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2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 3
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act
1 AN ACT
2To enact the Omnibus Bond Authorization Act of 2019, relative to the implementation of
3 a five-year capital improvement program; to provide for the repeal of certain prior
4 bond authorizations; to provide for new bond authorizations; to provide for
5 authorization and sale of such bonds by the State Bond Commission; to provide
6 relative to the submission of capital outlay applications; to require approval of the
7 commissioner of administration under certain circumstances; to require the capital
8 outlay application to include certain information; to require the submission of a
9 certificate of completion under certain circumstances; to provide relative to line of
10 credit recommendations for capital outlay projects; to require the approval of certain
11 line of credit recommendations; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for
12 related matters.
13Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
14 Section 1. The legislature hereby recognizes that the Constitution of Louisiana
15provides in Article VII, Section 11, that the governor shall present to the legislature a five-
16year Capital Outlay Program and request implementation of the first year of such program,
17and that the capital outlay projects approved by the legislature are to be made part of the
18comprehensive state capital budget which shall, in turn, be adopted by the legislature.
19Further, all projects in such budget adopted by the legislature requiring bond funds must be
20authorized as provided in Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The
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1legislature finds that over a period of years the legislature has enacted numerous bond
2authorizations, but due to inflation and the requirements of specificity of amount for each
3project, impossibility, or impracticability, many of the projects cannot be undertaken. All
4of the unissued bonds must be listed in the financial statements of the state prepared from
5time to time and in connection with the marketing of bonds, and are taken into account by
6rating agencies, prospective purchasers, and investors in evaluating the investment quality
7and credit worthiness of bonds being offered for sale. The continued carrying of the
8aforesaid unissued bonds on the financial statements of the state under the above described
9circumstances operates unnecessarily to the financial detriment of the state. Accordingly,
10the legislature deems it necessary and in the best financial interest of the state to repeal all
11Acts, except any Act authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds and Act 41 of the 2006
12First Extraordinary Session, providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds in the
13state which cannot be issued for the projects contemplated, and in their stead to reauthorize
14general obligation bonds of the state for those projects deemed to be essential, and to
15authorize new projects.
16 Section 2. It is the intent of the legislature that this Act shall constitute the Omnibus
17Bond Authorization Act of 2019 and, together with any Act authorizing the issuance of
18refunding bonds and Act 41 of the 2006 First Extraordinary Session, shall provide bond
19authorization, as required by Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of Louisiana, for
20those projects to be funded totally or partially by the sale of general obligation bonds and
21included in House Bill No. 2 of the 2019 Regular Session as finally enacted into law (2019
22Capital Outlay Act). It is the further intent of the legislature that in this year and each year
23hereafter an Omnibus Bond Authorization Act shall be enacted providing for the repeal of
24state general obligation bond authorizations for projects no longer found feasible or
25desirable, the reauthorization of those bonds not sold during the prior fiscal year for projects
26deemed to be of such priority as to warrant such reauthorization, and to enact new
27authorization for projects found to be needed for capital improvements.
28 Section 3. Except as hereinafter provided, all prior Acts of the legislature authorizing
29the issuance of general obligation bonds of the state of Louisiana shall be and the same are
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1hereby repealed in their entirety, including without limitation House Bill No. 3 of the 2018
2Second Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana Legislature as finally enacted into law (2018
3Omnibus Bond Authorization Act) and any Acts heretofore repealed with such Act. This
4repeal shall not be applicable to any Act providing for the issuance of refunding bonds nor
5to Act 41 of the 2006 First Extraordinary Session, and such Acts shall remain in full force
6and effect and shall not be affected by the provisions of this Act. In addition, the repeal shall
7not in any manner affect the validity of any bonds heretofore issued pursuant to any of the
8bond authorizations repealed hereby.
9 Section 4. To provide funds for certain capital improvement projects the State Bond
10Commission is hereby authorized pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of
11Louisiana to issue general obligation bonds or other general obligations of the state for
12capital improvements for the projects, and subject to any terms and conditions set forth on
13the issuance of bonds or the expenditure of monies for each project as is provided for in the
142019 Capital Outlay Act or the provisions of this Act.
15 Section 5.(A) To provide funds for certain capital improvement projects authorized
16prior to this Act and by this Act, which projects are designed to provide for reimbursement
17of debt service on general obligation bonds, the State Bond Commission is hereby authorized
18pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to issue general
19obligation bonds of the state, hereinafter referred to as "project bonds", for capital
20improvements for the projects and subject to any terms and conditions set forth on the
21issuance of bonds or the expenditure of monies for each such project as provided in the 2019
22Capital Outlay Act the terms of which require such reimbursement of debt service.
23 (B) Without affecting, restricting, or limiting the pledge herein made of the full faith
24and credit of the state of Louisiana to the payment of the general obligation bonds authorized
25by this Section and without affecting, restricting, or limiting the obligation of the state to pay
26the same from monies pledged and dedicated to and paid into the Bond Security and
27Redemption Fund, but in order to decrease the possible financial burden on the general funds
28of the state resulting from this pledge and obligation, the applicable management board,
29governing body, or state agency for which any of such project bonds are issued, in the fiscal
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1year in which such project bonds are issued and in each fiscal year thereafter until such
2project bonds and the interest thereon are paid, shall transfer and make available to the state
3treasury, for deposit in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, designated student fees or
4revenues or other revenues in an amount equal to the debt service on such project bonds in
5such fiscal year. In addition, the applicable management board, governing body, or state
6agency, in the fiscal year in which such project bonds are issued and in each of the nine
7immediately succeeding fiscal years thereafter, shall transfer and make available to the state
8treasury from designated student fees or revenues or other revenues, for credit to a
9reimbursement reserve account for such project bonds which shall be established in an
10account designated in the reimbursement contract hereafter provided for, monies in an
11amount equal to one-tenth of the average annual debt service on such project bonds, and
12each such reimbursement reserve account thereafter shall be maintained in said minimum
13amount by further transfers, if necessary, from designated student fees or revenues or other
14revenues by the applicable management board, governing body, or state agency to the state
15treasury. Each such reimbursement reserve account shall be used, if necessary, solely to
16make the reimbursement payments herein obligated to be made to the state treasury. When
17the general obligation bonds and the interest thereon issued hereunder have been paid, any
18amount remaining in the reimbursement reserve account, as prorated to such authorized
19project, shall be transferred by the state treasurer to the applicable management board,
20governing body, or state agency.
21 (C) No project bonds authorized by this Section shall be issued for any authorized
22project unless and until a reimbursement contract has been entered into and executed
23between the applicable management board, governing body, or state agency and the State
24Bond Commission pertaining to the reimbursement payment and reimbursement reserve
25account payments for such project. The contract shall require payment into the state treasury
26of designated student fees or revenues or other revenues in an amount sufficient to reimburse
27the cost to the state of the principal, interest, and premium, if any, obligated to be paid by
28the state on such project bonds. The State Bond Commission shall not be required to
29execute any such reimbursement contract unless the estimates and projections of the
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1designated student fees or revenues or other revenues available for payment into the state
2treasury thereunder for the authorized projects are sufficient to reimburse the costs of the
3principal, interest, and premium, if any, on the project bonds. A reimbursement contract
4hereunder shall be authorized by resolution of the applicable management board, governing
5body, or state agency, or board or by act of the chief executive officer if no governing board
6exists.
7 This authorization shall provide for the dates, amounts, and other details for the
8payments required to be made to the state treasury and for the reserve account. The
9authorization may contain such covenants with the State Bond Commission regarding the
10fixing of rates for fees and charges or revenues and such other covenants and agreements
11with the State Bond Commission as will assure the required payments to the state treasury.
12The contract shall be subject to approval by the Office of the Attorney General and the State
13Bond Commission and, when so accepted and approved, shall conclusively constitute and
14be the reimbursement contract for an authorized project, as required hereunder.
