07 LC 35
0418
Senate
Bill 121
By:
Senators Whitehead, Sr. of the 24th, Grant of the 25th, Thomas of the 54th and
Bulloch of the 11th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 50-16-41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to rental agreements without competitive bidding, so as to modify certain
exceptions to the State Properties Commission´s authority to manage
administrative space; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 50-16-41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rental
agreements without competitive bidding, is amended by revising subsection (b) as
follows:
"(b)
The commission is given the authority and charged with the duty of managing the
utilization of administrative space by all state entities, except that the Board
of Regents of the University System of Georgia
and the
Georgia Department of Labor may manage
their
its
own space but only for leases that are within the State of Georgia and required
for
their
its
core mission. The commission shall manage in a manner that is the most cost
efficient and operationally effective and which provides decentralization of
state government. Such management shall include the authority to assign and
reassign administrative space to state entities based on the needs of the
entities as determined by standards for administrative space utilization
promulgated by the commission pursuant to subsection (g) of this Code section
and shall include the obligation to advise the Office of Planning and Budget and
state entities of cost-effective, decentralized alternatives."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.