Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part 1B, Section 118, STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 530, proviso 118.16, by amending the subsection added by the document bearing file path N:\S-FINANC\AMEND\DAD\118.16 ADDL REV2 HKL.DOCX, by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:
/ ( ) H030 - Commission on Higher Education
Maintenance - Critical Care and Replacement (1 to 1 Match) $10,000,000
( .1) Of the funds appropriated in this item above for the Commission on Higher Education--Maintenance-Critical Care and Replacement-1 to 1 Match, each public four-year university, two-year branch campus and state technical college shall use the amount appropriated only for critical repair and related maintenance and/or other critical equipment and systems repair and maintenance that are necessary for the safe and efficient operation of an institution's physical plant in its support of the institution's educational purpose.
Funds must not be used for new construction and may only be utilized by an institution to the extent the funds are matched by the institution for necessary repair and maintenance projects generally.
Matching funds exclude supplemental, capital reserve, lottery, or non-recurring state funds appropriated to an institution either in the current fiscal year or from a prior fiscal year for repair and maintenance or deferred maintenance projects.
Prior to the distribution of these funds, institutions must certify to the Commission on Higher Education, in a manner it prescribes, the extent to which they have met this requirement, including the sources of funds utilized to meet this requirement.
Upon certification, the funds shall be distributed to institutions based on the distribution methodology described below provided that the distribution does not exceed an institution's pro rata share or the amount matched by the institution if less than that share. The distribution methodology to be used by the commission shall be based on each institution's or agency's proportion of general fund appropriation in Part IA of Act 91 of 2015 as compared to the total general fund appropriation in that Act for all public four-year universities, two-year branch campuses and state technical colleges. Distribution of the share allocated to the state technical colleges is to be made by a formula to be developed by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education in consultation with the colleges Chief Business Officers for approval by the State Board's Presidents Council.
Funds not expended in the prior fiscal year may be carried forward into the current fiscal year and utilized for the same purpose, subject to the matching requirement. /
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