GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
CHAPTER 515
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Legislative authorization to issue bonds. - In accordance with the requirements of Section 6(b)II of Chapter 542 of the 1993 Session Laws (the "Bond Act"), the General Assembly hereby authorizes the issuance of twenty-three million nine hundred thousand dollars ($23,900,000) of Community College Bonds authorized by the Bond Act and approved by the qualified voters of the State who voted thereon on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 1993. The proceeds of Community College Bonds and notes, including premium thereon, if any, except the proceeds of bonds the issuance of which has been anticipated by bond anticipation notes or the proceeds of refunding bonds or notes, shall be placed by the State Treasurer in a special fund to be designated "1995 Community College Bonds Fund”and shall be disbursed as provided in this act.
Sec. 2. Appropriation of bond proceeds. - In accordance with the requirements of Section 6(b)II of the Bond Act, the General Assembly hereby appropriates the proceeds of the twenty-three million nine hundred thousand dollars ($23,900,000) of Community College Bonds and notes for specific projects as provided in this act and subject to change as provided in this act. The proceeds of Community College Bonds and notes shall be used for the purpose of making grants to community colleges, as defined in Chapter 115D of the General Statutes, the proceeds of the grants to be allocated and expended for paying the cost of Community College capital improvements, including, without limitation, construction and renovation of classroom buildings, laboratory buildings, research facilities, libraries, physical education facilities, continuing education centers, student cafeteria and activity facilities, including sports facilities, administrative office buildings, and related equipment and land acquisition. The buildings constructed using the proceeds of the bonds may be constructed only after consideration of the energy design guidelines developed by the Energy Division of the Department of Commerce.
Any additional moneys which may be received by means of a grant or grants from the United States of America or any agency or department thereof or from any other source to aid in financing the cost of any Community College grants authorized by this act may be placed by the State Treasurer in the 1995 Community College Bonds Fund or in a separate account or fund and shall be disbursed, to the extent permitted by the terms of the grant or grants, without regard to any limitations imposed by this act.
The proceeds of Community College Bonds and notes may be used with any other moneys made available by the General Assembly for the making of Community College grants, including the proceeds of any other State bond issues, whether heretofore made available or which may be made available at the session of the General Assembly at which this act is ratified or any subsequent sessions. The proceeds of Community College Bonds and notes shall be expended and disbursed under the direction and supervision of the Director of the Budget. The funds provided by this act for Community College improvements shall be disbursed for the purposes provided in this act upon warrants drawn on the State Treasurer by the State Controller, which warrants shall not be drawn until requisition has been approved by the Director of the Budget and which requisition shall be approved only after full compliance with the Executive Budget Act, Article 1 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.
The State Board of Community Colleges shall provide quarterly reports to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the chairs of the Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Committees, and the Fiscal Research Division on the expenditure of moneys from the 1995 Community College Bonds Fund.
Sec. 3. Allocations of funds for specific projects. - The proceeds of grants made from the proceeds of twenty-three million nine hundred thousand dollars ($23,900,000) of Community College Bonds and notes shall be allocated and expended for paying the cost of Community College capital improvements, to the extent and as provided in this act and subject to change as provided in this act, as follows:
COLLEGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTED
ALLOCATION
Alamance CC Phase III - LRC Expansion $ 349,870
Anson CC Advanced Technology Center 316,954
Union Cty. Advanced Technology Center 264,264
Asheville-
Buncombe TCC Classroom/Lab/Office Building 528,527
Beaufort County CC Student Services Center 306,546
Bladen CC Allied Health Care Center 107,341
Blue Ridge CC Allied Health Building 528,527
Transylvania Cty. Classroom/Office Bldg. 53,088
Brunswick CC Allied Health/Classroom 422,822
Caldwell CC & TI Classroom/Lab Building 644,803
Watauga Cty. Classroom/Lab Bldg. 239,057
Cape Fear CC Health Sciences Building 775,929
Pender Cty. Classroom Building 72,959
Carteret CC Classroom/Student Center 257,700
Catawba Valley CC Physical Ed./Classroom Bldg. 590,494
Central Carolina CC Classroom Building 211,411
Chatham Cty. Classroom Building 211,411
Harnett Cty. Classroom Building 105,705
Central Piedmont CC Science Labs Expansion 417,536
Cleveland CC Advanced Technology Building 233,928
Coastal Carolina CC Public Service Technology Bldg. 317,116
College of the
Albemarle Classroom/Administration Bldg. 339,941
Dare Cty. Class/Lab/Student Services Bldg. 158,558
Craven CC Academic Studies/Basic Skills Bldg. 294,947
Davidson County CC Advanced Technology Building 409,609
Davie Cty. Class/Lab/Instructional Support Bldg. 209,297
Durham TCC Classroom/Office Building 613,092
Edgecombe CC Class/Lab Addition-Rocky Mount 126,847
Fayetteville TCC Health & Science Facility 634,233
Forsyth TCC Class/Lab/Admin. - East Campus 835,073
Gaston College Work Force Preparedness Center 619,434
Guilford TCC Applied Technology Building 818,160
Halifax CC Literacy Ed/Science Building 212,319
Haywood CC Classroom Building 116,276
Isothermal CC Cultural Arts Center 575,507
Polk Cty. Classrooms/Labs Addition 37,915
James Sprunt CC Multi-Purpose Center 391,999
Johnston CC Allied Health Building 317,116
Lenoir CC Classroom/Auditorium Building 351,613
Greene Cty. New Instructional Facility 158,558
Jones Cty. New Vocational Annex 10,571
Martin CC Equine Arena 61,050
Bertie Cty. Class/Lab/Office Building 26,426
Mayland CC Shop/Student Lecture Hall 426,793
McDowell TCC Classroom Building 200,840
Mitchell CC Renovate Main Building 232,552
Montgomery CC LRC Building 274,063
Nash CC LRC/Student Center 466,074
Pamlico CC Multi-Purpose Class/Office Bldg. 123,143
Piedmont CC Classroom/Faculty Office Bldg. 48,605
Caswell Cty. Adult Learning Center 137,417
Pitt CC Student Services Building 475,674
Randolph CC Allied Hlth/Science & Tech Center 297,759
Richmond CC Fine Arts Ctr/Auditorium 237,987
Roanoke-Chowan CC Classroom/Student Support Center 269,452
Robeson CC Teaching Theaters/Allied Hlth Classroom 151,183
Rockingham CC Multi-Purpose Building 285,405
Rowan-Cabarrus CC Engineering Building 443,963
Cabarrus Cty. Classroom Building 166,308
Sampson CC Multi-Purpose Building 264,264
Sandhills CC Cont. Ed. Center/Classrooms 507,386
Hoke Cty. Renovate Classrooms 31,710
Southeastern CC Nursing/Allied Health Building 138,411
Southwestern CC General Classroom Building 211,411
Macon Cty. Region Law Enf. Defensive Dr. Course 31,712
Swain Cty. Class/Lab/Office Bldg. 95,135
Stanly CC Learning Resource Center 247,479
Surry CC Health/Day Care/Library Building 428,574
Tri-County CC Student Services Ctr./Classroom Bldg. 118,708
Graham Cty. Class/Lab/Study Bldg. 50,739
Vance-Granville CC Allied Health/Day Care/Classroom Bldg. 224,878
Franklin Cty. Class/Lab/Office Building 158,558
Granville Cty. Additional Classrooms 39,904
Warren Cty. Campus Renovations 22,462
Wake TCC Student Education Bldg. 1,162,760
Wayne CC Student & Telecommunications Bldg. 668,970
Western
Piedmont CC Class/Office Bldg. (Bus. Tech.) 361,530
Wilkes CC LRC-Student Development 496,816
Ashe Cty. Classroom Building 21,141
Wilson TCC Multi-Purpose Building 105,705
TOTAL $23,900,000.
Projected allocations set forth above may be adjusted to reflect the availability of other funds. The Board of Trustees of an individual community college may change the projects or allocations for that college, including a project or an allocation for a satellite campus, within the total amount of funds allocated for that college.
The Director of the Budget is empowered, when the Director of the Budget determines it is in the best interest of the State and the North Carolina Community College System to do so, and if the cost of a particular project is less than the projected allocation, to use the excess funds to increase the size of that project or increase the size of any other project itemized in this section, or to increase the amount allocated to a particular community college within the aggregate amount of funds available under this section. The Director of the Budget may consult with the Advisory Budget Commission and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations before making these changes. In addition, the particular capital improvements and the amount of the projected allocation therefor set forth above may be changed from time to time as the General Assembly may decide.
Nothing in this act restricts the right of the General Assembly, in addition to the right to specify the projects and the allocations therefor, in 1995 or at a subsequent session to:
(1) Establish a procedure whereby projected allocations set forth in subsequent legislation may be increased or decreased to reflect the availability of other funds, including, without limitation, contingency funds, income earned on the investment of bond and notes proceeds, and the proceeds of grants.
(2) Establish a contingency account and provide for an allocation of bond proceeds thereto. The funds in the contingency account may be used to pay the cost of projects, the costs of issuance of bonds and notes, and increased project costs resulting from construction costs exceeding projections, inflationary factors, and changes in projects and allocations. The funds allocated to the contingency account shall be placed by the State Treasurer in a separate account in the Community College Bonds Fund and shall be disbursed in accordance with the procedures established for disbursements from the Community College Bonds Fund.
(3) Empower the Director of the Budget, when the Director determines it is in the best interest of the State and the North Carolina Community College System to do so, and if the cost of a particular project is less than the projected allocation, to use the excess funds to increase the size of that project or increase the size of any other project authorized by the General Assembly.
Allocations to the costs of a capital improvement or undertaking in each case may include allocations to pay the costs set forth in Section 3(4)c., d., e., f., and g. of the Bond Act in connection with the issuance of bonds for that capital improvement or undertaking. The matching requirements of G.S. 115D-31(a)(1) apply to the proceeds of Community College Bonds and notes used to make grants to community colleges.
Sec. 4. Reallocation of Section 6(b)I and II proceeds. Section 6(b) of Chapter 542 of the 1993 Session Laws, the Education, Clean Water, and and Parks Bond Act of 1993, is amended by adding the following at the end of that subsection:
"IV. If the State Board of Community Colleges determines that a community college has not met the matching requirements of G.S. 115D-31(a)(1) by July 1, 1998, with respect to a capital improvement project for which bond proceeds are allocated in subdivision I or pursuant to subdivision II of this subsection, the Board shall certify that fact to the State Treasurer by October 1, 1998. All of these bond proceeds with respect to which the Board certifies that the matching requirement has not been met by July 1, 1998, shall be placed by the State Treasurer in a special account within the Community Colleges Bond Fund and shall be used for making grants to community colleges. Bond proceeds in the special account shall be allocated among the community colleges in accordance with the following conditions:
(1) The State Board of Community Colleges shall generate, by October 1, 1998, a priority ranking of legitimate community college capital improvement needs using a formula based on objective meaningful factors relevant to capital needs, including space to population ratio, population served ratio, capacity enrollment ratio, local to State and vocational education ratios, type of project, and readiness to implement.
(2) The State Board of Community Colleges shall provide the State Treasurer a projected allocation of the proceeds in the special account in accordance with this priority ranking, except that:
a. No projected allocation shall be made for a community college that the Board certified in accordance with this subdivision IV had failed to meet a matching requirement.
b. No more than four million dollars ($4,000,000) shall be allocated to a single community college.
c. Funds shall not be allocated for more than one project per community college.
(3) The proceeds of grants made from bond proceeds in the special account shall be allocated and expended for paying the cost of community college capital improvements in accordance with this allocation by the State Board of Community Colleges, to the extent and as provided in this act. The Director of the Budget is empowered, when the Director of the Budget determines it is in the best interest of the State and the North Carolina Community College System to do so, and if the cost of a particular project is less than the projected allocation, to use the excess funds to increase the size of that project or increase the size of any other project itemized in this section, or to increase the amount allocated to a particular community college within the aggregate amount of funds available under this section. The Director of the Budget shall consult with the Advisory Budget Commission and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations before making these changes."
Sec. 5. Effective date. - This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of July, 1995.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives