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Senate Bill No. 638

(By Senators Plymale, Unger, Jenkins and McCabe)

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[Introduced March 19, 2009; referred to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to repeal §18-23-1, §18-23-2, §18-23-3, §18-23-4, §18-23-5, §18-23-13, §18-23-14, §18-23-15, §18-23-18, §18-23-22, §18-23-23 and §18-23-24 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to repeal §18B-14-1, §18B-14-2, §18B-14-3, §18B-14-4, §18B-14-5, §18B-14-5a and §18B-14-7 of said code; to amend and reenact §5-6-4a of said code; to amend and reenact §18B-1B-4 of said code; to amend and reenact §18B-2A-4 of said code; to amend and reenact §18B-2B-6 of said code; to amend and reenact §18B-4-6 of said code; to amend and reenact §18B-5-4 of said code; to amend and reenact §18B-10-8 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §18B-19- 1, §18B-19-2, §18B-19-3, §18B-19-4, §18B-19-5, §18B-19-6, §18B-19-7, §18B-19-8, §18B-19-9, §18B-19-10, §18B-19-11, §18B- 19-12, §18B-19-13, §18B-19-14, §18B-19-15, §18B-19-16, §18B- 19-17 and §18B-19-18; and to amend and reenact §29-22-18 of said code, all relating to higher education capital facilities; capital project planning, financing, management and maintenance; acquisition, sale, transfer, exchange, lease, conveyance and condemnation of real property; construction and operation of capital facilities; collection and use of certain capital fees; establishing in the State Treasury a special revenue fund known as the Higher Education Policy Commission Capital Improvement Fund; directing the use of certain lottery proceeds; establishing in the State Treasury a capital maintenance fund for each state institution of higher education; legislative intent; defined terms; systemwide facilities planning; and institution facilities planning.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-23-1, §18-23-2, §18-23-3, §18-23-4, §18-23-5, §18-23-13, §18-23-14, §18-23-15, §18-23-18, §18-23-22, §18-23-23 and §18-23-24 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that §18B-14-1, §18B-14-2, §18B-14-3, §18B-14-4, §18B-14- 5, §18B-14-5a and §18B-14-7 of said code be repealed; that §5-6-4a of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18B-1B-4 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18B-2A-4 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18B-2B-6 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18B-4-6 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18B-5-4 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18B-10-8 of said code be amended and reenacted; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §18B-19-1, §18B-19-2, §18B-19-3, §18B-19-4, §18B-19-5, §18B-19-6, §18B-19-7, §18B-19-8, §18B-19-9, §18B-19-10, §18B-19-11, §18B-19-12, §18B-19-13, §18B-19- 14, §18B-19-15, §18B-19-16, §18B-19-17 and §18B-19-18; and that §29-22-18 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 5. GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR,
SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL; BOARD

OF PUBLIC WORKS; MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS,

OFFICES, PROGRAMS, ETC.

ARTICLE 6. STATE BUILDINGS.
§5-6-4a. Review of real property contracts and agreements; master plan for office space.

(a) The Secretary of Administration shall provide to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance a copy of a contract or agreement for real property exceeding $1 million and a report setting forth a detailed summary of the terms of the contract or agreement, including the name of the owner of the property and the agent involved in the sale, at least thirty days prior to any sale, exchange, transfer, purchase, lease purchase, lease or rental of real property, any refundings of lease purchases, leases or rental agreements, any construction of new buildings and any other acquisition or lease of buildings, office space or grounds by any state agency, including the Higher Education Policy Commission but excepting the transactions of the Higher Education Policy Commission, Council for Community and Technical College Education, state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University and the Division of Highways for state road purposes pursuant to article two-a, chapter seventeen of this code: Provided, That a contract or agreement for the lease purchase, lease or rental of real property by any state agency, where the costs of real property acquisition and improvements are to be financed, in whole or in part, with bond proceeds, may contain a preliminary schedule of rents and leases for purposes of review by the committee.
(b) For renewals of contracts or agreements required to be reported by the provisions of this section, the Secretary of Administration shall provide a report setting forth a detailed summary of the terms of the contract or agreement, including the name of the owner of the property.
(c) Within thirty days after receipt of the contract, agreement or report, the committee shall meet and review the contract, agreement or report.
(d) On or before the first day of July, two thousand six, the Secretary of Administration shall conduct an inventory of available office space and office space needs and shall develop and present a master plan for the utilization of office space for state agencies to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
(e) The governing boards of the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University shall provide to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance a copy of any contract or agreement for real property exceeding one million dollars and shall make available to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance upon request a summary of the terms of the contract or agreement, including the name of the owner of the property and the agent involved in the sale.
CHAPTER 18B. HIGHER EDUCATION.

ARTICLE 1B. HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY COMMISSION.
§18B-1B-4. Powers and duties of Higher Education Policy Commission.

