Committee tables House Resolution 1050 pending lease-escalator details
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A House committee tabled House Resolution 1050 after a lawmaker asked staff to provide a county-by-county breakdown of state leases, including automatic rent escalators and incremental increases; staff said the information could be delivered within a week.
The House Committee on State Institutions and Property voted to table House Resolution 1050 after a lawmaker asked staff to provide detailed information about lease escalators and the incremental increases driving recent costs.
A senator told the committee that the panel needs "the leases and their incremental increases, the if there's automatic escalators," and said that understanding those escalators is important given about $89 million placed in the budget for deferred-maintenance work. The senator moved to table the resolution "until such a time as we can understand what the automatic" increases are; the motion was seconded by the committee chair and approved by voice vote.
State Properties staff agreed to provide the requested data quickly. "I would say within the week," a deputy director said when asked how long it would take to gather the information. The chair and members asked staff to return the figures before the committee takes further action on the lease bills.
The tabling halts consideration of House Resolution 1050 until the committee receives the lease-escalation breakdown and any supporting appraisals or documentation. The chair moved the committee on to House Resolution 1051 after the voice vote.