HB82 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul DeMarco

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Finance Department, required to develop and maintain automated inventory of state agency, facilities and lands, exceptions

Summary

HB82 requires the State Department of Finance to create and maintain a centralized, automated inventory of all state facilities and lands used by state agencies and the judiciary, with public access.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, the Finance Department must develop and maintain an online inventory that lists facility location, the occupying agency, and ownership for all state facilities and Lands owned or used by state agencies and the courts. Some entities, like the Department of Transportation and the Alabama State Port Authority, will keep their own inventories, but those must be publicly accessible online. Higher education agencies must also inventory all state university and community college facilities and share data with Finance in an acceptable format. The inventories must be updated at least every three years, and more frequently for new acquisitions or significant changes, with agencies required to report changes as they occur. The central inventory will be publicly accessible on the Finance website.

Who It Affects

• State agencies and the judicial branch — must have their facilities and lands included in the central or corresponding inventories and report significant changes as they occur.
• Department of Transportation and Alabama State Port Authority — must maintain their own facilities inventories (not part of the central inventory) and ensure those inventories are publicly accessible online.
• Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the State Department of Postsecondary Education — must develop and maintain inventories of all state university and community college facilities and provide data to the Department of Finance in an acceptable format.
• Public/general public — will have online access to the central inventory maintained by the State Finance Department.

Key Provisions

• The State Department of Finance must develop and maintain an automated inventory of all facilities and lands owned, leased, rented, or occupied or maintained by any state agency or by the judicial branch, including location, occupying agency, and ownership.
• Facility definition excludes facilities of the Department of Transportation and the Alabama State Port Authority.
• DOT and the Alabama State Port Authority must develop and maintain their own facility inventories, which should be available to the public online.
• The Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the State Department of Postsecondary Education must inventory all state university and community college facilities and provide the data to the Finance Department in a format acceptable to Finance.
• The lands inventory must include location and ownership.
• Finance may use existing inventories and data (including lands managed by the State Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources) to build the required inventories.
• Inventory updates must occur at least every three years, with immediate updates for acquisitions and significant changes; agencies must report these changes as they occur.
• The automated inventory must be publicly accessible on the State Finance Department's website.
• Effective date: in effect after passage and approval by the Governor, with a specified start date noted in the bill.

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Subjects

Finance Department