(a) The primary responsibility of the commission is to develop, establish and implement policy that will achieve the goals and objectives found in section one-a, article one and article one- d of this chapter. The commission shall exercise its authority and carry out its responsibilities in a manner that is consistent and not in conflict with the powers and duties assigned by law to the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education and the powers and duties assigned to the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, respectively. To that end, the commission has the following powers and duties relating to the institutions under its jurisdiction:
(1) Develop, oversee and advance the public policy agenda pursuant to section one, article one-a of this chapter to address major challenges facing the state, including, but not limited to, the goals and objectives found in section one-a, article one and article one-d of this chapter and including specifically those goals and objectives pertaining to the compacts created pursuant to section two, article one-a seven, article one-d of this chapter and to develop and implement the master plan described in section nine of this article five, article one-d of this chapter for the purpose of accomplishing the mandates of this section;
(2) Develop, oversee and advance the implementation jointly with the Council of a financing policy rule for state institutions of higher education in West Virginia under its jurisdiction. The policy rule shall meet the following criteria:
(A) Provide for an adequate level of education educational and general funding for institutions pursuant to section five, article one-a of this chapter;
(B) Serve to maintain institutional assets, including, but not limited to, human and physical resources and deferred maintenance;
(C) Invest and provide incentives for achieving the priority goals in the public policy agenda, including, but not limited to, those found in section one-a, article one of this chapter; and
(D) Incorporate the plan for strategic funding to strengthen capacity for support of community and technical college education established by the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education pursuant to the provisions of section six, article two-b of this chapter; Establish standards for evaluating institutions' requests for tuition and fee increases, other than at the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University;
(3) In collaboration with the council, create a policy leadership structure capable of the following actions:
(A) Developing, building public consensus around and sustaining attention to a long-range public policy agenda. In developing the agenda, the commission and council shall seek input from the Legislature and the Governor and specifically from the State Board of Education and local school districts in order to create the necessary linkages to assure smooth, effective and seamless movement of students through the public education and post-secondary education systems and to ensure that the needs of public school courses and programs can be fulfilled by the graduates produced and the programs offered;
(B) Ensuring that the governing boards carry out their duty effectively to govern the individual institutions of higher education; and
(C) Holding the higher education institutions and the higher education systems as a whole accountable for accomplishing their missions and implementing the provisions of the compacts;
(4) Develop and adopt each institutional compact;
(5) Review and adopt the annual updates of the institutional compacts;
(6) Serve as the accountability point to:
(A) The Governor for implementation of the public policy agenda; and
(B) The Legislature by maintaining a close working relationship with the legislative leadership and the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability;
(7) Jointly with the council, promulgate legislative rules pursuant to article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to fulfill the purposes of section five, article one-a of this chapter;
(8) Establish and implement a peer group for each institution as described in section three, article one-a of this chapter;
(9) Establish and implement the benchmarks and performance indicators necessary to measure institutional achievement towards in achieving state policy priorities and institutional missions pursuant to section two, article one-a seven, article one-d of this chapter;
(10) Annually report to the Legislature and to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability during the January interim meetings meeting period on a date and at a time and location to be determined by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates. The report shall address at least the following:
(A) The performance of its system of higher education during the previous fiscal year, including, but not limited to, progress in meeting goals stated in the compacts and progress of the institutions and the higher education system as a whole in meeting the goals, and objectives, and priorities set forth in section one-a article one and article one-d of this chapter and contained in the commission's master plan and institutional compacts;
(B) An analysis of enrollment data collected pursuant to section one, article ten of this chapter and recommendations for any changes necessary to assure access to high-quality, high-demand education programs for West Virginia residents;
(C) (B) The commission's priorities established for new operating and capital investment investments needs pursuant to subdivision (11) of this subsection and the justification for such priority;
(D) (C) Recommendations of the commission for statutory changes needed necessary or expedient to further the achieve state goals and objectives; set forth in article one of this chapter
(11) Establish a formal process for identifying needs for capital investment capital investment needs and for determining priorities for these investments for consideration by the Governor and the Legislature as part of the appropriation request process pursuant to the provisions of article nineteen of this chapter. It is the responsibility of the Commission to assure a fair distribution of funds for capital projects between the Commission and the Council. To that end the Commission shall take the following steps:
(A) Receive the list of priorities developed by the Council for capital investment for the institutions under the Council's jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (b), section six, article two-b of this chapter;
(B) Place the ranked list of projects on the agenda for action within sixty days of the date on which the list was received;
(C) Select a minimum of three projects from the list submitted by the council to be included on the ranked list established by the Commission. At least one of the three projects selected must come from the top two priorities established by the Council;
(12) Maintain guidelines for institutions to follow concerning extensive capital project management except the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University are not subject to the provisions of this subdivision as it relates to the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University. The guidelines shall provide a process for developing capital projects, including, but not limited to, the notification by an institution to the Commission of any proposed capital project which has the potential to exceed one million dollars in cost. Such a project may not be pursued by an institution without the approval of the Commission. An institution may not participate directly or indirectly with any public or private entity in any capital project which has the potential to exceed one million dollars in cost;
(12) Develop standards for evaluating and evaluate governing board requests for capital project financing in accordance with the provisions of article nineteen of this chapter;
(13) Ensure that governing boards manage capital projects and facilities needs effectively, including the review and approval or disapproval of capital projects, in accordance with the provisions of article nineteen of this chapter;
(13) (14) Acquire legal services as are considered necessary, including representation of the commission, its institutions, employees and officers before any court or administrative body, notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary. The counsel may be employed either on a salaried basis or on a reasonable fee basis. In addition, the commission may, but is not required to, call upon the Attorney General for legal assistance and representation as provided by law;
(14) (15) Employ a Chancellor for Higher Education pursuant to section five of this article;
(15) (16) Employ other staff as necessary and appropriate to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the commission and the council, in accordance with the provisions of article four of this chapter;
(16) (17) Provide suitable offices in Charleston for the chancellor, vice chancellors and other staff;
(17) (18) Advise and consent in the appointment of the presidents of the institutions of higher education under its jurisdiction pursuant to section six of this article. The role of the commission in approving an institutional president is to assure through personal interview that the person selected understands and is committed to achieving the goals and objectives as set forth in the institutional compact and in section one-a, article one of this chapter;
(18) (19) Approve the total compensation package from all sources for presidents of institutions under its jurisdiction, as proposed by the governing boards. The governing boards must obtain approval from the commission of the total compensation package both when institutional presidents are employed initially and afterward when any change is made in the amount of the total compensation package;