15 (D) The obligation to make the reimbursement payments as required by a
16reimbursement contract may be represented by the issuance by the applicable management
17board, governing body, or state agency of its nonnegotiable revenue obligation in the form
18of a bond or other evidence of indebtedness, hereinafter referred to as "reimbursement
19bond". The reimbursement bond shall be issued in a single bond form, without coupons, in
20the principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of project bonds, shall be
21registered in principal and interest in the name of and be payable to the State Bond
22Commission, shall bear interest at a rate or rates equal to the interest rate or rates payable
23on the project bonds, and shall be payable as to principal and interest at such times, in such
24manner, from designated student fees or revenues, or other revenues, and be subject to such
25terms and conditions as shall be provided in the authorizing resolution or document executed
26by a chief executive officer, where applicable. This authorization shall be subject to
27approval by the State Bond Commission and the Office of the Attorney General, and when
28so accepted and approved, the authorization shall constitute and be the reimbursement
29contract for such authorized project, as required hereunder. The reimbursement bonds
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1authorized under the provisions of this Section may be issued on a parity with outstanding
2reimbursement bonds of the applicable management board, governing body, or state agency,
3or issued on a subordinate lien basis to outstanding bonds, or a combination thereof, and may
4include and contain such covenants with the State Bond Commission for the security and
5payment of the reimbursement bonds and such other customary provisions and conditions
6for their issuance by the applicable management board, governing body, or state agency as
7are authorized and provided for by general law and by this Section. Until project bonds for
8an authorized project have been paid, the applicable management board, governing body,
9or state agency shall impose fees and charges in an amount sufficient to comply with the
10covenants securing outstanding bonds and to make the payments required by the
11reimbursement contract.
12 (E) In addition to the other payments herein required, reimbursement contracts shall
13provide for the setting aside of sufficient student fees or revenues or other revenues in a
14reserve fund, so that within a period of not less than ten years from date of issuance of
15project bonds there shall be accumulated in a reserve fund monies equal to a sum not less
16than the average annual debt service requirements on such project bonds. Monies in the
17reserve fund shall be used for the purpose of remedying or preventing a default in making
18the required payments under a reimbursement contract. The reserve fund required
19hereunder may consist of a reserve fund heretofore or hereafter established to secure
20payments for reimbursement bonds of the applicable management board, governing body,
21or state agency, provided that (1) payments from said reserve fund to secure the payments
22required to be made under a reimbursement contract shall be on a parity with the payments
23to be made securing outstanding bonds and additional parity bonds and (2) no additional
24parity reimbursement bonds shall be issued except pursuant to the establishment and
25maintenance of an adequate reserve fund as approved by the State Bond Commission.
26 (F) When the balance of reimbursement bond proceeds, for a project, are allocated
27to another project, the State Bond Commission is authorized to make the appropriate
28amendment to the reimbursement contract with the agency making the reimbursement
29payments.
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1 Section 6. The bonds authorized to be sold by the State Bond Commission pursuant
2to this Act shall be issued and sold in conformity with the provisions of Article VII, Section
36 of the Louisiana Constitution, R.S. 39:1361 through R.S. 39:1367, and R.S. 39:1401
4through R.S. 39:1430.1, and any amendments thereto adopted prior to, at the same time as,
5or subsequent to, the effective date of this Act. However, the provisions of R.S. 39:1365(9)
6shall not apply to any bonds issued hereunder in the form of variable rate and/or tender
7option bonds and that said bonds need not be issued in serial form and may mature in such
8year or years as may be specified by the State Bond Commission. Should any provision of
9this Act be inconsistent with any provision of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the
10provision of this Act shall govern. In connection with the issuance of the bonds authorized
11hereby, the State Bond Commission may, without regard to any other laws of the state
12relating to the procurement of services, insurance, or facilities, enter into contracts upon such
13terms as it deems advantageous to the state for (1) the obtaining of credit enhancement or
14liquidity devices designed to improve the marketability of the bonds and (2) if the bonds are
15structured as variable rate and/or tender option bonds to provide the services and facilities
16required for or deemed appropriate by the State Bond Commission for such type of bonds,
17including those of tender agents, placement agents, indexing agents, remarketing agents,
18and/or standby bond purchase facilities. The cost of obtaining credit enhancement or
19liquidity devices and fees for other services set forth in this Section shall, if authorized by
20the State Bond Commission, be paid from the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as a
21requirement with respect to the issuance of the bonds authorized hereby. The bonds shall be
22general obligations of the state of Louisiana, to the payment of which, as to principal,
23premium, if any, and interest, as and when the same become due, the full faith and credit of
24the state is hereby irrevocably pledged. These bonds shall be secured by monies in the Bond
25Security and Redemption Fund and shall be payable on a parity with bonds and other
26obligations heretofore and hereafter issued which are secured by that fund. The maximum
27interest rate or rates on such bonds, and their maturities, shall be determined by the State
28Bond Commission. The state treasurer shall invest all bond proceeds until disbursed.
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1 Section 7. Unless specifically repealed, this Act shall expire, and be considered null
2and void and of no further effect on June 30, 2020, except as to any bonds authorized herein
3(1) which have been sold, (2) to which lines of credit have been issued, or (3) for which
4contracts for construction have been signed.
