Reference is to Printer's Date 4/24/13--H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 2-47-15, SECTION 27, Subpart 3, Part VII, page [22-89], after line 21, by inserting a new subsection to read:
/ (C) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the dollar amounts of permanent improvement projects of institutions of higher learning subject to the review and approval provisions of this chapter shall be as provided in Section 2-47-50(D). /
Amend further Section 2-47-50(D), (E), and (F), SECTION 27, Subpart 3, Part VII, beginning on page [22-93] and line 10, by striking the subsections in their entirety and inserting:
/ (D) For purposes of this chapter,
with regard to all institutions of higher learning, permanent
improvement project is defined as:
(1)
acquisition of land, regardless of cost, with staff level
review of the committee and the Budget and Control
Board, Capital Budget Office Department of
Administration, up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars;
(2)
acquisition, as opposed to the construction, of buildings
or other structures, regardless of cost, with staff level review
of the committee and the Budget and Control Board,
Capital Budget Office Department of
Administration, up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars;
(3)
work on existing facilities for any given project
including their renovation, repair, maintenance, alteration, or
demolition in those instances in which the total cost of all
work involved is one million dollars or more;
(4)
architectural and engineering and other types of planning
and design work, regardless of cost, which is intended to result
in a permanent improvement project. Master plans and
feasibility studies are not permanent improvement projects and
are not to be included;
(5)
capital lease purchase of a facility acquisition or
construction in which the total cost is one million dollars or
more;
(6)
equipment that either becomes a permanent fixture of a
facility or does not become permanent but is included in the
construction contract shall be included as a part of a project
in which the total cost is one million dollars or more; and
(7)
new construction of a facility that exceeds a total cost
of five hundred thousand dollars.
Any permanent improvement project that
meets the above definition must become a project, regardless of
the source of funds. However, an institution of higher learning
that has been authorized or appropriated capital improvement
bond funds, capital reserve funds or state appropriated funds,
or state infrastructure bond funds by the General Assembly for
capital improvements shall process a permanent improvement
project, regardless of the amount.
For purposes of establishing permanent
improvement projects, Clemson University Public Service
Activities (Clemson-PSA) and South Carolina State University
Public Service Activities (SC State-PSA) are subject to the
provisions of this chapter. /
Amend further, beginning on page [22-120] and line 23, by striking SECTION 32 in its entirety.
Renumber SECTIONS to conform.
Amend title to conform.