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2001 SESSION
011809924Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1.§ 1. Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Education and Related Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2001.”
§ 2. Authorization of Bonds and BANs. Subject to a favorable vote of a majority of the qualified voters voting on this act at the November 6, 2001, general election as hereinafter provided, the Treasury Board is hereby authorized, by and with the consent of the Governor, to sell and issue, at one time or from time to time, bonds of the Commonwealth, to be designated “Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Education and Related Educational Facilities Bonds, Series...,” in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $803,703,975. The Treasury Board is further authorized, by and with the consent of the Governor, to borrow money in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds by the issuance of bond anticipation notes (“BANs”), including BANs as commercial paper.
§ 3. Purpose; Projects. The proceeds of the bonds and BANs, excluding amounts needed to pay issuance costs and other financing expenses, shall be used as provided in § 4 hereof for capital projects for acquiring, constructing, restoring, repairing, improving, renovating, and refurbishing the physical plants, including incidental equipment, of higher education and related educational facilities as follows:
Institution Campus Project Amount
CNU Improvements: Ferguson Plant Operations,
Classrooms and Art $15,600,000
CNU New Construction: Information Technology Center/Library 7,900,000
CNU New Construction: Warehouse and Grounds 1,300,000
CNU Property Acquisition 3,000,000
CWM Improvements: Small Hall 10,000,000
CWM Improvements: Utilities Infrastructure 2,500,000
CWM Improve/New Const: Rogers Hall 15,250,000
CWM Improve/New Const: Law Library 18,213,000
CWM Improvements: Andrews Hall 5,374,000
CWM Improvements: Lake Matoaka 2,500,000
GMU New Construction: Arlington, II 24,800,000
GMU New Construction: Prince William, III 15,600,000
GMU Improvements: Thompson/West/Pohick 11,100,000
GMU Improvements: Institute for Conflict Analysis 1,000,000
JMU Improvements: Harrison Hall & Annex 8,330,000
JMU New Construction: CISAT A 3a Construction 23,800,000
JMU Improvements: Technology Infrastructure 5,581,000
JMU Improvements: Miller Hall 12,753,000
LC Improvements: Bedford Wygal Connector 8,200,000
LC Improvements: Jarman Renovation 4,383,000
LC Improvements: Central Heating Plant Repairs 1,740,000
LC Improvements: Stormwater Management 750,000
MWC New Construction: Stafford Building #2 6,500,000
MWC Improvements: Lee Hall 7,000,000
MWC Improvements: Belmont, Phase II 3,000,000
NSU Improvements: Teacher Education 4,194,000
NSU Improvements: Robinson Tech Center 5,500,000
NSU Improvements: Umbrella HVAC Improvements 2,108,000
NSU Improvements: Handicapped Accessibility 2,182,000
NSU Improvements: Campus Infrastructure 2,000,000
NSU Improvements: Wilson Hall 7,250,000
ODU New Construction: Engineering & Computational Sciences 6,000,000
ODU Improvements: Technology Building 8,740,000
ODU Improvements: Batten Arts & Letter Building 9,192,000
ODU New Construction: Tri Cities Center 5,700,000
ODU Improvements: Chemistry Building 1,500,000
ODU Improvements: Campus Infrastructure 4,000,000
RBC Improvements: Art Building 1,000,000
RBC Improvements: Library 3,000,000
RU New Construction: Fine Arts Facility 18,214,000
RU Improvements: Porterfield Hall 1,232,000
RU Improvements: Davis Hall 1,399,000
RU Improvements: Campus Infrastructure 4,000,000
UVA New Construction: Medical Research Building 23,500,000
UVA New Construction: Engineering Research Center 6,300,000
UVA Improvements: Cocke Hall 5,000,000
UVA Improvements: Fayerweather Hall 4,600,000
UVA Improvements: Campbell Hall Chiller Replacement 2,300,000
UVA Improvements: Storm Water Mgmt, McCormick Rd & West 1,400,000
UVA Improvements: Gilmer Hall Laboratories 3,400,000
UVA Wise Improvements: Crockett Hall 4,325,000
UVA Wise Improve/New const: Drama Renovation and Addition 6,490,000
UVA Wise Improvements: Safety Projects 2,000,000
VCCS System Improvements: Major Mechanical 7,639,475
VCCS VWCC Improvements: South Campus 3,140,000
VCCS JTCC Improvements: Instructional Lab Renovations 5,019,000
VCCS JSRCC Improve/New Const: Parham Road, Phase IV 12,700,000
VCCS WCC Improvements: Instructional Bldgs Renovation 2,328,000
VCCS LFCC Improve/New Const: Science Laboratory Building 5,437,000
VCCS NVCC Improve/New Const: Alexandria, Phases I, II and III 11, 205,000
VCCS TCC New Construction: Academic Building Virginia Beach 12,992,000
VCCS RCC Improvements: Tech & Workforce Develop Renovation 1,750,000
VCCS TNCC Improvements: ISS Related Campus Renovation 2,204,000
VCCS PHCC Improvements: LRC Renovation 1,183,000
VCCS TNCC Improvements: Exterior Door/Window Replacement 978,000
VCCS SWVCC Improve/New Const: Learning Resource Building 5,841,000
VCCS BRCC New Construction: Performing Arts & Humanities Bldg 4,945,000
VCCS ESCC New Construction: Economic Development Center 2,620,000
VCCS GCC New Construction: Economic Development Center 6,500,000
VCCS CVCC New Construction: Manufacturing Technologies Bldg 4,400,000
VCCS System New Construction: Maintenance Support Buildings 4,916,000
VCCS DCC Improvements: Campus Renovations 1,000,000
VCCS DSLCC Improvements: Campus Renovations 1,000,000
VCCS JTCC Improvements: Access Road 1,000,000
VCCS MECC Improvements: Campus Renovations 1,000,000
VCCS NRCC Improvements: Campus Renovations 1,000,000
VCCS NVCC Improvements: Campus Renovations (Annandale) 3,800,000
VCCS NVCC Improvements: Campus Renovations (Woodbridge) 1,500,000
VCCS PDCCC Improvements: Campus Renovations 1,000,000
VCCS PVCC Improvements: Campus Renovations 3,400,000
VCCS RCC Improvements: Campus Renovations 1,000,000
VCCS VHCC Improvements: Campus Renovations 1,000,000
VCCS VWCC Improvements: Webber Hall 3,000,000
VCCS SSVCC New Construction: Ft. Pickett Heavy Equipment Program 2,000,000
VCE&RS New Construction: Agriculture & Forestry Research Lab 22,593,000
VCU Improvements: West Hospital Renovations 13,000,000
VCU Improvements: Classroom and Libraries Renovations 5,000,000
VCU New Construction: Massey Cancer Center Addition 10,099,000
VCU Improvements: Hibbs Building Renovations 9,000,000
VCU New Construction: Engineering Building, Phase II 10,000,000
VCU Improvements: Lecture Hall 1,246,000
VCU Improvements: Franklin Terrace 3,463,000
VCU Improvements: Stark House 521,000
VCU Improvements: White House 1,277,000
VIMS Improvements: Replace Brooke/Davis Halls with
New Science Bldg 13,028,000
VIMS New Construction: Sea Water Research Laboratory 8,063,000
VMI Improvements: Nichols Engineering Building 16,227,000
VPI New Construction: Bioinformatics Building, Phase II 20,330,000
VPI Improvements: Henderson Hall 6,117,000
VPI New Construction: Biology Building 9,000,000
VPI Improvements: Instructional Classroom, Phase I 7,270,000
VPI New Construction: Engineering Bldg. 10,000,000
VPI Improvements: Cowgill Hall HVAC and Power Renovation 4,959,000
VPI New Construction: Building Construction Facility Increase 2,500,000
VSU Improvements: Handicapped Accessibility 643,000
VSU Improvements: Gandy Hall 5,771,000
VSU Improvements: Campus Infrastructure 3,000,000
VSU Improvements: Central Stores Into Police Safety 1,202,000
VSU Improvements: Daniels Gym 11,900,000
VSU Improvements: Lindsay Montague 4,145,000
Frontier Culture Improvements: Preservation Building 867,500
Frontier Culture New Construction: Visitors Center Expansion 11,000,000
Jamestown Yorktown New Construction: Parking Lot / Entrance 5,269,000
Jamestown Yorktown Improvements: Maintenance Building 487,000
Jamestown Yorktown New Construction: Riverfront Center 1,533,000
Jamestown Yorktown New Construction: Jamestown Fort 1,367,000
Jamestown Yorktown New Construction: Jamestown Galleries 11,741,000
Museum of Natural History New Construction: New Museum 15,200,000
Science Museum New Construction: Belmont Bay 37,000,000
Science Museum New Construction: Danville Museum 2,300,000
Museum of Fine Arts New Construction: Parking Deck 8,388,000
Museum of Fine Arts Renovation & Addition for Museum Galleries 28,000,000
Grand Totals All Tax Supported Debt $803,703,975
The General Assembly hereby finds and determines that the estimated useful life of the capital projects listed above is in excess of twenty-five years.
Upon the request of the governing board of an educational institution, the Governor or the Governor's designee may increase or decrease the allocation to any capital project for such institution, within the total amount allocated to capital projects for such institution. To the extent that the cost of any capital project is less than the amount allocated to such capital project, the Governor or the Governor's designee may increase the amount allocated to any other capital project included herein. No allocation to a capital project may be increased until it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Governor or the Governor’s designee that (i) the cost of the capital project has been reduced to the extent reasonable, (ii) the capital project has not been expanded or enhanced beyond that originally approved, and (iii) the capital project is suitable and adequate for the scope originally intended. No increase in the amount allocated to any capital project shall constitute an authorization for the issuance of bonds in an amount in excess of the aggregate amount authorized hereunder.
§ 4. Application of Proceeds. Proceeds (including any premium) of the bonds and any BANs (except the proceeds of (i) bonds the issuance of which has been anticipated by BANs, (ii) refunding bonds, and (iii) refunding BANs) shall be deposited by the State Treasurer in a special capital outlay fund in the state treasury and shall be disbursed only for the purpose for which the bonds or any BANs have been issued. In the event that the proceeds of the bonds or BANs exceed the cost of the projects specified in § 3, the Treasury Board shall cause such excess proceeds to be applied to the retirement of the bonds or BANs. The proceeds of (i) bonds the issuance of which has been anticipated by BANs, (ii) refunding bonds, and (iii) refunding BANs, and any funds provided by the General Assembly, or available from any other source, for the purpose, shall be used to pay such BANs, refunded bonds and refunded BANs.
The proceeds of the bonds and any refunding bonds or BANs are hereby appropriated for disbursement from the state treasury for the current biennium pursuant to Article X, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia, and § 2.1-224 of the Code of Virginia. The general conditions and general provisions of the general appropriation act enacted pursuant to Chapter 27 (§ 2.1-387 et seq.) of Title 2.1 of the Code of Virginia, in effect from time to time, and all of the terms and conditions contained therein shall apply to the capital projects listed in § 3. The Governor or his designee is hereby authorized to increase the appropriation for any project listed in § 3 by the amount of the proceeds of donations, gifts, grants or other nongeneral funds paid into the state treasury in excess of such appropriation.
§ 5. Details, sale of bonds and BANs. The bonds shall be dated, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty-five years from their date or dates and may be made redeemable before their maturity or maturities at such price or prices or within such price parameters, all as may be determined by the Treasury Board, by and with the consent of the Governor. The principal of the bonds shall be amortized, by payment into a sinking fund or otherwise, in annual installments. The first annual installment of principal of the bonds shall become due not later than one-tenth of the term of the bonds, and no installment of principal of the bonds shall be more than twice the smallest previous installment. Any such sinking fund shall not be appropriated for any other purpose.
The bonds shall be in such form, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, either at fixed rates or at rates established by formula or other method, and may contain such other provisions, all as the Treasury Board or the State Treasurer, when authorized by the Treasury Board, may determine. The principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the bonds and BANs shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America. Bonds and BANs may be certificated or uncertificated as determined by the Treasury Board. The Treasury Board may contract for services of such registrars, transfer agents, or other authenticating agents as it deems appropriate to maintain a record of the persons entitled to the bonds and BANs. Bonds and BANs may be issued under a system of book entry for recording the ownership and transfer of ownership of rights to receive payments on the bonds and BANs. The Treasury Board shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, which may be at the office of the State Treasurer or at any one or more banks or trust companies within or without the Commonwealth.
The Treasury Board may sell the bonds and any BANs in such manner, either by competitive bidding, negotiated sale or private placement, and for such price as it may determine, by and with consent of the Governor, to be in the interest of the Commonwealth.
In the discretion of the Treasury Board, bonds and BANs may be issued at one time or in part from time to time and may be issued and sold at the same time with other general obligation bonds and bond anticipation notes, respectively, of the Commonwealth authorized pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (a)(3), (b), or (c) of the Constitution of Virginia, either as separate issues, as a combined issue designated “Commonwealth of Virginia General Obligation Bonds [Bond Anticipation Notes], Series 20….,” or as a combination of both. The bonds and BANs shall be signed on behalf of the Commonwealth by the Governor and by the State Treasurer, or shall bear their facsimile signatures, and shall bear the lesser seal of the Commonwealth or a facsimile thereof. In the event that the bonds or BANs bear the facsimile signature of the State Treasurer, they shall be signed by such administrative assistant as the State Treasurer shall determine or by such registrar or paying agent as may be designated to sign them by the Treasury Board. If any officer whose signature or facsimile signature shall appear on any bonds or BANs shall cease to be such officer before the delivery, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery, and any bond or BAN may bear the facsimile signature of, or may be signed by, such persons as at the actual time of the execution are the proper officers to sign such bond or BAN although, at the date of such bond or BAN, such persons may not have been such officers.
§ 6. Refunding. The Treasury Board is hereby authorized, by and with the consent of the Governor, to sell and issue, at one time or from time to time, refunding bonds and BANs of the Commonwealth to refund any or all of the bonds and BANs, respectively, issued under this act or otherwise pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (b) of the Constitution of Virginia. Refunding bonds and BANs may be issued in a principal amount up to the amount necessary to pay at maturity or redeem the bonds and BANs to be refunded and pay all issuance costs and other financing expenses of the refunding. Such refunding bonds and BANs may be issued whether or not the bonds or BANs to be refunded are then subject to redemption. Any escrow or trust fund established with the proceeds from the sale of refunding bonds shall be irrevocably pledged to the payment of the bonds to be refunded, and shall be used solely to pay such bonds or BANs at maturity or upon redemption or for the purchase of not less than all of the bonds or BANs to be refunded. Any such escrow or trust fund shall constitute a special fund for the payment of such refunded bonds or BANs, and such refunded bonds or BANs, to the extent of amounts, including the maturity amounts of investments, set aside for the payment thereof in such escrow or trust fund, shall not be included for the purposes of determining any limitations upon the amount of bonded indebtedness of the Commonwealth that may be incurred pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (b) of the Constitution of Virginia. The Treasury Board may, however, direct that the interest received from the investment of the proceeds of the bonds or any BANs be transferred to the general fund of the state treasury.
§ 7. Authorized Investments. Pending the application of the proceeds of the bonds or BANs (including refunding bonds and BANs) to the purpose for which they have been authorized and the application of funds set aside for the purpose to the payment of bonds or BANs, they may be invested by the State Treasurer in securities that are legal investments under the laws of the Commonwealth for public funds and sinking funds, as the case may be. Whenever the State Treasurer receives interest from the investment of the proceeds of bonds or any BANs, such interest shall become a part of the principal of the bonds or any BANs and shall be used in the same manner as required for principal of the bonds or BANs.
§ 8. Security for bonds and BANs. The full faith and credit of the Commonwealth is hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and the interest on bonds and refunding bonds, and (unless the Treasury Board, by and with the consent of the Governor, shall provide otherwise) BANs issued under this act. The proceeds of (i) bonds the issuance of which have been anticipated by BANs, (ii) refunding bonds, and (iii) refunding BANs are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of principal of and interest and any premium on such bonds or BANs to be refunded thereby. In addition, the Treasury Board may pledge the full faith and credit of the Commonwealth for the payment of the principal of and interest on any BANs. If sufficient funds are not appropriated in the general appropriations act for any fiscal year for the timely payment of the principal of and the interest on the bonds, any refunding bonds or any BANs where the full faith and credit of the Commonwealth has been pledged, there shall be set apart by direction of the Governor, from the first general fund revenues received during such fiscal year and thereafter, a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest.
§ 9. Expenses. All expenses incurred under this act shall be paid from the proceeds of the bonds, or any refunding bonds or BANs, or from any other available funds as the Treasury Board shall determine.
§ 10. Exemption of interest from tax. The bonds and BANs issued under the provisions of this Act, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be exempt from taxation by the Commonwealth and by any political subdivision thereof. The interest on the bonds and any refunding bonds or BANs may be subject to inclusion in gross income of the holders thereof for federal income tax purposes.
§ 11. Referendum. The question of the effectiveness of this act and the authorization of the bonds shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the Commonwealth at the general election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2001. Notice of the election shall be given, the ballots shall be prepared, distributed and voted, and the results thereof ascertained and certified, in accordance with Title 24.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to special elections. The ballots to be used at the election shall pose the question in substantially the following form:
QUESTION: Shall Chapter. . ., Acts of the General Assembly of 2001, authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the maximum amount of $803,703,975 pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (b) of the Constitution of Virginia for capital projects for HIGHER EDUCATION AND RELATED FACILITIES, take effect?
The State Board of Elections shall cause to be sent to the electoral boards of each county and city sufficient copies of the full text of this act and the question contained herein for the officers of election to post in each polling place on election day. The State Board of Elections shall without delay make out and transmit to the Governor and to the Treasury Board an official copy of the report of the whole number of votes cast at the election for and against the act, certified by it.
If a majority of those voting thereon shall vote in favor of this act, this act shall take effect and the bonds may be issued as hereinabove provided. If a majority of those voting thereon shall vote against this act, this act shall not take effect and the bonds shall not be issued.
The expenses incurred in conducting this election shall be defrayed as in the case of election of members of the General Assembly.
§ 12. Severability. The provisions of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance that are held invalid shall not affect the validity of other provisions or applications of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications.