HF 2425 (LSB 5306HV (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2425

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 581)

(COMPANION TO SF 2194 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the department of administrative services’ process for managing the physical resources of state government, including the selection of state employees’ office space.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 8A.321, subsection 6, paragraph c, subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Prior to replacing or renovating publicly owned buildings or relocating any state agencies at the seat of government to any space in publicly owned buildings, the department shall may issue a request for proposals for leasing privately owned office space for state employees in the downtown area of the city of Des Moines and shall may use such proposals to compare the costs of privately owned space to publicly owned space. The department shall locate state employees in office space in the most cost-efficient manner possible. In determining cost efficiency, the department shall consider all costs of the publicly owned space, the costs of the original acquisition of the publicly owned space, the costs of tenant improvements to the publicly owned space, and the anticipated economic and useful life of the publicly owned building space.  For purposes of this subparagraph, “publicly owned building” does not include existing space within buildings located at the capitol complex or otherwise owned by the state.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law requires that, prior to replacing or renovating publicly owned buildings or relocating any state agencies in Des Moines within publicly owned buildings, the director of the department of administrative services issue a request for proposals for leasing privately owned office space and use such proposals to compare costs of the public and private spaces. This bill excludes existing space within capitol complex buildings and buildings owned by the state from the term “publicly owned building” for purposes of this process. The bill also makes the decision to issue or use a request for proposals discretionary.
   The bill does not amend the provisions under current law providing for an exemption to this process in emergency circumstances and excluding the department of public defense and the armory board from this process.