MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Public Buildings, Grounds and Lands

By: Representative Guice

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT STATE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS COSTING ONE MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE SHALL BE FUNDED BY THE LEGISLATURE IN THREE PHASES; TO DEFINE EACH PHASE; TO PROVIDE THAT EACH PHASE SHALL BE FUNDED IN SEPARATE REGULAR SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE; TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PROJECTS FROM SUCH REQUIREMENTS; TO REQUIRE ALL STATE AGENCIES WHICH PLAN TO UNDERTAKE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT TO SUBMIT A PREPLANNED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT PROJECTION TO THE BUREAU OF BUILDING, GROUNDS AND REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR EVALUATION; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PROJECT COSTING UNDER ONE MILLION DOLLARS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE PREPLANNED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Every capital improvements project, costing One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) or more, which is developed to repair, renovate, construct, remodel, add to or improve a state-owned public building shall be funded by the Legislature in three (3) phases. The three-phase funding requirement shall not apply to capital improvements projects for a state-owned port or where the Legislature finds that an emergency or critical need must be met or a court order complied with. The three (3) phases shall not be funded in the same regular session of the Legislature. Each phase shall be funded in a separate regular session of the Legislature. Phase 1 shall be a preplanned capital improvements project budget projection for the project and shall be funded first. Phase 2 shall be the actual repair, renovation, construction, remodeling, addition to or improvement of the state-owned public building and shall be funded second. Phase 3, if necessary, shall be the acquisition of furniture and equipment for the capital improvements project and shall be funded last.

SECTION 2. (1) For the purposes of this act, the term
"preplanned" or "preplanning" means the preliminary planning that establishes the program, scope, design and budget for a capital improvements project.

(2) Every state agency that plans to repair, renovate, construct, remodel, add to or improve a state-owned public building shall submit a preplanned capital improvements project budget projection to the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management for evaluation. The bureau shall assess the need for all preplanned projects submitted and shall compile a report on its findings. Any capital improvements project costing under One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) shall not be required to be preplanned.

(3) Upon the completion of any preplanning for a capital improvements project, if such preplanning is funded with self-generated funds by a state agency, the plan shall be submitted to the bureau for evaluation.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.