House Amendment 2
S 314 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Higher Education Permanent Improvement Projects

Rep. Ballentine proposes the following amendment (LC-314.DG0014H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 4, by striking Section 2-47-55(A) and inserting:

(A) All state agencies and institutions of higher learning responsible for providing and maintaining physical facilities are required to submit maintain a Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan (CPIP) to the Joint Bond Review Committee and the authority. The CPIP must include all of the agency's or instituion's permanent improvement projects anticipated and proposed over the next five succeeding years beginning with the fiscal year starting July first after submission. The purpose of the CPIP process is to provide the authority and the committee with an outline of each agency's permanent improvement activities for the next five years. Agencies and institutions of higher learning must submit a CPIP to the Department of Administration by September first of each year. The department must compile the plans and submit a comprehensive statewide permanent improvement plan to the committee and the authority on or before a date to be determined by the committee and the authority. The CPIP for each higher education agency, including the technical colleges, must be submitted through the Commission on Higher Education which must review the CPIP and provide its recommendations to the authority and the committee by January first of each year. The authority and the committee must approve the CPIP comprehensive statewide permanent improvement plan after submission and may develop policies and procedures to implement and accomplish the purposes of this section.