CHAPTER 9 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS; REVOLVING FUNDS
The Budget
Section 9:3-a
9:3-a Capital Expenditure Requests. –
Prior to the adoption of the 6-year capital budget, the requests for appropriation of funds shall be as follows:
I. All departments seeking funds for capital expenditures shall submit their requests to the commissioner of administrative services no later than the May 1 before the opening of the biennial legislative session. Requests shall be made on forms supplied by the commissioner of administrative services. Each request shall list estimates of the costs of land, construction, furnishings, and equipment and shall identify projects which are expected or planned to require funding in subsequent bienniums of the 6-year capital budget in order to be completed. In addition, each request shall include the square footage, estimates of annual operating and maintenance costs, program descriptions, and number of people involved.
II. The commissioner of administrative services shall submit a summary of the requests and any supporting detail to the governor by May 31.
III. The governor shall hold public hearings on the requests no later than June 30. The governor may require officials of those departments submitting requests to attend and testify.
IV. There shall be a governor's advisory committee on the capital budget consisting of the following, or their designees: commissioner of administrative services, the manager of the division of public works design and construction in the department of administrative services, chairperson of the senate capital budget committee, and chairperson of the house public works and highways committee. Members of the advisory committee may attend the hearings on capital budget requests, question those testifying, and contribute their opinions.
V. The governor shall select those projects which the governor considers worthy of further evaluation, and send the requests for the selected projects to the commissioner of administrative services no later than August 1. The governor may hold additional hearings on capital requests at the time of the operating budget hearings. If any additional hearing is held after election day, the governor shall invite the governor-elect to attend.
VI. The department of administrative services through its division of public works design and construction shall prepare schematic drawings, cost estimates, and program descriptions and the commissioner of administrative services shall present these, along with any recommendations, to the governor no later than December 1.
VII. The governor shall submit the capital budget to the general court no later than February 15 of each odd numbered year. The capital budget submitted shall identify all projects which are expected or planned to require funding in the first biennium and in subsequent bienniums of the 6-year capital budget in order to be completed.