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  1  1          SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2         BY  DVORSKY, BLACK, BOLKCOM, CONNOLLY,
  1  3         DELUHERY, FINK, FLYNN, FRAISE, HARPER,
  1  4     KIBBIE, McCOY, SHEARER, GRONSTAL, and SZYMONIAK
  1  5 A Concurrent Resolution relating to the state board of
  1  6 regents five-year building program.
  1  7    WHEREAS, pursuant to section 262A.3, the state
  1  8 board of regents prepared and within seven days after
  1  9 the convening of the Seventy-eighth General Assembly
  1 10 of the State of Iowa, Second Session, submitted to the
  1 11 Seventy-eighth General Assembly, Second Session, for
  1 12 approval, the proposed five-year building program for
  1 13 each institution of higher learning under the
  1 14 jurisdiction of the board, containing a list of the
  1 15 buildings and facilities which the board deems
  1 16 necessary to further the educational objectives of the
  1 17 institutions, together with an estimate of the cost of
  1 18 each of the buildings and facilities and an estimate
  1 19 of the maximum amount of revenue bonds which the board
  1 20 expects to issue under chapter 262A for the fiscal
  1 21 period beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30,
  1 22 2002; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, the projects contained in the capital
  1 24 improvement program are deemed necessary for the
  1 25 proper performance of the instructional, research, and
  1 26 service functions of the institutions; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, section 262A.4 provides that the state
  1 28 board of regents, after authorization by a
  1 29 constitutional majority of each house of the general
  1 30 assembly and approval by the governor, may undertake
  2  1 and carry out at the institutions of higher learning
  2  2 under the jurisdiction of the board any project as
  2  3 defined in chapter 262A; and
  2  4    WHEREAS, chapter 262A authorizes the state board of
  2  5 regents to borrow money and to issue and sell
  2  6 negotiable revenue bonds to pay all or any part of the
  2  7 costs of carrying out projects at any institution
  2  8 payable solely from and secured by an irrevocable
  2  9 pledge of a sufficient portion of the student fees and
  2 10 charges and institutional income received by the
  2 11 particular institution; and
  2 12    WHEREAS, to further the educational objectives of
  2 13 the institutions, the state board of regents requests
  2 14 authorization to undertake and carry out certain
  2 15 projects at this time and to finance the projects'
  2 16 costs by borrowing money and issuing negotiable bonds
  2 17 under chapter 262A in the total amount set forth in
  2 18 this resolution, the remaining costs of the projects
  2 19 to be financed by appropriations or by federal or
  2 20 other funds lawfully available; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 21    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
  2 22 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the proposed five-
  2 23 year building program submitted by the state board of
  2 24 regents for each institution of higher learning under
  2 25 its jurisdiction is approved; and
  2 26    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That no commitment is
  2 27 implied or intended by approval to fund any portion of
  2 28 the proposed five-year building program submitted by
  2 29 the state board of regents beyond the portion that is
  2 30 financed and approved by the Seventy-eighth General
  3  1 Assembly, Second Session, and the governor; and
  3  2    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That during the fiscal
  3  3 period that commences July 1, 2000, and ends June 30,
  3  4 2002, the maximum amount of bonds which the state
  3  5 board of regents expects to issue under chapter 262A,
  3  6 unless additional bonding is authorized, is as set
  3  7 forth in this resolution, all or any part of which may
  3  8 be issued during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001,
  3  9 and if all of that amount is not issued during that
  3 10 fiscal year, any remaining balance may be issued
  3 11 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and this
  3 12 plan of financing is approved; and
  3 13    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the state board of
  3 14 regents is authorized to undertake, plan, construct,
  3 15 equip, and otherwise carry out the following projects
  3 16 at the institutions of higher learning under the
  3 17 jurisdiction of the board, and the general assembly
  3 18 authorizes the state board of regents to borrow money
  3 19 and to issue and sell negotiable revenue bonds in the
  3 20 manner provided in sections 262A.5 and 262A.6 in order
  3 21 to pay all or any part of the costs of carrying out
  3 22 the projects, at any institution, as follows:
  3 23    Iowa State University of Science and Technology
  3 24    Upgrade of systems in Gilman hall project costs:  
  3 25 ......................................... $ 11,000,000
  3 26    Purchase of technology and equipment for the center
  3 27 for excellence in fundamental plant science project
  3 28 costs:  
  3 29 ......................................... $  2,530,000
  3 30    State University of Iowa
  4  1    Renovation of biological sciences buildings project
  4  2 costs:  
  4  3 ......................................... $ 14,700,000
  4  4    University of Northern Iowa
  4  5    McCollum science hall building addition project
  4  6 costs:  
  4  7 ......................................... $ 16,900,000
  4  8    Total                                  $ 45,130,000
  4  9    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if the amount of bonds
  4 10 issued under this resolution exceeds the actual costs
  4 11 of projects approved in this resolution, the amount of
  4 12 the difference shall be used to pay the principal and
  4 13 interest due on bonds issued under chapter 262A; and
  4 14    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the state board of
  4 15 regents may capitalize the issuance costs and bond
  4 16 reserve fund equal to 11 percent of each bond issue
  4 17 with respect to the bonds authorized pursuant to this
  4 18 resolution and may increase the amount of the bonds
  4 19 issued under this resolution to that extent.  
  4 20 LSB 5631XS 78
  4 21 kh/cls/14.1
     

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