Section effective until July 1, 2015. See, also, section effective July 1, 2015.
- (1) assessing and evaluating agency needs, including the authority to require agency justification for any request to lease public or private space;
- (2) establishing standards for the quality and quantity of space to be leased by a requesting agency;
(3) devising and requiring the use of a standard lease form (approved by the Attorney General) with provisions which assert and protect the state's prerogatives including, but not limited to, a right of cancellation in the event of:
- (a) a nonappropriation for the renting agency,
- (b) a dissolution of the agency, and
- (c) the availability of public space in substitution for private space being leased by the agency;
- (4) rejecting an agency's request for additional space or space at a specific location, or both;
- (5) directing agencies to be located in public space, when available, before private space can be leased;
- (6) requiring the agency to submit a multi-year financial plan for review by the board's budget office with copies sent to Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee, before any new lease for space is entered into; and requiring prior review by the Joint Bond Review Committee and the requirement of Budget and Control Board approval before the adoption of any new lease that commits more than one million dollars in a five-year period; and
- (7) requiring prior review by the Joint Bond Review Committee and the requirement of Budget and Control Board approval before the adoption of any new lease that commits more than one million dollars in a five-year period.
The State Budget and Control Board, in an effort to ensure that funds authorized and appropriated for rent are used in the most efficient manner, is directed to develop a program to manage the leasing of all public and private space of state agencies. The board's regulations, upon General Assembly approval, shall include procedures for:
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 153, Section 2.