Bill Summary: HB 5411

• Moves the State Properties Review Board from the Department of Administrative Services to the Legislative Department, effective October 1, 2020, while maintaining its independent decision-making authority.

• Expands the board's review authority to include licensing agreements and contractual arrangements concerning real property, agricultural development rights acquisitions, and contracts for projects described in section 4b-91.

• Requires quasi-public agencies to submit any proposed lease, sublease, licensing, or contractual arrangement concerning real property to the State Properties Review Board for approval or disapproval.

• Increases the consultant services cost threshold triggering board approval from $100,000 to $25,000 for general projects, while maintaining the $300,000 threshold for higher education constituent units and judicial buildings.

• Removes the State Properties Review Board from gubernatorial appointment authority under section 4-9a, exempting it from standard executive department board appointment and term provisions.