(19) (20) Establish and implement the policy of the state to assure that parents and students have sufficient information at the earliest possible age on which to base academic decisions about what is required for students to be successful in college, other post-secondary education and careers related, as far as possible, to results from current assessment tools in use in West Virginia;
(20) (21) Approve and implement a uniform standard jointly with the council to determine which students shall be placed in remedial or developmental courses. The standard shall be aligned with college admission tests and assessment tools used in West Virginia and shall be applied uniformly by the governing boards throughout the public higher education system. The chancellors shall develop a clear, concise explanation of the standard which they shall communicate to the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools;
(21) Review and approve or disapprove capital projects as described in subdivision (11) of this subsection;
(22) Jointly with the council, develop and implement an oversight plan to manage systemwide technology such as the following:
(A) Expanding distance learning and technology networks to enhance teaching and learning, promote access to quality educational offerings with minimum duplication of effort; and
(B) Increasing the delivery of instruction to nontraditional students, to provide services to business and industry and increase the management capabilities of the higher education system.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this code to the contrary, the council, commission and state institutions of higher education are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Chief Technology Officer for any purpose;
(23) Establish and implement policies and procedures to ensure that students may transfer and apply toward the requirements for a bachelor's degree the maximum number of credits earned at any regionally accredited in-state or out-of-state community and technical college with as few requirements to repeat courses or to incur additional costs as is consistent with sound academic policy;
(24) Establish and implement policies and procedures to ensure that students may transfer and apply toward the requirements for a degree the maximum number of credits earned at any regionally accredited in-state or out-of-state higher education institution with as few requirements to repeat courses or to incur additional costs as is consistent with sound academic policy;
(25) Establish and implement policies and procedures to ensure that students may transfer and apply toward the requirements for a master's degree the maximum number of credits earned at any regionally accredited in-state or out-of-state higher education institution with as few requirements to repeat courses or to incur additional costs as is consistent with sound academic policy;
(26) Establish and implement policies and programs, in cooperation with the council and the institutions of higher education, through which students who have gained knowledge and skills through employment, participation in education and training at vocational schools or other education institutions, or internet-based education programs, may demonstrate by competency-based assessment that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to be granted academic credit or advanced placement standing toward the requirements of an associate associate's degree or a bachelor's degree at a state institution of higher education;
(27) Seek out and attend regional, national and international meetings and forums on education and workforce development-related topics, as in the commission's discretion is critical for the performance of their duties as members, for the purpose of keeping abreast of education trends and policies to aid it in developing the policies for this state to meet the established education goals and objectives pursuant to section one-a, article one and article one-d of this chapter;
(28) Develop, establish and implement a rule for higher education governing boards and institutions to follow when considering capital projects pursuant to the provisions of article nineteen of this chapter. The guidelines shall assure that the governing boards and institutions do not approve or promote capital projects involving private sector businesses which would have the effect of reducing property taxes on existing properties or avoiding, in whole or in part, the full amount of taxes which would be due on newly developed or future properties;
(29) Consider and submit to the appropriate agencies of the executive and legislative branches of state government a budget an appropriation request that reflects recommended appropriations from for the Commission and the institutions under its jurisdiction. The commission shall submit as part of its budget proposal appropriation request the separate recommended appropriations it appropriation request received from the council, both for the council and the institutions under the council's jurisdiction. The commission annually shall submit the proposed institutional allocations based on each institution's progress toward meeting the goals of its institutional compact;
(30) The commission has the authority to assess institutions under its jurisdiction, including the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University, for the payment of expenses of the commission or for the funding of statewide higher education services, obligations or initiatives related to the goals set forth for the provision of public higher education in the state;
(31) Promulgate rules allocating reimbursement of appropriations, if made available by the Legislature, to institutions of higher education for qualifying noncapital expenditures incurred in the provision of services to students with physical, learning or severe sensory disabilities;
(32) Make appointments to boards and commissions where this code requires appointments from the State College System Board of Directors or the University of West Virginia System Board of Trustees which were abolished effective June 30, 2000, except in those cases where the required appointment has a specific and direct connection to the provision of community and technical college education, the appointment shall be made by the council. Notwithstanding any provisions of this code to the contrary, the commission or the council may appoint one of its own members or any other citizen of the state as its designee. The commission and council shall appoint the total number of persons in the aggregate required to be appointed by these previous governing boards;
(33) Pursuant to the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code and section six, article one of this chapter, promulgate rules as necessary or expedient to fulfill the purposes of this chapter. The commission and the council shall promulgate a uniform joint legislative rule for the purpose of standardizing, as much as possible, the administration of personnel matters among the state institutions of higher education;
(34) Determine when a joint rule among the governing boards of the institutions under its jurisdiction is necessary or required by law and, in those instances, in consultation with the governing boards of all the institutions under its jurisdiction, promulgate the joint rule;
(35) In consultation with the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, Implement a policy rule jointly with the council whereby course credit earned at a community and technical college transfers for program credit at any other state institution of higher education and is not limited to fulfilling a general education requirement;
(36) Promulgate a joint rule with the Council establishing tuition and fee policy for all institutions of higher education, other than state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University which are subject to the provisions of section one, article ten of this chapter. The rule shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(A) Comparisons with peer institutions;
(B) Differences among institutional missions;
(C) Strategies for promoting student access;
(D) Consideration of charges to out-of-state students; and
(E) Such other policies as the Commission and Council consider appropriate;
(37) (36) Implement general disease awareness initiatives to educate parents and students, particularly dormitory residents, about meningococcal meningitis; the potentially life-threatening dangers of contracting the infection; behaviors and activities that can increase risks; measures that can be taken to prevent contact or infection; and potential benefits of vaccination. The commission shall encourage institutions that provide medical care to students to provide access to the vaccine for those who wish to receive it; and
(38) (37) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of any real property which it may own that it owns, in accordance with the provisions of article nineteen of this chapter. either by contract or at public auction, and to retain the proceeds of any such sale or lease: Provided, That:
(A) The Commission may not sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of any real property without first:
(i) Providing notice to the public in the county in which the real property is located by a Class II legal advertisement pursuant to section two, article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code;
(ii) Holding a public hearing on the issue in the county in which the real property is located; and
(iii) Providing notice to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance; and
(B) Any proceeds from the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposal of real property that is used jointly by institutions or for statewide programs under the jurisdiction of the Commission or the Council shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund of the state.
