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SENATE SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS
SB 87 2022 Regular Session Cathey
KEYWORD AND SUMMARY AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
CAPITAL OUTLAY. Provides for the capital outlay process. (gov sig)
SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE BILL
1. Adds requirement to notify committee members that an emergency project
has been submitted.
2 Increases from 30 to 45 days the time within which the committee is to
review the project after receipt from the commissioner.
DIGEST OF THE SENATE BILL AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
DIGEST
SB 87 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Cathey
Present law (R.S. 39:112(C)(1)) provides that capital outlay budget requests submitted after
November 1st may be included in the capital outlay act if the request meets all of the
requirements as provided for in R.S. 39:101 and 102 and if the following conditions have
been met:
(1)The project is an economic development project recommended by the secretary of the
Department of Economic Development.
(2)The project is determined to be an emergency by the commissioner of administration.
(3)The project is for a nonstate entity, has a total cost of less than one million dollars,
and has been approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay
(JLCCO) by February 1st.
(4)The project is located in a designated disaster area because of a national or state
declared disaster.
(5)The project is a state-owned and administered project, including a public post
secondary education institution.
Proposed law retains present law and further requires that economic development projects
recommended by the secretary of the Department of Economic Development and projects
deemed to be an emergency by the commissioner of administration receive approval from
the JLCCO.
Present law provides that nonstate projects shall require a local match of not less than 25%
of the total amount of the project but provides for certain exceptions.
Proposed law retains present law and requires that projects deemed to be an emergency and
exempt from providing the 25% local match, by the commissioner of administration, must
also receive approval from the JLCCO.
Proposed law requires the commissioner to submit emergency projects to JLCCO for review
and within seven days notify all members of the committee that an emergency project has
been submitted. Provides that JLCCO to meet to review emergency projects for approval
within 45 days of receipt from the commissioner. Further requires approval of emergency
projects if the JLCCO does not meet within the forty-five-day review period. HASBSB87 TYLERT 3816
Proposed law requires the commissioner of administration to provide an annual report, no
later than February 1st, of projects exempt from providing a 25% local match, to the JLCCO,
House Ways & Means, and Senate Revenue & Fiscal Affairs.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 39:112(C)(1)(b), and (E)(2)(a); adds R.S. 39:112(E)(3))
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Thomas L. Tyler
Senate Counsel