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2002 Session

Budget Bill - SB29 (Introduced)

Virginia College Building Authority

Item 265

Item 265 (Not set out)

Authority: Chapter 597, Acts of Assembly of 1986.


A.1. The purpose of this Item is to provide an ongoing program for the acquisition and replacement of instructional and research equipment at state-supported institutions of higher education in accordance with the intent and purpose of Chapter 597, Acts of Assembly of 1986.


2. Lease payments required to support equipment purchases are appropriated in Item 291 for the Treasury Board. Within the appropriation of the Treasury Board are lease payments totaling $46,744,185 from the general fund and $2,422,604 from nongeneral funds the first year and $41,009,067 from the general fund and $2,422,604 from nongeneral funds the second year.


3. The Treasury Board shall transfer on July 1 of each fiscal year the required lease payment amounts to the Virginia College Building Authority. Failure to transfer the required amounts will result in the Authority defaulting on its debt obligations.


4. The Governor shall annually present to the General Assembly through the Commonwealth's budget process, the estimated amount of lease payments and the corresponding total value of equipment to be acquired.


B.1. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shall establish and maintain procedures through which institutions of higher education apply for allocations made available under the program, and shall develop guidelines and recommendations for the apportionment of such equipment to each state-supported institution of higher education.


2. The Authority shall finance equipment for educational institutions in accordance with § 23-30.28, Code of Virginia, and according to terms and conditions approved through the Commonwealth's budget and appropriation process. Bonds or notes issued by the Virginia College Building Authority to finance equipment may be sold and issued at the same time with other obligations of the Authority as separate issues or as a combined issue. Each institution shall make available such additional detail on specific equipment to be purchased as may be requested by the Governor or the General Assembly. If emergency acquisitions are necessary when the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor may approve such acquisitions. The Governor shall report his approval of such acquisitions to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees.


3. Amounts for debt service payments for allocations provided by this Item shall be provided pursuant to Item 291 of this act.


C.1. Transfer of the appropriation in Item 291 of this act to the Virginia College Building Authority shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Finance. An allocation of $90 million made in the 1998-2000 biennium brings the total amount of equipment acquired through the program to approximately $385 million.


2. Allocations of $49,297,100 the first year and $49,847,100 the second year will be made to support the purchase of additional equipment to enhance instructional and research activity at Virginia's public colleges and universities. Allocations are as follows:


Prior

FY 2001

FY 2002

Insts.

Allocations

Allocation

Allocation

George Mason University

$24,472,128

$2,981,620

$3,481,620

Old Dominion University

27,309,107

2,950,020

2,950,020

University of Virginia

63,271,933

7,549,080

7,649,080

Virginia Commonwealth University

42,147,805

5,997,380

5,997,380

Virginia Tech

79,958,279

7,937,230

7,937,230

College of William and Mary

13,722,720

1,443,970

1,443,970

Christopher Newport University

3,849,255

544,590

544,590

University of Virginia's College at Wise

2,089,741

202,210

202,210

James Madison University

11,997,179

1,874,680

2,124,680

Longwood College

4,037,738

577,610

577,610

Mary Washington College

5,823,397

756,310

756,310

Norfolk State University

10,148,311

1,078,360

1,078,360

Radford University

10,167,957

993,600

993,600

Virginia Military Institute

4,953,418

454,970

454,970

Virginia State University

6,953,003

865,110

865,110

Richard Bland College

806,997

102,750

402,750

Virginia Community College System

72,441,512

12,563,410

11,963,410

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

713,165

424,200

424,200

TOTAL

$384,863,645

$49,297,100

$49,847,100