§102. Capital outlay budget request contents

            A. Each request submitted as required by R.S. 39:101 shall include a detailed project description and justification for each new project requested.

            B.(1) The detailed project description and justification shall include an analysis of need with corroborative data, a reasonable estimate of the date when the project will be needed, the project's proposed location, the estimated construction cost, the estimated local match requirement and amount of local funds expended on the project, the cost of equipping and furnishing the project, the space utilization plan of the requesting agency, the cost of opening and operating the facility for the first year, the estimated annual operating and maintenance costs of the facility, and the method and source of financing for each of the next five years, and the estimated completion date of the project as well as an identification and description of other similar facilities and projects in the given area and an evaluation of their capabilities to meet needs. The request shall indicate the order of priority.

            (2)(a) The detailed project description for all statewide programs including but not limited to the statewide roofing program, the major repairs of state office buildings program, the Americans with Disabilities Act implementation for state facilities program, the local government assistance program, the community water enrichment program, and the deferred maintenance programs for all higher education institutions and community college facilities shall include specific information and details of the projects qualifying for funding through the programs proposed to be funded with the appropriations included in the capital outlay budget.

            (b) Any project receiving an individual appropriation in the capital outlay budget shall submit a capital outlay application by the November first deadline regardless if the project is eligible for funding through a statewide program.

            C. A detailed project description and justification shall be prepared in accordance with instructions and procedures published by the division of administration. Such instructions and procedures shall be published in the Louisiana Register at least thirty days prior to the effective date thereof.

            Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 133, §1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 2013, No. 220, §16, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2016, No. 419, §1.