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Senate approves HB 105, adding DFCM building-board provisions and reserve-account language
Summary
The Senate passed House Bill 105, updating Department of Facilities Construction and Management provisions, clarifying applied-technology-center language and addressing reserve accounts and director latitude. Senators sought clarification on costs and control of certain facilities before final passage.
House Bill 105, described on the floor as DFCM and building board amendments, drew focused discussion about how the bill responds to an audit of the Department of Facilities Construction and Management.
The sponsor explained that the bill clarifies how reserved accounts are handled, includes applied-technology centers in certain references formerly limited to the State Office of Education, and specifies director authority over reserved accounts and construction oversight. Senators asked whether the bill would require a $1-per-square-foot set-aside for all existing buildings (the sponsor said it would not) and pressed for further detail about control of specific facilities originally allocated by statute (the sponsor deferred that question to agency staff for second-reading follow-up).
A question on third reading was called and the Senate recorded the roll call: the clerk reported the bill passed with 28 ayes, no nays and one absent; the bill was placed on the third-reading calendar for final action and transmittal as appropriate.
Senators requested that staff provide more precise cost projections and answers on facility-control issues during the next stage; the bill otherwise moved forward without substantive floor amendments modifying the policy substance.
