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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Senate Bill 38

Public sale of the executive residence and appurtenant real and personal property

Topics: Administration, Department of: Budget and fiscal issues, Historical society, State Capitol and Executive Residence Board

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 17, 2011

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Currently, this state owns an executive residence together with grounds and furnishings in the village of Maple Bluff. The facility is operated with a sum sufficient appropriation funded from general purpose revenues. The governor is authorized to appoint the employees who staff the residence and fix their compensation. The employees serve at the pleasure of the governor. The State Capitol and Executive Residence Board, consisting of 16 members including state officials and citizen members, supervises the maintenance of the property, including the furnishings. The board determines whether to accept any gifts for the benefit of the property and any major renovation is subject to the board's approval. The Department of Administration (DOA) is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the facility.

This bill directs DOA to publicly offer the executive residence, together with its appurtenant real and personal property, for sale to the highest responsible bidder.

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The bill provides that if there is any outstanding debt that has been incurred by the state to finance improvements at the property, DOA must first use the proceeds to retire the debt and any premium due on refunding the debt. If any of the personal property was gifted to the state, DOA must adhere to any restriction governing use of the proceeds. DOA must then deposit the remaining proceeds in the general fund.

The bill permits DOA to transfer to a charitable organization any personal property at the residence that DOA is unable to sell.

The bill permits the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board to transfer to the Historical Society, in lieu of sale, any personal property at the residence that the board determines to be of unusual significance to the state. The bill also renames the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board to be the State Capitol Board and eliminates responsibility of the board for supervising the maintenance of and renovations to the executive residence.

Who's behind it

3 senators are its ⁠. All 3 are Democrats.

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Authors (3)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 8, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Mar 31, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Mar 17, 2011

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.

  5. Mar 17, 2011

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 17, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wirch, Carpenter and S. Coggs

  2. Mar 17, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations

  3. Mar 31, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 8, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Cost estimate

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

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Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

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