2.47A Powers and duties of legislative capital projects committee.
1. The legislative capital projects committee shall do all of the following:
a. Receive the recommendations of the governor regarding the funding and priorities of proposed capital projects pursuant to section 8.3A, subsection 2, paragraph “b”.
b. Receive the reports of all capital project budgeting requests of all state agencies, with individual state agency priorities noted, pursuant to section 8.6, subsection 12.
c. Receive annual status reports for all ongoing capital projects of state agencies.
d. Examine and evaluate, on a continuing basis, the state’s system of contracting and subcontracting in regard to capital projects.
2. The legislative capital projects committee, subject to the approval of the legislative council, may do all of the following:
a. Gather information relative to capital projects, for the purpose of aiding the general assembly to properly appropriate moneys for capital projects.
b. Examine the reports and official acts of the state agencies, as defined in section 8.3A, with regard to capital project planning and budgeting and the receipt and disbursement of capital project funding.
c. Establish advisory bodies to the committee in areas where technical expertise is not otherwise readily available to the committee. Advisory body members may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses from funds appropriated pursuant to section 2.12, but only if the reimbursement is approved by the legislative council.
d. Compensate experts from outside state government for the provision of services to the committee from funds appropriated pursuant to section 2.12, but only if the compensation is approved by the legislative council.
e. Make recommendations to the legislative fiscal committee, legislative council, and the general assembly regarding issues relating to the planning, budgeting, and expenditure of capital project funding.
3. The capital projects committee shall determine its own method of procedure and shall keep a record of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection. The committee shall meet as often as deemed necessary, subject to the approval of the legislative council, and the committee shall inform the legislative council in advance of its meeting dates.
89 Acts, ch 298, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1168, §1; 91 Acts, ch 268, §601; 95 Acts, ch 214, §1;
2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 2, §1, 13
; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §105; 2007 Acts, ch 115, §1
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