HB 741 Summary

• Requires the Department of Management Services and Department of Environmental Protection to develop and maintain an automated inventory of state-owned and state-occupied facilities, with annual reporting by October 1 instead of every 3 years.

• Lowers the square footage threshold for competitive solicitation requirements from 5,000 to 2,000 square feet for state agency leases in privately or government-owned buildings.

• Authorizes the Department of Management Services to direct state agencies to occupy space in state-owned office buildings and to implement renovations to efficiently utilize such buildings using fixed capital outlay funds.

• Adds definitions for "managing entity" and "tenant broker," and allows state agencies to use tenant broker services to assist with lease actions and reporting requirements.

• Requires lessors of state-leased space to provide documentation demonstrating compliance with uniform firesafety standards.