Bill Text: GA SB37 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: State Properties Commission; multiyear lease agreements; provide for termination of certain rental/lease agreements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-02 - Act 717 [SB37 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB37-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: State Properties Commission; multiyear lease agreements; provide for termination of certain rental/lease agreements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-02 - Act 717 [SB37 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB37-Comm_Sub.html
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The
House Committee on State Institutions and Property offers the following
substitute to SB 37:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the "State Properties Code," so as to provide the State
Properties Commission the authority to enter into multiyear lease or rental
agreements; to provide for the termination of certain rental and lease
agreements; to provide for fiscal policies for multiyear lease or rental
agreements to be adopted by the Georgia State Financing and Investment
Commission; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
2 of Chapter 16 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the "State Properties Code," is amended in Code Section 50-16-34, relating to
the powers and duties of the State Properties Commission generally, by deleting
"and" at the end of paragraph (16), by replacing the period with "; and" at the
end of paragraph (17), and by adding a new paragraph to read as
follows:
"(18)
Contract with a licensed real estate broker through a competitive selection
process to perform transaction management services on behalf of the commission.
For the purposes of this Code section, 'transaction management' is defined as
the management of all tasks relative to the acquiring and disposing of real
property assets, whether leased, subleased, or owned. The commission may charge
a negotiated fee from the
broker."
SECTION
2.
Said
article is further amended in Code Section 50-16-41, relating to authorizing
rental agreements without competitive bidding, limitations, charging the
commission with the management of administrative space, standards governing the
utilization of administrative space, reassignment of administrative space, and
rules and regulations therefore, by revising subsection (c) as
follows:
"(c)
The management of the utilization of administrative space by the commission
shall include entering into any necessary agreements to rent or lease
administrative space, whether existing or to be constructed, and shall include
administrative space rented or leased by a state entity from the Georgia
Building Authority or from any other public or private person, firm, or
corporation. When it becomes necessary to rent or lease administrative space,
the space shall be rented or leased by the commission
and
for a term not
to exceed ten years or, in the case of a sale and leaseback, for a term not to
exceed 20 years. The space shall be
assigned to the state entity or entities requiring the space.
All agreements
to rent or lease administrative space with a term of greater than one year shall
be publicly advertised for a minimum of four consecutive weeks. Selections are
to be based on criteria set forth in the advertisement and the qualifications of
the lessor. When there is a need to terminate an agreement for the rent or
lease of administrative space, the state entity to which the space is assigned
shall notify the commission of such need no less than 90 days prior to the
requested date of termination. No agreement for the rent or lease of
administrative space with a term in excess of one year shall be terminated
without prior approval of the
commission."
SECTION
3.
Said
Code section is further amended by revising subsection (d) as
follows:
"(d)
If the commission reassigns all or any portion of any administrative space which
is leased or rented by one state entity to another state entity, the state
entity to which the administrative space is reassigned
shall
may
pay to the commission rental charges, as determined by the commission, for the
utilization of the space; and the commission
shall
may,
in turn, use the rental charges so paid for the purpose of paying or partially
paying, as the case may be, the rent or lease payments due the lessor of the
administrative space in accordance with the terms of the lease or rent contract
existing at the time of the reassignment of the administrative space. Any such
payments to a lessor by the commission shall be on behalf of the state entity
which is the lessee of the administrative space reassigned as provided in this
Code section."
SECTION
4.
Said
Code section is further amended by revising subsection (i) as
follows:
"(i)
The commission is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations
governing budgetary requirements for administrative space utilized by state
entities in cooperation with the Office of Planning and Budget whereby the
entities shall be accountable in the budgetary process for administrative space
assigned to and utilized by them. The budgetary requirements may provide for
the payment of rent to the commission by state entities or may otherwise provide
procedures for the assessment of rent charges for administrative space utilized
by state entities or any combination of the foregoing.
The commission
shall provide a report annually, no later than September 1 of each year, to the
Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives,
chairpersons of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, and chairpersons
of the Senate State Institutions and Property Committee and the House Committee
on State Institutions and Property. The report shall provide the total sum of
all leasing obligations to be paid by the state for the upcoming fiscal year.
Such report shall also include and itemize all revenues collected from the
previous fiscal year, including revenues collected from broker fees, and provide
an itemized budget allocation for the upcoming fiscal
year."
SECTION
5.
Said
Code section is further amended by adding a new subsection to read as
follows:
"(k)(1)
The Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission is authorized to establish
fiscal policies regarding multiyear lease and rental agreements and, each fiscal
year, may establish a total multiyear contract value authority. During the
fiscal year, the multiyear contract value authority may be revised as determined
necessary by the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission. The total
multiyear contract value authority may be based upon the Governor's revenue
estimate for subsequent fiscal years and other information as determined by the
Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission.
(2)
No multiyear lease or rental agreement shall be entered into under the
provisions of this Code section until the Georgia State Financing and Investment
Commission has established the fiscal policies and multiyear contract value
authority for the current and future fiscal years. Any multiyear lease or
rental agreement entered into that is not in compliance with such fiscal
policies and multiyear contract value authority shall be void and of no
effect.
(3)
At the beginning of each fiscal year, a budget unit's appropriations shall be
encumbered for the estimated payments for any multiyear lease and rental
agreements in that fiscal year. The commission shall have the right to
terminate, without further obligation, any multiyear lease or rental agreement
if the commission determines that adequate funds will not be available for the
payment obligations of the commission under the agreement. The commission's
determination regarding the availability of funds for its obligations shall be
conclusive and binding on all parties to the multiyear lease or rental
agreement."
SECTION
6.
Section
1 of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2011. Sections 2 through 5 of
this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2013; provided, however, that
Sections 2 through 5 of this Act shall only become effective on January 1, 2013,
upon the ratification of a resolution at the November, 2012, state-wide general
election, which resolution amends the Constitution so as to authorize certain
agencies to enter into lease and rental contracts exceeding one year. If such
resolution is not so ratified, Sections 2 through 5 of this Act shall not become
effective and shall stand repealed on January 1, 2013.
SECTION
7.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.