N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-63

Current through 2023 Legislative Sessions

Section 15-10-63 - Capital projects

1. The university of North Dakota and North Dakota state university shall identify other funds from gifts, grants, donations, the university system capital building fund, or other local funds for at least thirty percent of the total estimated cost of a capital project request submitted to the legislative assembly.

2. Bismarck state college, lake region state college, Williston state college, the North Dakota state college of science, Dickinson state university, Mayville state university, Minot state university, Valley City state university, and Dakota college at Bottineau shall identify other funds from gifts, grants, donations, the university system capital building fund, or other local funds for at least five percent of the total estimated cost of a capital project request submitted to the legislative assembly.

3. An institution under the control of the state board of higher education may undertake a facility renovation project only if the project will reduce the deferred maintenance amount of the facility by no less than seventy five percent of the total cost of the renovation. The institution shall maintain documentation that demonstrates the cost and scope of the deferred maintenance reduction that results directly from the renovation. This subsection does not apply to projects undertaken solely to correct building code deficiencies or to installations of infrastructure determined by the board to be essential to the mission of the institution.

4. Facility construction and renovation projects undertaken by an institution under the control of the state board of higher education must conform to campus master plan and space utilization requirements approved by the state board of higher education.

N.D.C.C. § 15-10-63

Amended by S.L. 2023, ch. 3 (HB 1003),§ 29, eff. 7/1/2023.

Added by S.L. 2017 , ch. 28( SB 2003 ), § 6, eff. 7/1/2017.

Section 6 of chapter 28, S.L. 2017, pertaining to capital project and capital lease requests was vetoed by the Governor. In letter opinion 2017-L-04, the Attorney General opined the Governor's veto of subsections 1, 2, and 5 of Section 6 of chapter 28, S.L. 2017 is authorized by law; and the Governor's veto of subsections 3 and 4 of Section 6 of chapter 28, S.L. 2017 is not authorized by the Constitution of North Dakota and is not effective.