WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 540

(i) the unit of State government requesting the
appropriation shall submit to the Departments of [State] BUDGET
AND FISCAL Planning and General Services a detailed design
program, which shall include all information required by the
Departments; and

(ii) both the Secretary of [State] BUDGET AND
FISCAL Planning and the Secretary of General Services must
approve the detailed design program.

(e)  Except with the approval of the Secretary of [State]
BUDGET AND FISCAL Planning and the Secretary of General Services,
no change may be made in any proposed capital project after the
preliminary plan for that project has been completed and
approved.

(f)  (1) This subsection applies only to capital projects
that involve construction of permanent or long-time duration.

(2) When the request for an appropriation for a
capital project is submitted to the General Assembly, the unit of
the State government that would receive the capital project or a
State officer on behalf of the unit shall submit to the General
Assembly:

(i) preliminary plans and outline
specifications for the project that show the size, the type of
construction, and the arrangement of each building; and

(ii) a statement on the sufficiency of the
proposed appropriation to pay fully for the costs of that
project.

(g)  Total project funding may utilize alternative
construction methods, such as:

(1)  design/build which involves a single solicitation
to design and build the facility; or

(2)   "fast track" in which design and construction are
implemented concurrently.

(h) A request for total project funding may be authorized
jointly by the Secretaries of [State] BUDGET AND FISCAL Planning
and General Services if:

(1)  the planning, design, construction, and equipment
funds for the project have been authorized and itemized in the
bond bill or general construction loan; or

(2)  the Secretaries make a determination, supported
in writing and submitted to the Legislative Policy Committee of
the General Assembly and the Board of Public Works, that:

- 3387 -