5 Section 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 39:101(A) and 112(C), projects
6included within Section (1)(A) of the Act which originated as House Bill No. 2 of the 2019
7Regular Session of the Legislature are hereby deemed to have until June 30, 2019, to submit
8a capital outlay budget request application pursuant to R.S. 39:101(A) and if the application
9is submitted by that date, the project is deemed to have complied with the late approval
10requirements of R.S. 39:112(C). Beginning in Fiscal Year 2020-2021, all projects shall
11comply with the provisions of R.S. 39:101(A) and 112(C).
12 Section 9. The office of facility planning and control shall revise the capital outlay
13application for entities applying for capital outlay funding for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 and
14thereafter, to include information regarding the status of the project and the amount of any
15outstanding obligations for the project. If construction of a project is complete, the entity
16which received capital outlay funding shall submit a certificate of completion to the office
17of facility planning and control within one year of completion of construction of the project.
18Any entity that receives cash lines of credit for any portion of design, planning, or
19construction of a capital outlay project that fails to timely submit a certificate of completion
20shall be ineligible for future capital outlay funding unless the entity receives approval of
21both the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs
22Committee.
23 Section 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 39:122, for Fiscal Year 2019-
242020, the commissioner of administration shall make recommendations to the House
25Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs
26concerning the state and nonstate entity projects to be granted lines of credit. The
27commissioner of administration shall submit to the House Committee on Ways and Means
28and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs a list of state and nonstate entity
29projects that the division of administration recommends for lines of credit no less than thirty
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1days prior to the meeting date of the State Bond Commission in which the lines of credit are
2to be considered. The House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on
3Revenue and Fiscal Affairs shall receive the list of recommendations from the division of
4administration and shall have discretion to either approve the list or make changes to the list.
5The committees shall make final recommendations and shall separately approve a list of
6projects which shall be submitted to the State Bond Commission for consideration of lines
7of credit. Only projects which received approval from both the House Committee on Ways
8and Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs shall be submitted to
9the State Bond Commission for consideration of lines of credit.
10 Section 11. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
11signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
12by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
13vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
14effective 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 3 Engrossed 2019 Regular Session Abramson
Abstract: Provides for the implementation of a five-year capital improvement program.
Provides for the implementation of a five-year capital improvement program; provides for
the repeal of certain prior bond authorizations; provides for new bond authorizations;
provides for authorization and sale of such bonds by the State Bond Commission; and
provides for related matters.
Proposed law deems projects included in Section (1)(A) of HB No. 2 of the 2019 R.S. to
have until June 30, 2019, to submit capital outlay budget request applications and if the
project application is submitted by that date, the project is deemed to have complied with
late approval requirements in present law.
Proposed law requires the office of facility planning and control (FP&C) to revise the capital
outlay application to include information regarding the status of the project and the amount
of any outstanding obligations for the project. Further requires an entity to submit a
certificate of completion to FP&C within one year of completion of construction of the
project. Any entity that fails to timely submit a certificate of completion shall be ineligible
for future capital outlay funding unless the entity receives approval of both the House
Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs,
hereinafter "legislative committees".
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Proposed law requires, for Fiscal Year 2019-2020, the commissioner of administration to
make recommendations to the legislative committees concerning the state and nonstate entity
projects to be granted lines of credit and to submit the list of recommendations to the
legislative committees no less than 30 days prior to the meeting date of the State Bond
Commission (SBC) in which the lines of credit are to be considered. Proposed law
authorizes the legislative committees to make changes to the list but to separately approve
the list of projects which shall be submitted to the SBC for consideration of lines of credit.
Only projects which received approval from both legislative committees shall be submitted
to the SBC for consideration of lines of credit.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to the
original bill:
1. Deem projects included in Section (1)(A) of HB No. 2 of the 2019 R.S. to have
until June 30, 2019, to submit capital outlay budget request applications and if
the project application is submitted by that date, the project is deemed to have
complied with late approval requirements in present law.
2. Require FP&C to revise the capital outlay application to include information
regarding the status of a project and the amount of any outstanding obligations
for the project.
3. Require FP&C to include in reports submitted to the JLCCO, information
regarding the amount of local match required to be provided by a nonstate entity
and whether the local match requirement has been waived by FP&C.
4. Specify the process for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 for submission of and approval
of line of credit recommendations to the SBC.
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