(b) In addition to the powers and duties listed in subsection (a) of this section, the commission has the following general powers and duties related to its role in developing, articulating and overseeing the implementation of the public policy agenda:
(1) Planning and policy leadership, including a distinct and visible role in setting the state's policy agenda and in serving as an agent of change;
(2) Policy analysis and research focused on issues affecting the system as a whole or a geographical region thereof;
(3) Development and implementation of institutional mission definitions, including use of incentive funds to influence institutional behavior in ways that are consistent with public priorities;
(4) Academic program review and approval for institutions under its jurisdiction, including the use of institutional missions as a template to judge the appropriateness of both new and existing programs and the authority to implement needed changes. The commission's authority to review and approve academic programs for either the state institution of higher education known as Marshall University or West Virginia University is limited to programs that are proposed to be offered at a new location not presently served by that institution;
(5) Distribution of funds appropriated to the commission, including incentive and performance-based funding;
(6) Administration of state and federal student aid programs under the supervision of the Vice Chancellor for Administration, including promulgation of any rules necessary to administer those programs;
(7) Serving as the agent to receive and disburse public funds when a governmental entity requires designation of a statewide higher education agency for this purpose;
(8) Development, establishment and implementation of information, assessment and accountability systems, including maintenance of statewide data systems that facilitate long-term planning and accurate measurement of strategic outcomes and performance indicators;
(9) Jointly with the council, developing, establishing and implementing policies rules for licensing and oversight for both public and private degree-granting and nondegree-granting institutions that provide post-secondary education courses or programs in the state pursuant to the findings and policy recommendations required by section eleven of this article;
(10) Development, implementation and oversight of statewide and regionwide regional projects and initiatives related to providing post-secondary education at the baccalaureate level and above such as those using funds from federal categorical programs or those using incentive and performance-based funding from any source; and
(11) Quality assurance that intersects with all other duties of the commission particularly in the areas of research, data collection and analysis, planning, policy analysis, program review and approval, budgeting and information and accountability systems.
(c) In addition to the powers and duties provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and any other powers and duties as may be assigned to it by law, the commission has such other powers and duties as may be necessary or expedient to accomplish the purposes of this article.
(d) The commission is authorized to withdraw specific powers of any governing board of an institution under its jurisdiction for a period not to exceed two years, if the commission makes a determination that:
(1) The governing board has failed for two consecutive years to develop or implement an institutional compact as required in article one one-d of this chapter;
(2) The commission has received information, substantiated by independent audit, of significant mismanagement or failure to carry out the powers and duties of the board of governors according to state law; or
(3) Other circumstances which, in the view of the commission, severely limit the capacity of the board of governors to carry out its duties and responsibilities.
The period of withdrawal of specific powers may not exceed two years during which time the commission is authorized to take steps necessary to reestablish the conditions for restoration of sound, stable and responsible institutional governance.
ARTICLE 2A. INSTITUTIONAL BOARDS OF GOVERNORS.
§18B-2A-4. Powers and duties of governing boards generally.

Each governing board separately has the following powers and duties:
(a) Determine, control, supervise and manage the financial, business and education policies and affairs of the state institution of higher education under its jurisdiction;
(b) Develop a master plan for the institution under its jurisdiction.
(1) The ultimate responsibility for developing and updating the master plans at the institutional level resides with the board of governors, but the ultimate responsibility for approving the final version of the institutional master plans, including periodic updates, resides with the commission or council, as appropriate.
(2) Each institutional master plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(A) A detailed demonstration of how the institutional master plan will be used to meet the goals and objectives of the institutional compact;
(B) A well-developed set of goals outlining missions, degree offerings, resource requirements, physical plant needs, personnel needs, enrollment levels and other planning determinates and projections necessary in a plan to assure that the needs of the institution's area of responsibility for a quality system of higher education are addressed;
(C) Document the involvement of the commission or council, as appropriate, institutional constituency groups, clientele of the institution and the general public in the development of all segments of the institutional master plan.
(3) The plan shall be established for periods of not less than three nor more than five years and shall be revised periodically as necessary, including the addition or deletion of degree programs as, in the discretion of the appropriate governing board, are necessary;
(c) Develop a ten-year campus development plan in accordance with article nineteen of this chapter;
(c) (d) Prescribe for the institution, in accordance with its master plan and compact, specific functions and responsibilities to achieve the goals, objectives and priorities established in articles one and one-d of this chapter to meet the higher education needs of its area of responsibility and to avoid unnecessary duplication;
(d) (e) Direct the preparation of a budget an appropriation request for the institution under its jurisdiction, which relates directly to missions, goals and projections as found in the institutional master plan and the institutional compact;
(e) (f) Consider, revise and submit to the commission or council, as appropriate, a budget an appropriation request on behalf of the institution under its jurisdiction;
(f) (g) Review, at least every five years, all academic programs offered at the institution under its jurisdiction. The review shall address the viability, adequacy and necessity of the programs in relation to established state goals, objectives and priorities, the institutional master plan, the institutional compact and the education and workforce needs of its responsibility district. As a part of the review, each governing board shall require the institution under its jurisdiction to conduct periodic studies of its graduates and their employers to determine placement patterns and the effectiveness of the education experience. Where appropriate, these studies should coincide with the studies required of many academic disciplines by their accrediting bodies;
(g) (h) Ensure that the sequence and availability of academic programs and courses offered by the institution under its jurisdiction is such that students have the maximum opportunity to complete programs in the time frame normally associated with program completion. Each governing board is responsible to see that the needs of nontraditional college-age students are appropriately addressed and, to the extent it is possible for the individual governing board to control, to assure core course work completed at the institution under its jurisdiction is transferable to any other state institution of higher education for credit with the grade earned;
(h) (i) Subject to the provisions of article one-b of this chapter, approve the teacher education programs offered in the institution under its control. In order to permit graduates of teacher education programs to receive a degree from a nationally accredited program and in order to prevent expensive duplication of program accreditation, the commission may select and use one nationally recognized teacher education program accreditation standard as the appropriate standard for program evaluation;
