Section 37.960

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Chapter 37

Effective - 28 Aug 2019   

  37.960.  Capital improvements and construction projects, report, contents. — 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Million Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019".

  2.  As used in this section, the term "executive agency" shall mean any administrative governmental entity created by the Constitution or statutes of this state under the executive branch, including any department, agency, board, bureau, council, commission, committee, or board of regents or board of curators of any institution of higher learning supported in whole or in part by state funds; any subdivision of an executive agency; and any legally designated agent of such entity.

  3.  The office of administration shall submit to the general assembly and post on the website of the office of administration a report on each capital improvement, building, renovation, or construction project or any information technology project of any type that is funded by an executive agency using only funds appropriated by the general assembly:

  (1)  That is more than one year behind schedule; or

  (2)  For which the amount spent on the project is at least one million dollars more than the original cost estimate for the project.

  4.  To prepare the report required under subsection 3 of this section, the office of administration shall send a request for information to executive agencies no later than September first of each year and shall require a response no later than December thirty-first.  The office of administration shall submit their report to the general assembly and post it on their website by January thirty-first.

  5.  Each report submitted and posted under subsection 3 of this section shall, for each project included in the report, provide:

  (1)  A brief description of the project, including:

  (a)  The purpose of the project;

  (b)  Each location in which the project is carried out;

  (c)  The year in which the project was initiated;

  (d)  The state's share of the total cost of the project; and

  (e)  Each primary contractor and grant recipient of the project;

  (2)  An explanation of any changes to the original scope of the project, including the addition or narrowing of the initial requirements of the project;

  (3)  The original expected date for completion of the project;

  (4)  The current expected date for completion of the project;

  (5)  The original cost estimate for the project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;

  (6)  The current cost estimate for the project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;

  (7)  An explanation for a delay in completion or increase in the original cost estimate for the project; and

  (8)  The amount of and rationale, including terms and conditions to receive or be denied, for any award, incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the project.

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(L. 2019 H.B. 1088)