Effective: July 1, 2014
Latest Legislation: House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The director of budget and management shall:
(1) Prepare biennially a capital plan and, with the concurrence of the governor, submit it to the general assembly. The capital plan shall contain recommendations as to the acquisition of real estate and the construction of public improvements. The capital plan shall extend through a period of at least six years in the future and shall identify the projects which should be undertaken in each biennium of the period through which the plan extends, together with estimated costs of all such recommended projects.
(2) Require biennially, from the chief administrative authorities of affected state agencies, their recommendations as to the acquisition of real estate and construction of public improvements which will be needed through a period of at least six years in the future, together with a description of each proposed public improvement and the estimated capacity of the improvement in terms of its proposed use, a demonstration of the need for the real estate or public improvement, the benefits in governmental operations expected to result from the acquisition or construction, the state agencies which will occupy or control the real estate or improvement, and the location of the real estate or public improvement. The director shall evaluate such recommended projects as to their validity and as to the comparative degree of need among them; notify the chief administrative authorities of the recommending agencies of the action taken on each such recommendation; and consult with and seek the recommendations of the chief administrative authorities of the affected agencies on all projects being considered for inclusion in the capital plan, whether originally proposed by the director of budget and management or by a state agency.
(3) At the request and with the concurrence of the governor, prepare and recommend to the general assembly a biennial capital budget that includes the recommendations of the director as to projects to be undertaken or revised during the fiscal biennium following the latest biennium for which a capital appropriations act was enacted. The capital budget shall include all projects which the director considers to be necessary and feasible, whether originally proposed by the director or by a state agency.
(B) In the capital plan and capital budget prepared under this section, the director of budget and management shall not provide for the acquisition of rights-of-way for, construction of, or reconstruction of transportation facilities by the director of transportation, other than transportation facilities financed by the treasurer of state. Division (A)(2) of this section does not require the director of transportation to provide to the director of budget and management recommendations for the acquisition of rights-of-way for, construction of, or reconstruction of transportation facilities, other than transportation facilities financed by the treasurer of state.