Article 5. Use Of General Fund Support Appropriations For Capital Expenditures And Capital Outlay Projects of California Education Code >> Division 8. >> Title 3. >> Part 55. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 5.

(a) (1) The California State University may pledge, in addition to any of its other revenues that the university chooses to pledge, its annual General Fund support appropriation less the amount of that appropriation required to fund general obligation bond payments and State Public Works Board rental payments, to secure the payment of debt obligations issued by the Trustees of the California State University pursuant to the State University Revenue Bond Act of 1947 (Article 2 (commencing with Section 90010) of Chapter 8).
  (2) To the extent the university pledges any part of its support appropriation as a source of revenue securing any obligation, it shall provide that this commitment of revenue is subject to annual appropriation by the Legislature.
  (3) The university may fund debt service for capital expenditures defined in subdivision (b), and the costs or expenses incidental to the issuance and sale of bonds to finance those costs, including, but not limited to, capitalized interest on the bonds, from its General Fund support appropriation pursuant to Sections 89772 and 89773.
  (4) The state hereby covenants with the holders of the university' s obligations, secured by the pledge of the university authorized by this section, that so long as any of the obligations referred to in this subdivision remain outstanding, the state will not impair or restrict the ability of the university to pledge any support appropriation or support appropriations that may be enacted for the university. The university may include this covenant of the state in the agreements or other documents underlying the university's obligations to this effect.
  (b) For purposes of this section, "capital expenditures" means any of the following:
  (1) The costs to acquire real property to design, construct, or equip academic facilities to address seismic and life safety needs, enrollment growth, or modernization of out-of-date facilities, and renewal or expansion of infrastructure to serve academic programs.
  (2) The debt service amount associated with refunding, defeasing, or retiring State Public Works Board lease revenue bonds.
  (3) The costs to design, construct, or equip energy conservation projects.
  (4) The costs of deferred maintenance of academic facilities and related infrastructure.
  (c) This section does not require the Legislature to make an appropriation from the General Fund in any specific amount to support the California State University.
  (d) The ability to utilize its support appropriation as stated in this section shall not be used as a justification for future increases in student tuition, additional employee layoffs, or reductions in employee compensation at the California State University.

(a) The California State University may fund pay-as-you-go capital outlay projects from its General Fund support appropriation pursuant to Sections 89772 and 89773.
  (b) For purposes of this section, a "capital outlay project" means the costs to acquire real property to design, construct, or equip academic facilities to address seismic and life safety needs, enrollment growth, or modernization of out-of-date facilities; renewal or expansion of infrastructure to serve academic programs; and the costs to design, construct, or equip energy conservation projects.

(a) (1) Commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, if the California State University plans to use any of its support appropriation in the annual budget, or any other revenues pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 89770, for the subsequent fiscal year for capital expenditures, pursuant to and as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 89770, or for capital outlay projects pursuant to Section 89771, it shall simultaneously submit, on or before September 1, 10 months before the commencement of that fiscal year, a preliminary report to the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the state budget, the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations for the California State University, and the Department of Finance.
  (2) The preliminary report shall detail the scope of all capital expenditures and capital outlay projects and how those capital expenditures and capital outlay projects will be funded, and it shall provide the same level of detail as a capital outlay budget change proposal.
  (3) The California State University shall submit, on or before December 1, a final report to the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the state budget, the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations for the California State University, and the Department of Finance.
  (4) The final report shall detail the scope of all capital expenditures and capital outlay projects and how those capital expenditures and capital outlay projects will be funded, and it shall provide the same level of detail as a capital outlay budget change proposal.
  (5) The Department of Finance shall review the final report and submit, by February 1, a list of preliminarily approved capital expenditures and capital outlay projects to the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the state budget and the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations for the California State University. These committees may review and respond to the list of preliminarily approved capital expenditures and capital outlay projects before April 1.
  (6) The Department of Finance shall submit a final list of approved capital expenditures and capital outlay projects to the California State University by no earlier than April 1, three months before the commencement of the fiscal year of the planned expenditures.
  (b) The Department of Finance may approve capital expenditures, as defined in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 89770, no sooner than 30 days after submitting, in writing, a list of expenditures being considered for approval, to the chairpersons of the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations, the chairpersons of the committees and the appropriate subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider the state budget and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
  (c) The California State University shall not use its General Fund support appropriation to fund any capital expenditures, as defined in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 89770, or capital outlay projects defined in subdivision (b) of Section 89771 before receiving approval from the Department of Finance pursuant to this section.
  (d) (1) For the 2014-15 fiscal year only, if the California State University plans to use any of its support appropriation in the annual budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year for capital expenditures defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 89770 or for capital outlay projects pursuant to Section 89771, the California State University shall simultaneously submit, on or before August 1, 2014, a report to the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the state budget, the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations for the California State University, and the Department of Finance. This report shall detail the scope of all capital expenditures and capital outlay projects and how those capital expenditures and capital outlay projects will be funded. This report shall include the same level of detail as a capital outlay budget change proposal.
  (2) The Department of Finance shall review, by November 1, 2014, the report and submit a list of preliminarily approved capital expenditures and capital outlay projects to the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the State Budget, and the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations for the California State University. These committees may review and respond to the list of preliminarily approved capital expenditures and capital outlay projects before December 1, 2014.
  (3) The Department of Finance shall submit a final list of approved projects to the California State University no earlier than December 1, 2014.
  (4) The California State University shall not proceed with any capital expenditures defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 89770 or capital outlay projects defined in Section 89771, before receiving approval from the Department of Finance pursuant to this subdivision.
  (e) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year, the California State University may use its support appropriation in the annual budget for the capital expenditures and capital outlay projects identified in the resolution approved by the Trustees of the California State University on January 28, 2015, titled "Approval to Issue Trustees of the California State University, Systemwide Revenue Bonds and Related Debt Instruments for Systemwide Infrastructure Improvement Projects (RFIN 01-15-04)."
  (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), commencing with the 2015-16 fiscal year, the California State University may use its support appropriation in the annual budget for the capital expenditures and capital outlay projects identified in the "2015-2016 CSU/State Funded Capital Outlay Program" referenced in the resolution approved by the Trustees of the California State University on November 13, 2014, titled "Approval of the 2015-2016 Capital Outlay Program and the 2015-2016 through 2019-2020 Five-Year Capital Improvement Program (RCPBG 11-14-17)."
  (f) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, commencing with the 2015-16 fiscal year, on or before February 1 of each fiscal year, the California State University shall simultaneously submit a progress report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Department of Finance detailing the scope, funding, and current status of all capital expenditures undertaken pursuant to Section 89770 and for all capital outlay projects undertaken pursuant to Section 89771.

The California State University shall manage its debt programs in a manner so that not more than 12 percent of its General Fund support appropriation, less the amount of that appropriation that is required to fund general obligation bond payments and State Public Works Board rental payments, is used for the total of both of the following:
  (a) Debt service for capital expenditures pursuant to Section 89770.
  (b) Pay-as-you-go capital outlay projects pursuant to Section 89771.

Notwithstanding any other law, excluding Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the California State University may proceed with capital expenditures and capital outlay projects pursuant to Sections 89772 and 89773 without the need for any further limitations or approvals, except those delineated in Sections 89772 and 89773.