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Article 2. Construction, Renovation, Equipping Of Facilities, And Acquisition Of Equipment of California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 10b. >> Chapter 3.9. >> Article 2.

(a) For the purposes of this chapter the board may finance the construction, renovation, and equipping of facilities or acquisition of equipment, or both, on a site or sites owned by, or subject to a lease or option to purchase held by, the University of California, the California State University, the California Maritime Academy, or the community college districts.
  (b) The board shall lease-purchase to the Regents of the University of California and lease or lease-purchase to the Trustees of the California State University, the Board of Governors of the California Maritime Academy, and the community college districts, pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 81800) of Part 49 of the Education Code, any public building or facility, constructed or renovated and equipped, or any equipment purchased pursuant to this chapter. The duration of each lease or lease-purchase agreement and the amount to be paid under each lease or lease-purchase agreement shall be determined by mutual agreement of the parties. The board shall contract with the lessee for all activities required to acquire equipment or to plan, construct, renovate, and equip facilities.
  (c) For purposes of financing the improvements described in subdivision (a), the governing bodies shall certify to the Legislature that each project will result in reduced operating costs or increased income, or both, of these institutions and that the reduction in operating costs or the increase in income, or both, of these institutions will amortize the investment of the board over a reasonable period of time.
  (d) Savings in operating costs or increases in income, or both, from the improvements described in subdivision (a) shall be available to the institutions for the purposes of making the lease or lease-purchase payments to the board. In addition, these institutions, upon completion of the obligations to the board, shall use any remaining savings for further improvements in these institutions.
  (e) The cost of any improvement authorized by statute pursuant to this chapter shall be considered an expenditure of state or community college district funds in the fiscal year in which payments are made to the board under the terms of the lease or lease-purchase agreement.
The board may contract for a project authorized by the Legislature before issuing certificates, revenue bonds, notes, or bond anticipation notes pursuant to Section 15820.74 if any segment of higher education provides from any lawful source temporary construction financing to meet contract payments for the project or if the board obtains a loan from the General Fund. Any loan from the General Fund shall be specifically authorized by the Legislature and shall not exceed the amount authorized by the Legislature. The loan amount shall be repaid by the board to the General Fund, together with interest, in the amount that those moneys would have earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account.
The California State University, any community college district, the California Maritime Academy, and the University of California may be reimbursed for expenditures for preliminary plans and working drawings for a project, if all the following conditions are met:
  (a) The project was authorized in a budget act or other statute before the preliminary plans and working drawings were prepared.
  (b) Funds for the reimbursement are appropriated by the Legislature.
  (c) All other applicable procedures were followed by the California State University, the community college district, the California Maritime Academy, or the University of California in expending the funds. The advance of funds by the California State University, a community college district, California Maritime Academy, or University of California, for preliminary plans and working drawings shall be made to promote early completion of a project authorized by the Legislature.