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(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Community College Construction Act of 1980.
  (b) The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the interest of the state and of the people thereof for the state to provide assistance to community college districts for the construction of community college facilities. The community college system is of general concern and interest to all the people of the state, and the education of community college students is a joint obligation and function of both the state and community college districts. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature considers that there is a need to provide adequate community college facilities that will be required to accommodate community college students resulting from growth in population and from legislative policies expressed through implementation of the Master Plan for Higher Education.

This chapter shall be administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and for purposes of the administration the board of governors shall adopt all necessary rules and regulations. For purposes of this chapter, the board of governors shall assemble statewide data on facility and construction costs, and on the basis thereof formulate cost standards and construction standards. The formulation of standards shall include also the formulation of average ratios of equipment cost to total project costs, unit equipment costs per faculty or other staff measure, and unit costs related to floor areas.

Funds appropriated for a project of a community college district for purposes of this chapter shall be allocated and disbursed upon order of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and by warrants of the Controller issued pursuant thereto.

In the event an existing community college district is included in a newly formed community college district, any unused funds appropriated or authorized to be appropriated for a finally approved project of the included district pursuant to this chapter shall be transferred to the newly formed or including community college district on the date that such district is effective for all purposes, or prior to such effective date where the governing boards of the districts agree to such earlier transfer.