Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF2178

Relating to state government; clarifying the time period for lapse of
appropriations to the department of finance for moving expenses; expanding the
provision authorizing the commissioner of transportation to negotiate
intergovernmental contract terms providing for prepayment to a federal agency
before the performance of work or the provision of services to all state
agencies; expanding the authority of the commissioner of administration to grant
easements over, under or across state lands and authorizing the commissioner to
obtain easements or permits over, under or across nonstate land; increasing the
limit on projects required to be submitted by state agencies to the designer
selection board; requiring preliminary selection of primary project designers by
the board for submission to the commissioner for approval before final
selection; authorizing the use of fees collected by the commissioner for the use
of parking facilities for safeguarding and securing the facilities and modifying
the authorized uses of the surcharge imposed on vehicles occupied by only one
person parking in state parking facilities in the capitol area; authorizing
local government units to participate in insurance and other funding alternative
programs provided by the risk management fund; authorizing procurement or
professional or technical services contracts validity extension with the
approval of the commissioner; classifying information in solicitation responses
rejected by the commissioner; clarifying the time limit on energy efficiency
improvement installment contracts; requiring appointment of the state
archaeologist by the commissioner in lieu of the executive council of the state
historical society, requiring consultation with the society, the DOT and the
state academic community in making the appointment and eliminating certain
provisions relating to serving in the unclassified service and to compensation
and terms and conditions of employment; making optional the requirement for the
state archaeologist to hire staff and maintain offices; reinstating a certain
previously repealed provision; specifying certain renumbering instructions to
the revisor of statutes (rla)