§ 63B-11-102. Maximum amount -- Projects authorized.

(1) The total amount of bonds issued under this part may not exceed $236,000,000.

(2)

(a) Proceeds from the issuance of bonds shall be provided to the division to provide funds to pay all or part of the cost of acquiring and constructing the projects listed in this Subsection (2).

(b) These costs may include the cost of acquiring land, interests in land, easements and rights-of-way, improving sites, and acquiring, constructing, equipping, and furnishing facilities and all structures, roads, parking facilities, utilities, and improvements necessary, incidental, or convenient to the facilities, interest estimated to accrue on these bonds during the period to be covered by construction of the projects plus a period of six months after the end of the construction period, and all related engineering, architectural, and legal fees.

(c) For the division, proceeds shall be provided for the following:

	PROJECT DESCRIPTION	AMOUNT FUNDED	ESTIMATED OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
	Brigham City Education Center Purchase	$2,741,000	$52,000
	Dixie State College Eccles/Graff Performing Arts Center	$14,396,800	$281,200
	Snow College Performing Arts Center	$15,583,000	$200,000
	Weber State University Classroom Building -- Davis Campus	$20,500,000	$558,200
	University of Utah Health Sciences Building	$33,000,000	$676,000
	Capitol Restoration Design/Parking Structure	$25,970,000	$0
	Utah Valley State College Wasatch Campus	$9,587,000	$324,600
	Capitol Remodel - Extension Buildings	$40,991,600	$600,000
	Classroom Package (CEU, USU, UVSC)	$44,813,500	$1,005,000
	Utah Fieldhouse of Natural History	$5,741,000	$0
	Snow College Performing Arts Design	$986,800	$0
	Youth Corrections - Washington County	$1,792,700	$272,200
	Youth Corrections - Canyonlands	$3,125,000	$167,500
	Utah National Guard - Maintenance Projects	$1,074,700	$0
	Utah State University Merrill Library Planning and Design	$800,000	$0
	Courts - Salt Lake Courts Planning	$475,000	$0
	Courts - Logan Courts	$11,793,800	$403,300
	TOTAL CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT	$233,371,900

(d) For purposes of this section, operations and maintenance costs:

(i) are estimates only;

(ii) may include any operations and maintenance costs already funded in existing agency budgets; and

(iii) are not commitments by this Legislature or future Legislatures to fund those operations and maintenance costs.

(3)

(a) The amounts funded as listed in Subsection (2) are estimates only and do not constitute a limitation on the amount that may be expended for any project.

(b) The board may revise these estimates and redistribute the amount estimated for a project among the projects authorized.

(c) The commission, by resolution and in consultation with the board, may delete one or more projects from this list if the inclusion of that project or those projects in the list could be construed to violate state law or federal law or regulation.

(4)

(a) The division may enter into agreements related to these projects before the receipt of proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter.

(b) The division shall make those expenditures from unexpended and unencumbered building funds already appropriated to the Capital Projects Fund.

(c) The division shall reimburse the Capital Projects Fund upon receipt of the proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter.

(d) The commission may, by resolution, make any statement of intent relating to that reimbursement that is necessary or desirable to comply with federal tax law.

(5) It is the intent of the Legislature that the funding of the Capitol Restoration Design/Parking Structure does not bind this Legislature, or future Legislatures, to wholly or partially fund the capitol remodel.

Amended by Chapter 4, 2002 Special Session 6