04/27/2021 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 95                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  relating to  the right of  first refusal  of a                                                                    
     volunteer  search  and  rescue group  with  respect  to                                                                    
     surplus state property."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:32:31 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Bishop discussed housekeeping.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:33:06 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wilson provided a Sponsor Statement (copy on file):                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     This legislation  allows a volunteer search  and rescue                                                                    
     organization to exercise the right  of first refusal on                                                                    
     items related to search and  rescue before the property                                                                    
     is  sold, leased,  licenses, or  disposed of.  Right of                                                                    
     first  refusal  means  the  organization  can  buy  the                                                                    
     equipment at a fair market  value set by the department                                                                    
     of  administration. This  bill enables  these volunteer                                                                    
     search  and rescue  groups to  more  easily obtain  the                                                                    
     equipment  they   need  to  fulfill   their  lifesaving                                                                    
     mission.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:33:52 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski expressed  concern that an unregistered                                                                    
organization  could obtain  the title  to an  asset, disband                                                                    
shortly  after,   and  leave   the  title   ownership  under                                                                    
question.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:34:33 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JASMINE MARTIN, STAFF, SENATOR  DAVID WILSON, explained that                                                                    
the properties in question would  be titled to organizations                                                                    
themselves,  not   to  individuals.   She  added   that  the                                                                    
department would  have authority  to set regulation  as what                                                                    
happened  if  a  group  disbanded  soon  after  obtaining  a                                                                    
property. She detailed that the  asset would need to be used                                                                    
for search  and rescue missions  for at least  twelve months                                                                    
after purchase from the state.                                                                                                  
9:35:28 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Olson did not understand  who would retain the asset                                                                    
should the organization disband.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
THOR   BUE,  CHIEF   PROCUREMENT   OFFICER,  DEPARTMENT   OF                                                                    
ADMINISTRATION (via  teleconference), explained that  if the                                                                    
organization disbanded prior to  the twelve-month period the                                                                    
state would  have the  authority to  take the  property back                                                                    
and   allow  the   property  to   be   awarded  to   another                                                                    
organization.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator Olson understood that the  item would be repossessed                                                                    
by the state.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Bishop thought that was the protocol.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Bishop  discussed  FN  1 from  the  Department  of                                                                    
Administration, OMB component 3291.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Wilson   MOVED  to  report  CSSB   95(STA)  out  of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 95(STA) was REPORTED out  of committee with a "do pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and  with   one  previously  published  zero                                                                    
fiscal note: FN 1(ADM).                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:37:51 AM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:39:22 AM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED