7136565348100FF4872584B00056CDCD Hearing Summary

Mr. Pogue discussed a request from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to waive the six-month encumbrance deadline for the Replace Chillers, Engineering Building project.  Committee members received a written description of the request, prepared by Legislative Council Staff (Attachment C).  The committee entered into a discussion about the reasons why a six-month deadline exists for encumbering an appropriation for a project.

The committee discussed the legislative history of the six-month encumbrance deadline, and the potential for drafting legislation to address the issue.  Committee members received written descriptions for six-month encumbrance deadline waiver requests from Lamar Community College (Attachment D), Adams State University (Attachment E), Adams State University (Attachment F), and the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Wildlife (Attachment G).