(i) (j) Use Involve faculty, students and classified employees in institutional-level planning and decision-making when those groups are affected;
(j) (k) Subject to the provisions of federal law and pursuant to the provisions of article articles seven, eight and nine of this chapter and to rules adopted by the commission and the council, administer a system for the management of personnel matters, including, but not limited to, personnel classification, compensation and discipline for employees at the institution under its jurisdiction;
(k) (l) Administer a system for hearing employee grievances and appeals. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the procedure established in article two, chapter six-c of this code is the exclusive mechanism for hearing prospective employee grievances and appeals;
(l) (m) Solicit and use or expend voluntary support, including financial contributions and support services, for the institution under its jurisdiction;
(m) (n) Appoint a president for the institution under its jurisdiction subject to the provisions of section six, article one-b of this chapter;
(n) (o) Conduct written performance evaluations of the president pursuant to section six, article one-b of this chapter;
(o) (p) Employ all faculty and staff at the institution under its jurisdiction. The employees operate under the supervision of the president, but are employees of the governing board;
(p) (q) Submit to the commission or council, as appropriate, no later than the first day of November of each year an annual report of the performance of the institution under its jurisdiction during the previous fiscal year as compared to established state goals, objectives, and priorities, and goals stated in its master plan and institutional compact; any data or reports requested by the commission or council, as appropriate, within the timeframe set by the commission or council;
(q) (r) Enter into contracts or consortium agreements with the public schools, private schools or private industry to provide technical, vocational, college preparatory, remedial and customized training courses at locations either on campuses of the public state institution of higher education or at off-campus locations in the institution's responsibility district. To accomplish this goal, the boards may share resources among the various groups in the community;
(r) (s) Provide and transfer funding and property to certain corporations pursuant to section ten, article twelve of this chapter;
(s) (t) Delegate, with prescribed standards and limitations, the part of its power and control over the business affairs of the institution to the president in any case where it considers the delegation necessary and prudent in order to enable the institution to function in a proper and expeditious manner and to meet the requirements of its master plan and institutional compact. If a governing board elects to delegate any of its power and control under the provisions of this subsection, it shall enter the delegation in the minutes of the meeting when the decision was made and shall notify the commission or council, as appropriate. Any delegation of power and control may be rescinded by the appropriate governing board, the commission or council, as appropriate, at any time, in whole or in part, except that the commission may not revoke delegations of authority made by the governing boards of Marshall University or West Virginia University as they relate to the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University;
(t) (u) Unless changed by the commission or the council, as appropriate, continue to abide by existing rules setting forth standards for acceptance of advanced placement credit for the institution under its jurisdiction. Individual departments at a state institution of higher education may, upon approval of the institutional faculty senate, require higher scores on the advanced placement test than scores designated by the governing board when the credit is to be used toward meeting a requirement of the core curriculum for a major in that department;
(u) (v) Consult, cooperate and work with the State Treasurer and the State Auditor to update as necessary and maintain an efficient and cost-effective system for the financial management and expenditure of special appropriated and non-appropriated revenue and appropriated state funds at the institution under its jurisdiction that ensures that properly submitted requests for payment be paid on or before the due date but, in any event, within fifteen days of receipt in the State Auditor's office;
(v) (w) In consultation with the appropriate chancellor and the Secretary of the Department of Administration Revenue, develop, update as necessary and maintain a plan to administer a consistent method of conducting personnel transactions, including, but not limited to, hiring, dismissal, promotions and transfers at the institution under its jurisdiction. Each personnel transaction shall be accompanied by the appropriate standardized system or forms, which shall be submitted to the respective governing board and the Department of Finance and Administration Revenue;
(w) (x) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, transfer funds from any account specifically appropriated for its use to any corresponding line item in a general revenue account at any agency or institution under its jurisdiction as long as such transferred funds are used for the purposes appropriated;
(x) (y) Transfer funds from appropriated special revenue accounts for capital improvements under its jurisdiction to special revenue accounts at agencies or institutions under its jurisdiction as long as such transferred funds are used for the purposes appropriated in accordance with the provisions of article nineteen of this chapter;
(y) (z) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, acquire legal services that are necessary, including representation of the governing board, its institution, employees and officers before any court or administrative body. The counsel may be employed either on a salaried basis or on a reasonable fee basis. In addition, the governing board may, but is not required to, call upon the Attorney General for legal assistance and representation as provided by law; and
(z) (aa) Contract and pay for disability insurance for a class or classes of employees at a state institution of higher education under its jurisdiction.
ARTICLE 2B. WEST VIRGINIA COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE EDUCATION.

§18B-2B-6. Powers and duties of the council.
(a) The council is the sole agency responsible for administration of vocational-technical-occupational education and community and technical college education in the state. The council has jurisdiction and authority over the community and technical colleges and the statewide network of independently accredited community and technical colleges as a whole, including community and technical college education programs as defined in section two, article one of this chapter.
(b) The council shall propose rules pursuant to section six, article one of this chapter and article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this section and applicable provisions of article one-d of this chapter. (1) To implement the provisions of article one-d of this chapter relevant to community and technical colleges, the council may propose rules jointly with the commission or separately and may choose to address all components of the accountability system in a single rule or may propose additional rules to cover specific components.
(2) The rules pertaining to financing policy and benchmarks and indicators required by this section shall be filed with the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability by the first day of October, two thousand eight. Nothing in this subsection requires other rules of the council to be promulgated again under the procedure set forth in article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code unless such rules are rescinded, revised, altered or amended. and
(3) The Legislature finds that an emergency exists and, therefore, the council shall propose an emergency rule or rules to implement the provisions of this section relating to the financing policy and benchmarks and indicators in accordance with section six, article one of this chapter and article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code by the first day of October, two thousand eight. The emergency rule or rules may not be implemented without prior approval of the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability.
(c) The council has the following powers and duties relating to the authority established in subsection (a) of this section:
(1) Develop, oversee and advance the public policy agenda for community and technical college education for the purpose of accomplishing the mandates of this section, including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) Achieving the goals and objectives established in articles one and one-d of this chapter;
(B) Addressing the goals and objectives contained in the institutional compacts created pursuant to section seven, article one-d of this chapter; and
(C) Developing and implementing the master plan described in section five, article one-d of this chapter;
(2) Propose a legislative rule pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to develop and implement a financing policy for community and technical college education in West Virginia. The rule shall meet the following criteria:
(A) Provide for an adequate level of education educational and general funding for institutions pursuant to section five, article one-a of this chapter;
(B) Serve to maintain institutional assets, including, but not limited to, human and physical resources and deferred maintenance;
(C) Establish a plan for strategic funding to strengthen capacity for support of community and technical college education; and
(D) Establish a plan that measures progress and provides performance-based funding to institutions which make significant progress in the following specific areas:
(i) Achieving the objectives and priorities established in article one-d of this chapter;
(ii) Serving targeted populations, especially working age adults twenty-five years of age and over;
(iii) Providing access to high cost, high demand technical programs in every region of the state;
(iv) Increasing the percentage of functionally literate adults in every region of the state; and
(v) Providing high quality community and technical college education services to residents of every region of the state; and
(E) Establish standards for evaluating institutions' requests for tuition and fee increases;
(3) Create a policy leadership structure relating to community and technical college education capable of the following actions:
(A) Developing, building public consensus around and sustaining attention to a long-range public policy agenda. In developing the agenda, the council shall seek input from the Legislature and the Governor and specifically from the State Board of Education and local school districts in order to create the necessary linkages to assure smooth, effective and seamless movement of students through the public education and post-secondary education systems and to ensure that the needs of public school courses and programs can be fulfilled by the graduates produced and the programs offered;
(B) Ensuring that the governing boards of the institutions under the council's jurisdiction carry out their duty effectively to govern the individual institutions of higher education; and
(C) Holding each community and technical college and the statewide network of independently accredited community and technical colleges as a whole accountable for accomplishing their missions and achieving the goals and objectives established in articles one, one-d, and three-c of this chapter;
(4) Develop for inclusion in the statewide public agenda, a plan for raising education attainment, increasing adult literacy, promoting workforce and economic development and ensuring access to advanced education for the citizens of West Virginia;
(5) Provide statewide leadership, coordination, support and technical assistance to the community and technical colleges and to provide a focal point for visible and effective advocacy for their work and for the public policy agendas approved by the commission and council.
(6) Review and adopt annually all institutional compacts for the community and technical colleges pursuant to the provisions of section seven, article one-d of this chapter;
(7) Fulfill the mandates of the accountability system established in article one-d of this chapter and report on progress in meeting established goals, objectives and priorities to the elected leadership of the state;
(8) Propose a legislative rule pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to establish benchmarks and indicators in accordance with the provisions of this subsection;
(9) Establish and implement the benchmarks and performance indicators necessary to measure institutional progress:
(A) In meeting state goals, objectives and priorities established in articles one and one-d of this chapter;
(B) In carrying out institutional missions; and
(C) In meeting the essential conditions established in article three-c of this chapter;
(10) Collect and analyze data relating to the performance of community and technical colleges in every region of West Virginia and report periodically or as directed to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability on the progress in meeting the goals and objectives established in articles one and one-d of this chapter.
Additionally, the council shall report annually during the January interim meetings meeting period on a date and at a time and location to be determined by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates.
The annual report shall address at least the following:
(A) The performance of the community and technical college network during the previous fiscal year, including, but not limited to, progress in meeting goals stated in the compacts and progress of the institutions and the network as a whole in meeting the goals, and objectives and priorities established in articles one and one-d of this chapter and contained in the council's master plan and institution compacts;
(B) The priorities established for capital investment needs pursuant to subdivision (11) of this subsection of the council for new operating and capital investments and the justification for such priority; and
(C) Recommendations of the council for statutory changes necessary or expedient to achieve established state goals and objectives;
(11) In accordance with the provisions of article nineteen of this chapter:
(11) (A) Establish a formal process for identifying needs for capital investments and for determining priorities for these investments needs for consideration by the Governor and the Legislature as part of the appropriation request process;
(B) Ensure that the governing boards adhere to the capital construction and maintenance provisions of article nineteen of this chapter; and
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of any real property that it owns;
Notwithstanding the language in subdivision eleven, subsection a, section four, article one-b of this chapter, the Commission is not a part of the process for identifying needs for capital investments for the statewide network of independently accredited community and technical colleges.
(12) Draw upon the expertise available within the Governor's Workforce Investment Office and the West Virginia Development Office as a resource in the area of workforce development and training;
(13) Acquire legal services that are considered necessary, including representation of the council, its institutions, employees and officers before any court or administrative body, notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary. The counsel may be employed either on a salaried basis or on a reasonable fee basis. In addition, the council may, but is not required to, call upon the Attorney General for legal assistance and representation as provided by law;
(14) Employ a chancellor for community and technical college education pursuant to section three of this article;
(15) Employ other staff as necessary and appropriate to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the council consistent with the provisions of section two, article four of this chapter;
(16) Employ other staff as necessary and appropriate to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the council who are employed solely by the council;
(17) Provide suitable offices in Charleston for the chancellor and other staff;
(18) Approve the total compensation package from all sources for presidents of community and technical colleges, as proposed by the governing boards. The governing boards must obtain approval from the council of the total compensation package both when presidents are employed initially and subsequently when any change is made in the amount of the total compensation package;
(19) Establish and implement policies and procedures to ensure that students may transfer and apply toward the requirements for a degree the maximum number of credits earned at any regionally accredited in-state or out-of-state higher education institution with as few requirements to repeat courses or to incur additional costs as is consistent with sound academic policy;
(20) Establish and implement policies and programs, jointly with the community and technical colleges, through which students who have gained knowledge and skills through employment, participation in education and training at vocational schools or other education institutions, or internet-based education programs, may demonstrate by competency-based assessment that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to be granted academic credit or advanced placement standing toward the requirements of an associate associate's degree or a bachelor's degree at a state institution of higher education;
(21) Seek out and attend regional and national meetings and forums on education and workforce development-related topics, as council members consider critical for the performance of their duties. The council shall keep abreast of national and regional community and technical college education trends and policies to aid members in developing the policies for this state that meet the education goals and objectives established in articles one and one-d of this chapter;
(22) Assess community and technical colleges for the payment of expenses of the council or for the funding of statewide services, obligations or initiatives related specifically to the provision of community and technical college education;
(23) Promulgate rules allocating reimbursement of appropriations, if made available by the Legislature, to community and technical colleges for qualifying noncapital expenditures incurred in the provision of services to students with physical, learning or severe sensory disabilities;
(24) Assume the prior authority of the commission in examining and approving tuition and fee increase proposals submitted by community and technical college governing boards as provided in section one, article ten of this chapter.
