state agency
7 compliance.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commissioner of administration shall submit
9 a copy of the report to each member of the Senate, each member of the House of
10 Representatives, and the governor on or before September 1, 2017.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
12 governor and the commissioner of administration.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ben Huxen.
DIGEST
SCR 48 Original 2017 Regular Session Milkovich
Requests that the division of administration request each agency to indicate on their
respective websites, information as to whether such agencies lease nonpublic buildings for
their operations and, if so, to identify the location and dimensions of such buildings, the
ownership of such buildings, the amount spent to lease such buildings, and the amount of
underutilized space.
Requests the commissioner of administration to report to the legislature and the governor on
or before September 1, 2017.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.