Vermont H 494: An act relating to capital construction and State bonding

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No. 33. An act relating to capital construction and State bonding.
(H.494)
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
* * * Legislative Intent * * *
Sec. 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that of the $111,965,288.44
authorized in this act, not more than $61,969,761.44 shall be appropriated in
the first year of the biennium, and the remainder shall be appropriated in the
second year.
(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that in the second year of the
biennium, any amendments to the appropriations or authorities granted in this
act shall take the form of the Capital Construction and State Bonding
Adjustment Bill. It is the intent of the General Assembly that unless otherwise
indicated, all appropriations in this act are subject to capital budget adjustment.
Sec. 2. STATE BUILDINGS
(a) The following sums are appropriated to the Department of Buildings
and General Services, and the Commissioner is authorized to direct funds
appropriated in this section to the projects contained in this section; however,
no project shall be canceled unless the Chairs of the Senate Committee on
Institutions and the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions are
notified before that action is taken.

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(b) The following sums are appropriated in FY 2026:
(1) Statewide, major maintenance: $6,493,401.00
(2) Statewide, three-acre parcel stormwater compliance: $1,500,000.00
(3) Statewide, Art in State Buildings Program: $75,000.00
(4) Rutland, Asa Bloomer Building roof repair and sewage system
upgrades: $1,500,000.00
(5) Rutland, multimodal garage renovation: $600,000.00
(6) Middlesex, Print and Postal uninterruptable power supply upgrade:
$58,279.44
(7) Waterbury, State Office Complex historic core roof replacement:
$2,000,000.00
(8) Burlington, 32 Cherry St. parking garage repairs: $1,500,000.00
(c) The following sums are appropriated in FY 2027:
(1) Statewide, major maintenance: $8,500,000.00
(2) Statewide, planning, reuse, and contingency: $250,000.00
(3) Statewide, physical security enhancements: $250,000.00
(4) Statewide, three-acre parcel stormwater compliance: $1,100,000.00
(5) Statewide, Art in State Buildings Program: $75,000.00
(6) Pittsford, Academy firing range upgrades $200,000.00
(7) Montpelier, State House replacement of historic interior finishes:
$50,000.00

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(8) Montpelier, 120 State Street HVAC – steam lines interior
renovation: $2,000,000.00
(9) Middlesex, Vermont State Archives roof replacement, main
building: $1,000,000.00
(10) Waterbury, State Office Complex historic core roof replacement:
$2,000,000.00
(11) Burlington, 32 Cherry St. parking garage repairs:
$500,000.00
Appropriation – FY 2026 $13,726,680.44
Appropriation – FY 2027 $15,925,000.00
Total Appropriation – Section 2 $28,951,680.44
Sec. 3. HUMAN SERVICES
(a) The following sums are appropriated in FY 2026 to the Department of
Buildings and General Services for the Agency of Human Services for the
following projects:
(1) Statewide, planning, design, and construction for HVAC system
upgrades at correctional facilities: $4,000,000.00
(2) Statewide, accessibility upgrades at correctional facilities:
$2,000,000.00
(3) Statewide, correctional facility safety and security upgrades:
$225,000.00

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(4) St. Johnsbury, Northeast Correctional Complex (NECC) door
control system replacements: $1,000,000.00
(5) St. Albans, Northwest State Regional Correctional Facility
(NWSCF) roof replacement: $1,000,000.00
(b) The following sums are appropriated in FY 2027 to the Department of
Buildings and General Services for the Agency of Human Services for the
following projects:
(1) Statewide, planning, design, and construction for HVAC system
upgrades at correctional facilities: $1,000,000.00
(2) Statewide, correctional facility safety and security upgrades:
$200,000.00
(3) Rutland, Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility (MVRCF)
door control system replacements: $500,000.00
(4) St. Johnsbury, Northeast Correctional Complex (NECC) door
control system replacements: $2,600,000.00
(5) Newport, Northern State Correctional Facility (NSCF) sprinkler
system upgrades: $500,000.00
(c) Notwithstanding 29 V.S.A. § 152(a)(20), the Commissioner of
Buildings and General Services is authorized to transfer any unexpended
project balances between the amount appropriated in subdivision (a)(5) of this
section and the amount appropriated in 2023 Acts and Resolves No. 69, Sec.
3(b)(1), as amended by 2024 Acts and Resolves No. 162, Sec. 3 (NWSCF,

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booking expansion, planning, design, and construction), and the Commissioner
of Finance and Management may release the amount notwithstanding 2023
Acts and Resolves No. 69, Sec. 27(a) (NWSCF; funding request for federal
detainees).
Appropriation – FY 2026 $8,225,