S2850.01T

To repeal sections 21.530, 21.535 and 21.537, RSMo 1994, relating to the joint committee on capital improvements oversight, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to the same subject, with an emergency clause.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Sections 21.530, 21.535 and 21.537, RSMo 1994, are repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 21.530, 21.535 and 21.537, to read as follows:

21.530. 1. There is established a permanent joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on Capital Improvements and Leases Oversight" to be comprised of five members of the senate appropriations committee and five members of the house of representatives budget committee. The senate members shall be appointed by the president pro tem of the senate and the house members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house.

2. No major party shall be represented on the committee by more than three members from the senate nor by more than three members from the house.

21.535. 1. The joint committee on capital improvements and leases oversight shall meet [within ten days after its creation] and organize by selecting a chairman and a vice chairman, one of whom shall be a member of the senate and the other a member of the house of representatives. The chairmanship shall alternate between members of the senate and house each two years after its organization.

2. The meetings of the committee shall be in Jefferson City, Missouri, and after its inception and organization it shall meet at the call of the chairman, but shall meet at least once every three months.

3. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

4. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.

21.537. 1. The joint committee on capital improvements and leases oversight shall:

(1) Monitor all proposed state-funded capital improvement projects, including all operating costs for the first two years after completion of such projects;

(2) Monitor all new construction on any state-funded capital improvements project, excluding capital improvements projects or highway improvements of the state highways and transportation department funded by motor fuel tax revenues;

(3) Monitor any repairs or maintenance on existing state buildings and facilities involving capital expenditures exceeding a specific amount of money to be determined by the committee;

(4) Investigate the total bonded and other indebtedness including lease purchase agreements of this state and its various departments, divisions, and other agencies as it pertains to state building projects;

(5) Perform budgeting analysis for all proposed capital improvement projects including all operating costs for the first two years after completion of the project and cooperate with and assist the house budget committee and the senate appropriations committee with similar analysis[.];

(6) Monitor all leases and proposed leases of real property funded with state moneys, including any operating costs or other costs associated with any such lease arrangement.

2. The committee may, within the limits of its appropriation, employ such personnel as it deems necessary to carry out the duties imposed by this section.

3. The committee shall compile a full report of its activities for submission to the general assembly. The report shall be submitted not later than the fifteenth of January of each year in which the general assembly convenes in regular session and shall include any recommendations which the committee may have for legislative action.

Section B. Because immediate action is necessary to ensure the continuity of oversight for state capital improvement projects and leases, section A of this act is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, welfare, peace and safety, and is hereby declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the constitution, and section A of this act shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval.