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135A.046 HIGHER EDUCATION ASSET PRESERVATION AND REPLACEMENT.
    Subdivision 1. Purpose. The legislature recognizes that postsecondary governing boards
operate campus physical plants that in number, size, and programmatic use differ significantly
from the physical plants operated by state departments and agencies. However, the legislature
recognizes the need for standards to aid in categorizing and funding capital projects. The purpose
of this section is to provide standards for those higher education projects that are intended to
preserve and replace existing campus facilities.
    Subd. 2. Standards. Capital budget expenditures for Higher Education Asset Preservation
and Replacement (HEAPR) projects must be for one or more of the following: code compliance
including health and safety, Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, hazardous material
abatement, access improvement, or air quality improvement; or building or infrastructure repairs
necessary to preserve the interior and exterior of existing buildings; or renewal to support the
existing programmatic mission of the campuses. Up to ten percent of an appropriation awarded
under this section may be used for design costs for projects eligible to be funded from this account
in anticipation of future funding from the account.
    Subd. 3. Reporting priorities. Each postsecondary governing board shall establish priorities
within its Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement projects. By January 15 of each
year, it shall submit to the commissioner of finance and to the chairs of the higher education
finance divisions, the senate Finance Committee, and the house of representatives Capital
Investment Committee a list of the projects that have been paid for with money from a higher
education asset preservation and replacement appropriation during the preceding calendar year
as well as a list of those priority projects for which Higher Education Asset Preservation and
Replacement appropriations will be sought in that year's legislative session.
History: 1994 c 643 s 65; 1996 c 463 s 41; 2002 c 393 s 53

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