SENATE BILL No. 342

 

 

March 23, 2005, Introduced by Senators OLSHOVE, ALLEN, GOSCHKA and STAMAS and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled

 

"The management and budget act,"

 

(MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594) by adding section 252a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 252a. (1) The department shall issue directives to all

 

state agencies directing that, prior to leasing or constructing any

 

additional facilities, the state agency, in conjunction with the

 

department, shall make a written determination of all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) What the actual long- and short-term needs of the state

 

agency are for the facilities.

 

     (b) Whether the needs of the state agency could be satisfied

 

by combining with the facilities of other state agencies.

 

     (c) Whether the needs of several state agencies could be


 

satisfied by combining with the facilities of other state agencies

 

to create clusters of state facilities.

 

     (d) Whether the needs of the state agency unnecessarily

 

increase urban sprawl and unnecessarily reduce the effectiveness

 

and integrity of the existing infrastructure of state facilities.

 

     (2) Not later than October 1, 2005, the department shall

 

report to both houses of the legislature on the current status of

 

state facilities. The report shall contain all of the following:

 

     (a) A complete inventory of all state facilities.

 

     (b) A maintenance plan for all state facilities.