(25) Develop and submit to the commission, a single budget appropriation request for community and technical college education that reflects recommended appropriations for community and technical colleges and that meets the following conditions:
(A) Incorporates the provisions of the financing rule mandated by this section to measure and provide performance funding to institutions which that achieve or make significant progress toward achieving established state goals, objectives and priorities;
(B) Considers the progress of each institution toward meeting the essential conditions set forth in section three, article three-c of this chapter, including independent accreditation; and
(C) Considers the progress of each institution toward meeting the goals, objectives, and priorities established in article one-d of this chapter and its approved institutional compact.
(26) Administer and distribute the independently accredited community and technical college development account;
(27) Establish a plan of strategic funding to strengthen capacity for support and assure delivery of high quality community and technical college education in all regions of the state;
(28) Foster coordination among all state-level, regional and local entities providing post-secondary vocational education or workforce development and coordinate all public institutions and entities that have a community and technical college mission;
(29) Assume the principal responsibility for oversight of those community and technical colleges seeking independent accreditation and for holding governing boards accountable for meeting the essential conditions pursuant to article three-c of this chapter;
(30) Advise and consent in the appointment of the presidents of the community and technical colleges pursuant to section six, article one-b of this chapter. The role of the council in approving a president is to assure through personal interview that the person selected understands and is committed to achieving the goals and objectives established in the institutional compact and in articles one, one-d, and three-c of this chapter;
(31) Provide a single, statewide link for current and prospective employers whose needs extend beyond one locality;
(32) Provide a mechanism capable of serving two or more institutions to facilitate joint problem-solving in areas including, but not limited to the following:
(A) Defining faculty roles and personnel policies;
(B) Delivering high-cost technical education programs across the state;
(C) Providing one-stop service for workforce training to be delivered by multiple institutions; and
(D) Providing opportunities for resource-sharing and collaborative ventures;
(33) Provide support and technical assistance to develop, coordinate and deliver effective and efficient community and technical college education programs and services in all regions of the state;
(34) Assist the community and technical colleges in establishing and promoting links with business, industry and labor in the geographic areas for which each community and technical college is responsible;
(35) Develop alliances among the community and technical colleges for resource sharing, joint development of courses and courseware, and sharing of expertise and staff development;
(36) Serve aggressively as an advocate for development of a seamless curriculum;
(37) Cooperate with all providers of education services in the state to remove barriers relating to a seamless system of public and higher education and to transfer and articulation between and among community and technical colleges, state colleges and universities and public education, preschool through grade twelve;
(38) Encourage the most efficient use of available resources;
(39) Coordinate with the commission in informing public school students, their parents and teachers of the academic preparation that students need in order to be prepared adequately to succeed in their selected fields of study and career plans, including presentation of academic career fairs;
(40) Jointly with the commission, approve and implement a uniform standard, as developed by the chancellors, to determine which students shall be placed in remedial or developmental courses. The standard shall be aligned with college admission tests and assessment tools used in West Virginia and shall be applied uniformly by the governing boards throughout the public higher education system. The chancellors shall develop a clear, concise explanation of the standard which the governing boards shall communicate to the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools;
(41) Develop and implement strategies and curriculum for providing developmental education which shall be applied by any state institution of higher education providing developmental education.
(42) Develop a statewide system of community and technical college programs and services in every region of West Virginia for competency-based certification of knowledge and skills, including a statewide competency-based associate degree program;
(43) Review and approve all institutional master plans for the community and technical colleges pursuant to section four, article two-a of this chapter;
(44) Propose rules for promulgation pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code that are necessary or expedient for the effective and efficient performance of community and technical colleges in the state;
(45) In its sole discretion, transfer any rule under its jurisdiction, other than a legislative rule, to the jurisdiction of the governing boards, who which may rescind, revise, alter or amend any rule transferred pursuant to rules adopted by the council, and provide technical assistance to the institutions under its jurisdiction to aid them in promulgating rules;
(46) Develop for inclusion in the higher education report card, as defined in section eight, article one-d of this chapter, a separate section on community and technical colleges. This section shall include, but is not limited to, evaluation of the institutions based upon the benchmarks and indicators developed in subdivision (9) of this subsection;
(47) Facilitate continuation of the Advantage Valley Community College Network under the leadership and direction of Marshall Community and Technical College;
(48) Initiate and facilitate creation of other regional networks of affiliated community and technical colleges that the council finds to be appropriate and in the best interests of the citizens to be served;
(49) Develop with the State Board of Education plans for secondary and post-secondary vocational-technical-occupational and adult basic education, including, but not limited to the following:
(A) Policies to strengthen vocational-technical-occupational and adult basic education; and
(B) Programs and methods to assist in the improvement, modernization and expanded delivery of vocational- technical-occupational and adult basic education programs;
(50) Distribute federal vocational education funding provided under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, PL 105-332, with an emphasis on distributing financial assistance among secondary and post-secondary vocational- technical-occupational and adult basic education programs to help meet the public policy agenda.
