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Committee approves bill moving state office leasing authority to finance department; adds board-staff sharing amendment
Summary
Senate Bill 2291 was approved by the committee as amended to transfer authority for signing state office leases to the Department of Finance and Administration and to require occupational licensure boards operating in the same location to pursue staff-sharing strategies.
Senator Blunt told the committee that Senate Bill 2291 would move responsibility for signing leases for state agencies to the Department of Finance and Administration with the goal of consolidating leasing and cutting rental costs in the Metro Jackson area. “The state spends right now a little more than $14,000,000 a year, in rent in the Metro Jackson area,” Blunt said, and the bill’s sponsor described consolidation and coordinated leasing as the core change in the legislation.
Senator Johnson offered and the committee adopted an amendment requiring…
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