HOUSE BILL No. 5831

 

August 15, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Kowall and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled

 

"The management and budget act,"

 

by amending sections 248 and 249 (MCL 18.1248 and 18.1249), section

 

248 as amended by 1999 PA 8.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 248. (1) This section applies to all capital outlay

 

projects appropriated in any budget act. This section does not

 

apply to lump sums other than planning projects.

 

     (2) Appropriations made in any budget act for a planning

 

project shall not lapse to the fund from which appropriated at the

 

end of the fiscal year, but shall continue until the purposes for

 

which the sums were appropriated are completed. However, each

 


project which has been authorized for planning for 3 4 years or

 

more and which has not been authorized for final design and

 

construction shall be terminated, unless the project is

 

specifically reauthorized in a budget act.

 

     (3) Appropriations made in any budget act for final design and

 

construction shall not lapse to the fund from which they are

 

appropriated at the end of the fiscal year, but shall continue

 

until the purposes for which the sums were appropriated are

 

completed. However, each project that has been authorized for final

 

design and construction for 3 4 years or more and where

 

construction has not commenced shall be terminated, unless the

 

project is specifically reauthorized in a budget act.

 

     (4) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the balance

 

of any capital outlay project other than a planning project shall

 

not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation

 

was made, but shall continue for not more than 2 fiscal years

 

occurring after the fiscal year for which the appropriation for the

 

project is made.

 

     (5) A capital outlay project may be continued beyond 3 4

 

fiscal years if the bid for the start of construction of the

 

project is awarded before the end of the second fiscal year

 

occurring after the fiscal year for which the appropriation for the

 

project is made.

 

     (6) A capital outlay project which is for purchase of property

 

may be continued beyond 3 4 fiscal years if a contract to purchase

 

property is entered into before the end of the second fiscal year

 

occurring after the fiscal year for which the appropriation for the

 


purchase is made but only the amount necessary to complete the

 

purchase of the property pursuant to the contract shall be carried

 

forward.

 

     (7) A capital outlay project may be continued beyond 3 4

 

fiscal years if a federal grant award is pending and the federal

 

rules preclude the award of the bid before the end of the second

 

fiscal year occurring after the fiscal year for which the

 

appropriation for the project was made, but shall not be continued

 

beyond an additional year unless the bid for the start of

 

construction of the project is awarded.

 

     (8) If the bid for the start of construction of the project is

 

awarded before the appropriations for the project are scheduled to

 

lapse pursuant to subsection (4) or (6), the unobligated balance of

 

the appropriations for the project shall not lapse but shall

 

continue for 23 months after a project is substantially completed.

 

     (9) If a capital outlay project is subject to a legal action,

 

the balance shall lapse pursuant to subsections (2) to (8), or 30

 

days after the legal action is settled, or 30 days after a final

 

order is entered, whichever is later.

 

     (10) An unexpended balance which is to lapse pursuant to this

 

section shall lapse to the fund from which the appropriation is

 

made.

 

     (11) A grant or grant-in-aid appropriated for the demolition,

 

acquisition, construction, repair, or maintenance of capital assets

 

shall not be reduced, adjusted, delayed, impounded, lapsed, or

 

otherwise altered by the director for any purpose without

 

legislative approval and shall be carried forward until awarded, in

 


full, to the recipient of the appropriation consistent with

 

legislative intent.

 

     Sec. 249. (1) If matching revenues for a capital outlay

 

project are received in an amount less than the appropriations

 

contained in a budget act, the state portion of the appropriation

 

shall be reduced in proportion to the amount of matching revenue

 

received.

 

     (2) A state agency, community college, or university shall

 

take the steps necessary to make available federal matching

 

revenues received in conjunction with a capital outlay project. Any

 

federal matching revenues received to support the construction of a

 

project shall be applied to the total authorized cost, with state,

 

community college, or university financing shares proportionally

 

adjusted.