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HB 217 - State agencies; inventory of build- ings; submit to General Assembly

Lucas, David E (124th)	Coleman, Terry L (142nd)	Walker, Larry (141st)
Murphy, Thomas B (18th)	Smyre, Calvin (136th)	Skipper, Jimmy (137th)

Status Summary	HC:	SI&P	SC:	SLGO	FR:	01/26/99	LA:	04/28/99	Signed by Governor

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Article 6 of Chapter 16 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public property, so as to require each state official, branch, department, board, bureau, commission, or other state agency to submit an inventory of state buildings under its jurisdiction to certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 1999; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 50-9-110/ 50-9-111

HB 217                                              HB 217/AP 
 
      H. B. No. 217 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) 
      By:  Representatives Lucas of the 124th, Coleman of the 
      142nd, Walker of the 141st, Murphy of the 18th, Smyre of the 
      136th and others 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Chapter 9 of Title 50 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Building 
  1- 3  Authority, so as to require each state entity to submit an 
  1- 4  inventory of state buildings under its control or custody to 
  1- 5  the Georgia Building Authority; to provide for submission of 
  1- 6  such inventory to certain committees of the General 
  1- 7  Assembly; to provide for definitions; to provide for certain 
  1- 8  minimum provisions to be included in such inventory; to 
  1- 9  provide for other related matters; to repeal conflicting 
  1-10  laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1-11       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-12                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-13  Chapter 9 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-14  Annotated, relating to the Georgia Building Authority, is 
  1-15  amended by adding at the end thereof a new Article 6 to read 
  1-16  as follows: 
 
 
 
  1-17    50-9-110. 
 
  1-18    As used in this article, the term: 
 
  1-19      (1) 'Authority' means the Georgia Building Authority. 
 
  1-20      (2) 'State' means the State of Georgia and any of its 
  1-21      offices, agencies, authorities, departments, 
  1-22      commissions, boards, divisions, instrumentalities, and 
  1-23      institutions but does not include counties, 
  1-24      municipalities, school districts, other units of local 
  1-25      government, hospital authorities, or housing and other 
  1-26      local authorities. 
 
  1-27      (3) 'State building' means a building owned by the state 
  1-28      or under the custody or control of the state or insured 
  1-29      by the program of self-insurance established under Code 
  1-30      Sections 50-16-8 through 50-16-11. 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1      (4) 'State entity' means either of the entities listed 
  2- 2      in paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
 
  2- 3    50-9-111. 
 
  2- 4    (a) Beginning July 1, 1999, each state entity shall 
  2- 5    compile information on all state buildings under the 
  2- 6    custody or control of such state entity necessary for the 
  2- 7    compilation of an inventory of all state-owned or leased 
  2- 8    buildings; provided, however, that all improvements 
  2- 9    acquired for public works that will ultimately be disposed 
  2-10    of are excluded from the requirements of this article.  On 
  2-11    or before October 1, 1999, and as changes occur, but by no 
  2-12    later than such date annually, each state entity shall 
  2-13    send such information to the authority. The authority 
  2-14    shall compile the information in an electronic format and 
  2-15    produce a report to the chairperson of the State 
  2-16    Institutions and Property Committee of the Georgia House 
  2-17    of Representatives and to the chairperson of the Finance 
  2-18    and Public Utilities Committee of the Georgia Senate. 
 
  2-19    (b) The inventory shall be accomplished by the completion 
  2-20    of a form for each state building under the custody or 
  2-21    control of such state entity.  The form shall be designed 
  2-22    and promulgated by the authority. 
 
  2-23    (c) The inventory required by subsection (a) of this Code 
  2-24    section shall include, as a minimum, the following: 
 
  2-25      (1) The name of the building or another description 
  2-26      identifying the building; 
 
  2-27      (2) The location of the building; 
 
  2-28      (3) The name of the building manager or, in the case of 
  2-29      a state building which is leased to a tenant who is 
  2-30      responsible for the operation of the building, the 
  2-31      tenant or the tenant's building manager; 
 
  2-32      (4) The square footage of the building; 
 
  2-33      (5) Information as to whether such building is currently 
  2-34      in use by the state entity or is being leased to a 
  2-35      private tenant by such state entity; 
 
  2-36      (6) The nature of the use of the building at the time 
  2-37      inventory is made; 
 
  2-38      (7) Estimation of the building's fair market value or 
  2-39      replacement value at the time inventory is made, and if 
  2-40      the building is leased to a private tenant who is 
 
 
 
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  3- 1      responsible for the operation of the building, an 
  3- 2      estimation of the fair market value of the building at 
  3- 3      the time the lease agreement was executed; 
 
  3- 4      (8) Information on major building components, such as 
  3- 5      electrical, mechanical, structural, roof, elevators, 
  3- 6      escalators, underground storage tanks, emergency 
  3- 7      generators, boilers, and life safety systems, and their 
  3- 8      estimated expected life; 
 
  3- 9      (9) Information on the age of the building and its 
  3-10      historic significance, if any; 
 
  3-11      (10) Information on the accessibility of the building 
  3-12      and grounds; 
 
  3-13      (11) Information on energy consumption and utility 
  3-14      connections and usage; and 
 
  3-15      (12) Other information required by the authority, the 
  3-16      chairperson of the State Institutions and Property 
  3-17      Committee of the Georgia House of Representatives, or 
  3-18      the chairperson of the Finance and Public Utilities 
  3-19      Committee of the Georgia Senate." 
 
  3-20                           SECTION 2. 
 
  3-21  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  3-22  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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