Section 100945 Of Article 5. Higher Education Fiscal Provisions From California Education Code >> Division 14. >> Title 3. >> Part 68.2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 5.
100945
. (a) For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the
Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General
Fund of an amount not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that
have been authorized by the Higher Education Facilities Finance
Committee to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the 2004 Higher Education
Capital Outlay Bond Fund consistent with this chapter. Any money
made available under this section shall be returned to the General
Fund, plus an amount equal to the interest that the money would have
earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account, from proceeds received
from the sale of bonds for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
(b) Any request forwarded to the Legislature and the Department of
Finance for funds from this bond issue for expenditure for the
purposes described in this chapter by the University of California,
the Hastings College of the Law, the California State University, or
the California Community Colleges shall be accompanied by the
five-year capital outlay plan. Requests forwarded by a university or
college shall include a schedule that prioritizes the seismic
retrofitting needed to significantly reduce, in the judgment of the
particular university or college, seismic hazards in buildings
identified as high priority by the university or college. Requests
forwarded by the California Community Colleges shall be accompanied
by a five-year capital outlay plan reflecting the needs and
priorities of the community college system, prioritized on a
statewide basis.