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Capital Development Committee introduces multi‑section bill clarifying CDC procedures and deadlines
Summary
The committee voted to introduce a CDC bill that clarifies internal elections, project submittals by the Transportation Commission, higher‑education two‑year projections, encumbrance procedures (with a November 1 deadline), a treasurer report deadline change, an OSPB filing date change, art‑in‑public‑places flexibility and supplemental spending authority guidance.
The Capital Development Committee moved to introduce a draft bill that would amend several CDC‑related statutes and procedures, and the committee voted 6‑0 to introduce the measure with permission for staff to make non‑substantive technical edits before formal filing.
Megan McCall of the Office of Legislative Legal Services walked members through eight sections of the draft. "Section 1 of the bill is making clarifications to the process of electing within the committee a chair and a vice chair every year," McCall said. She described Section 2 as clarifying that the Transportation Commission may submit requests for State Highway Reconstruction Repair and Maintenance Projects to be funded from the Capital Construction Fund but is not required to do so annually, and that the CDC would consider such submittals if they are made.
On higher education, McCall said Section 3 brings statute into line with current practice for two‑year projections and the way state institutes of higher education submit projects for CDC review. Section 4 would move the treasurer's report deadline (on debt and bonds for institutes of higher education) from September 1 to March 1 to allow more complete data in the report. "Section 5...is giving a November 1 deadline, for those requests or for funds to be encumbered," McCall told the committee, describing a change that would let CDC grant extensions for agencies to encumber appropriated funds rather than a one‑time waiver that removes future committee review.
McCall also described a technical change in Section 6 that shifts a required OSPB submission from January 1 to January 2 to avoid a statutory filing date that falls on a holiday. Section 7 would give the CDC more flexibility to waive certain requirements under the 'art in public places' program. Section 8 clarifies that supplemental appropriations extend spending authority for the remainder of that fiscal year plus two additional fiscal years, so agencies know the applicable timeframes.
Representative Lindsey raised an issue the committee had discussed previously: the timing of committee appointments. Lindsey said some appointed members received notice very close to the committee's December hearings and requested clearer timing. McCall replied that "the statute actually does allow for that right now," citing the statutory provision she said is currently permissive (identified in the meeting as 02/03/2013 o 2, subsection 1.5) and suggested the draft could modify that statutory language to provide clearer timing if the committee wanted to do so.
Senator Heinrichson said he would be willing to introduce the bill; members volunteered to be named as prime or co‑sponsors and staff said they would place the bill on bill paper as soon as possible and seek leadership permission for any delayed filing. The committee approved introduction and assigned staff to complete technical edits and sponsor designations.
What happens next: staff will finalize technical edits, add prime sponsors and place the measure on bill paper; the committee may later amend the introduced bill.
