Date: 04/30/2014

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB14-1395

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion p
Refer House Bill 14-1395, as amended, to the Commi		Pass Without Objection
PASS



11:25 AM -- HB14-1395

Representative Gerou, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 14-1395. Under current law, the Capital Development Committee (CDC) is responsible for reviewing budget requests related to information technology (IT) projects for all state agencies and state-funded requests from state institutions of higher education, and providing feedback to the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) in the form of a prioritized list. This bill, recommended by the JBC, shifts that responsibility from the CDC to the Joint Technology Committee (JTC). The bill requires the JTC to produce written reports setting forth recommendations, prioritization, findings, and other comments with respect to each IT budget request. The reports must be submitted to the JBC by February 15 of each year. The JTC is also required to forecast future IT budget needs for the state. Legislative Council Staff is directed to assist and advise the JTC in its work.

The bill defines IT budget requests and clarifies that an IT budget request does not include requests that are primarily operational in nature or where the majority of funding will be used to support or modify state staffing levels. It defines IT as having a majority of components that have a useful life of at least five years and a total project cost of at least $500,000. It also sets deadlines for state agencies to submit IT budget requests to the JTC for analysis.

The JBC is required to consider the prioritized list of IT budget requests made by the JTC and, if the JBC alters the determinations of priority established by the JTC, the JBC is required to notify the JTC of the changes and allow for a joint meeting of the two committees to discuss the differences.

The bill appropriates $200,000 and 1.0 FTE General Fund to the Legislative Department in order to hire staff to assist the JTC in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities.

Representative Gerou distributed amendment L.001 (Attachment A) and an explanation of how the JBC handles bills (Attachment B) She responded to questions from the committee.

14HseState0430AttachA.pdf14HseState0430AttachA.pdf 14HseState0430AttachB.pdf14HseState0430AttachB.pdf
BILL:HB14-1395
TIME: 11:33:20 AM
MOVED:Labuda
MOTION:Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Moreno
VOTE
Conti
Dore
Foote
Humphrey
Labuda
Melton
Moreno
Nordberg
Williams
Salazar
Ryden
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:HB14-1395
TIME: 11:36:19 AM
MOVED:Moreno
MOTION:Refer House Bill 14-1395, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:Melton
VOTE
Conti
Yes
Dore
Yes
Foote
Yes
Humphrey
Yes
Labuda
Yes
Melton
Yes
Moreno
Yes
Nordberg
Yes
Williams
Yes
Salazar
Yes
Ryden
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS