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2004 SESSION

047080114
HOUSE BILL NO. 93
Offered January 14, 2004
Prefiled December 17, 2003
A BILL to provide for certain projects to be financed by the Virginia Public Building Authority and the Virginia College Building Authority.
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Patrons-- Callahan and Athey; Senator: Martin
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Referred to Committee on Appropriations
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That pursuant to § 2.2-2264 of the Code of Virginia, the General Assembly hereby authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to undertake the construction, improvement, and furnishing of the following projects including, without limitation, constructing, improving, furnishing, maintaining, acquiring, and renovating buildings, facilities, improvements and land therefor; and to exercise any and all powers granted to it by law in connection therewith, including the power to finance all or any portion of the cost thereof by the issuance of revenue bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $56,457,000 plus amounts needed to fund issuance costs, reserve funds, original issue discount, interest prior to and during acquisition, construction or renovation and for one year after completion thereof, and other financing expenses.

        Agency                Project Description           Amount

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  Upgrade Security System     $1,792,000
Science Museum of Virginia    Acquire new exhibits          $500,000
Frontier Culture Museum       Wetlands/Mill and Bowman 
                               House Site Improvements      $375,000
Jamestown Yorktown            
  Foundations                  Construct Jamestown 
                                Commemorative Plaza         $700,000

Jamestown Yorktown 
Foundations                   Replace Jamestown Ships     $1,000,000

Conservation and Recreation   Construct Road, Cabins and
                               Campground at Andy Guest   $3,825,000

Conservation and Recreation   Construct Visitor Center, 
                               Staff Residences, and 
                               Offices at Mason Neck      $1,063.000

Virginia Museum of Natural    Construct exhibits for
 History                       new museum facility        $2,000,000

Criminal Justice Services     Construct Driver 
                               Training Faciity          $10,000,000
Forestry                      Construct Abingdon 
                               Shop and Cold Storage        $576,000
Forestry                      Construct Grayson and 
                               Carroll County Area 
                               Office                     $1,126,000
General Services              Construct Addition to War
                               Memorial for Public
                               Education                  $3,500,000
Central Appropriations        Construct Virginia 
                               Performing Arts Center    $30,000,000

GRAND TOTAL                                              $56,457,000

§ 2. The Virginia Public Building Authority is also authorized to exercise any and all powers granted to it by law in connection therewith, including the power to finance the cost thereof by the issuance of revenue bonds not to exceed the principal amount set forth plus amounts needed to fund issuance costs, reserve funds, original issue discount, interest prior to or during improvement and for up to one year after completion of the improvement, and other financing expenses.

2. § 1. That pursuant to § 23-30.28 of the Code of Virginia, the General Assembly hereby authorizes the Virginia College Building Authority to undertake the following projects including, without limitation, constructing, improving, furnishing, maintaining, acquiring and renovating buildings, facilities, improvements and land therefor; to exercise any and all powers granted to it by law in connection therewith, including the power to lease such projects to institutions of higher education of the Commonwealth; and to finance all or any portion of the cost thereof by the issuance of revenue bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $216,865,538 plus amounts needed to fund issuance costs, reserve funds, original issue discount, interest prior to and during acquisition, construction or renovation and for one year after completion thereof, and other financing expenses.

The Authority may pay all or any part of the cost of any project hereinafter listed or authorized or any portion thereof with any income and reserve funds of the Authority available for such purpose, and in such case may transfer such funds of the Authority, with the approval of the Governor.


Facility                  Project                          Cost

William and Mary          Construct New Information
                           Technology Building           $8,342,000
William and Mary          Renovate Four Lecture Halls
                           in Two Academic Buildings     $1,444,000
University of Virginia    Construct Addition to
                           McLeod Hall to expand the
                           School of Nursing             $6,000,000
University of Virginia    Construct Ivy Stacks Addition  $8,900,000
Virginia Tech             Construct Critical 
                           Technologies Research 
                           Laboratory                   $14,000,000
University of Virginia
 Medical Center           Construct Cancer Center
                           addition                     $20,000,000
Virginia Military 
 Institute                Renovate Kilbourne Hall        $9,941,000
Virginia Military
 Institute                Improve Athletic Facilities
                           and construct new
                           playing fields                $1,772,000
Virginia State 
 University               Renovate Lockett Hall - 
                           Center for Funded Research    $6,300,000
Virginia State 
 University               Renovate Central Stores
                           building for Campus 
                           Police Station                $2,186,000
Norfolk State University  Construct Public Safety
                           Building                      $4,100,000
Norfolk State University  Construct Campus Wall
                           for security                  $5,000,000
Longwood University       Renovate and expand 
                           Lankford Hall                 $5,675,000
Longwood University       Modernize heating plant,
                           phase III                     $4,253,000
Mary Washington College   Renovate and construct 
                           addition to George 
                           Washington Hall               $8,000,000
James Madison University  Upgrade Campus Network 
                           Infrastructure               $10,735,000
Radford University        Renovate Whitt Hall            $4,000,000
Old Dominion University   Construct Systems Research
                           Center                       $11,400,000
Old Dominion University   Improve 43rd Street Along
                           Southern edge of Campus       $1,021,000
Virginia Commonwealth
 University               Construct New School of 
                           Business                     $14,000,000
Christopher Newport
 University               Renovate Wingfield Hall        $7,300,000
University of Virginia's
 College at Wise          Renovate Smiddy Hall and
                           construct new facility 
                           for Information Technology    $6,700,000
George Mason University   Renovate Robinson A Academic
                           Building                     $14,512,000
Virginia Community 
 College System           Construct Addition to 
                           Science Building, 
                           Blue Ridge                    $2,074,000
Virginia Community 
 College System           Construct Phase III 
                           Buildings, Loudoun Campus,
                           Northern Virginia            $19,288,000
Virginia Community 
 College System           Renovate Blackwater Building,
                           Virginia Beach Campus, 
                           Tidewater                     $6,284,000
Virginia Community 
 College System           Renovate top floor, Galax 
                           Hall, Wytheville              $1,762,538
Virginia Community 
 College System           Renovate North Campus,
                           Virginia Western              $8,500,000
Virginia Community 
 College System           Add Geothermal Wells,
                           Southside Virginia              $350,000
Virginia Institute of
 Marine Science           Replace Eastern Shore 
                           Seawater Laboratory           $3,026,000

GRAND TOTAL                                            $216,865,538

3. That the capital projects set forth in this act shall not be initiated until and unless the provisions contained in enactment clauses 2, 3, and 5 of Part 5 of introduced House Bill 30/Senate Bill 30 of the 2004 Session of the General Assembly are enacted into law.

4. The general conditions and general provisions of the general appropriation act enacted pursuant to Chapter 15 (§ 2.2-1500 et seq.) of Title 2.2 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 this act.