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Committee hears brief testimony on bill to require owner's project manager before applying for school building aid
Summary
Senate Bill 209 would require school districts to retain an owner's project manager before applying for state building aid. Sponsor says the change encourages better budgeting and oversight; testimony was limited and the committee closed the hearing.
Senate Bill 209 would require that a school district retain its owner's project manager (the district's project manager for construction projects) before applying for state building aid. Sponsor Senator Daryl Abbas said the requirement is a housekeeping measure intended to improve project budgeting and oversight by having the project's manager involved from the application stage.
Sponsor testimony explained that retaining an owner's project manager early helped one district complete a middle‑school renovation substantially under the warrant amount and better control contingencies. Senator Abbas said the bill was filed on behalf of a constituent who could not attend the hearing.
The committee received a written letter from the bill's proponent and heard no extended oral testimony or opposition. Senator Abbas offered the letter for the record and the chair closed the hearing; no committee vote was taken during the session recorded in the transcript.
The transcript records a short sponsor statement and references to the owner's project manager term used in New Hampshire statute; committee members asked clarifying questions about terminology ("owner's project manager" versus project manager retained by a school) and the sponsor said the bill used the terminology consistent with the RSA.