In distributing funds the council shall use the following guidelines:
(A) The State Board of Education shall continue to be the fiscal agent for federal vocational education funding;
(B) The percentage split between the State Board of Education and the council shall be determined by rule promulgated by the Council under the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code; The Council shall first obtain the approval of the State Board of Education before proposing a rule;
(51) Collaborate, cooperate and interact with all secondary and post-secondary vocational-technical-occupational and adult basic education programs in the state, including the programs assisted under the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, PL 105-332, and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, to promote the development of seamless curriculum and the elimination of duplicative programs;
(52) Coordinate the delivery of vocational-technical occupational and adult basic education in a manner designed to make the most effective use of available public funds to increase accessibility for students;
(53) Analyze and report to the State Board of Education on the distribution of spending for vocational-technical-occupational and adult basic education in the state and on the availability of vocational-technical-occupational and adult basic education activities and services within the state;
(54) Promote the delivery of vocational-technical-occupational education, adult basic education and community and technical college education programs in the state which that emphasize the involvement of business, industry and labor organizations;
(55) Promote public participation in the provision of vocational-technical-occupational education, adult basic education and community and technical education at the local level, emphasizing programs which involve the participation of local employers and labor organizations;
(56) Promote equal access to quality vocational-technical- occupational education, adult basic education and community and technical college education programs to handicapped and disadvantaged individuals, adults in need of training and retraining, single parents, homemakers, participants in programs designed to eliminate sexual bias and stereotyping and criminal offenders serving in correctional institutions;
(57) Meet annually between the months of October and December with the Advisory Committee of Community and Technical College Presidents created pursuant to section eight of this article to discuss those matters relating to community and technical college education in which advisory committee members or the council may have an interest;
(58) Accept and expend any gift, grant, contribution, bequest, endowment or other money for the purposes of this article;
(59) Assume the powers set out in section nine of this article. The rules previously promulgated by the State College System Board of Directors pursuant to that section and transferred to the commission are hereby transferred to the council and shall continue in effect until rescinded, revised, altered or amended by the council;
(60) Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section and article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, promulgate a uniform joint legislative rule with the commission for the purpose of standardizing, as much as possible, the administration of personnel matters among the institutions of higher education;
(61) Determine when a joint rule among the governing boards of the community and technical colleges is necessary or required by law and, in those instances and in consultation with the governing boards, promulgate the joint rule;
(62) Promulgate a joint rule with the Commission establishing tuition and fee policy for all institutions of higher education. The rule shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(A) Comparisons with peer institutions;
(B) Differences among institutional missions;
(C) Strategies for promoting student access;
(D) Consideration of charges to out-of-state students; and
(E) Any other policies the Commission and Council consider appropriate;
(63) (62) In cooperation with the West Virginia Division of Highways, study a method for increasing the signage signifying community and technical college locations along the state interstate highways, and report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability regarding any recommendations and required costs; and
(64) (63) Implement a policy rule jointly with the commission whereby any course credit earned at a community and technical college transfers for program credit at any other state institution of higher education and is not limited to fulfilling a general education requirement.
(d) In addition to the powers and duties listed in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section, the council has the following general powers and duties related to its role in developing, articulating and overseeing the implementation of the public policy agenda for community and technical colleges:
(1) Planning and policy leadership including a distinct and visible role in setting the state's policy agenda for the delivery of community and technical college education and in serving as an agent of change;
(2) Policy analysis and research focused on issues affecting the community and technical college network as a whole or a geographical region thereof;
(3) Development and implementation of each community and technical college mission definition including use of incentive and performance funds to influence institutional behavior in ways that are consistent with achieving established state goals, objectives and priorities;
(4) Academic program review and approval for the institutions under its jurisdiction, including the use of institutional missions as a template to judge the appropriateness of both new and existing programs and the authority to implement needed changes;
(5) Development of budget and allocation of resources for institutions delivering community and technical college education, including reviewing and approving institutional operating and capital budgets and distributing incentive and performance-based funding;
(6) Acting as the agent to receive and disburse public funds related to community and technical college education when a governmental entity requires designation of a statewide higher education agency for this purpose;
(7) Development, establishment and implementation of information, assessment and internal accountability systems, including maintenance of statewide data systems that facilitate long-term planning and accurate measurement of strategic outcomes and performance indicators for community and technical colleges;
(8) Jointly with the commission, development, establishment and implementation of policies for licensing and oversight of both public and private degree-granting and nondegree-granting institutions that provide post-secondary education courses or programs;
(9) Development, implementation and oversight of statewide and regionwide regional projects and initiatives related specifically to providing community and technical college education such as those using funds from federal categorical programs or those using incentive and performance-based funding from any source; and
(10) Quality assurance that intersects with all other duties of the council particularly in the areas of planning, policy analysis, program review and approval, budgeting and information and accountability systems.
(e) The council may withdraw specific powers of a governing board under its jurisdiction for a period not to exceed two years if the council makes a determination that any of the following conditions exist:
(1) The governing board has failed for two consecutive years to develop an institutional compact as required in section seven, article one-d of this chapter;
(2) The council has received information, substantiated by independent audit, of significant mismanagement or failure to carry out the powers and duties of the board of governors according to state law; or
(3) Other circumstances which, in the view of the council, severely limit the capacity of the board of governors to carry out its duties and responsibilities.
The period of withdrawal of specific powers may not exceed two years during which time the council is authorized to take steps necessary to reestablish the conditions for restoration of sound, stable and responsible institutional governance.
(f) In addition to the powers and duties provided for in subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this section and any others assigned to it by law, the council has those powers and duties necessary or expedient to accomplish the purposes of this article. and
(g) When the Council and commission and council, each, is required to consent, cooperate, collaborate or provide input into the actions of the other the following conditions apply:
(1) The body acting first shall convey its decision in the matter to the other body with a request for concurrence in the action;
(2) The commission or the council, as the receiving body, shall place the proposal on its agenda and shall take final action within sixty days of the date when the request for concurrence is received; and
(3) If the receiving body fails to take final action within sixty days, the original proposal stands and is binding on both the commission and the council.
ARTICLE 4. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
§18B-4-6. Acquisition operation and regulation of parking areas and facilities at state institutions of higher education; regulation of parking, speed flow of traffic on campus roads and driveways; civil and criminal penalties; disposition of revenue.

(a) The governing boards are hereby authorized to construct, maintain and operate automobile parking facilities or areas upon any premises owned or leased at any state institution of higher education under their jurisdiction for use by students, faculty, staff and visitors. The governing boards may charge fees for use of the parking facilities or areas under their control. All moneys collected for the use of the parking facilities or areas shall be paid to the credit of the state institution of higher education at which the fees were charged into a special fund in the State Treasury. The moneys in the fund are used first to pay the cost of maintaining and operating the parking facilities or areas.
Any excess not needed for this purpose may be used for the acquisition of property by lease or purchase and the construction thereon of additional parking facilities or areas. Any money in the fund not needed immediately for the acquisition, construction, maintenance or operation of the parking facilities or areas may be temporarily invested by the governing boards with the West Virginia Investment Management Board to the credit of the institution by which the fees were charged.
(b) (a) Notwithstanding any other motor vehicle or traffic law or regulation to the contrary, a governing board may regulate and control at any state institution under its jurisdiction the speed, flow and parking of vehicles on campus roads, driveways and parking facilities or areas.
(1) Rules for this purpose shall be promulgated by the governing boards in the manner prescribed in section six, article one of this chapter; and
(2) When so promulgated, the rules have the force and effect of law.
(3) The governing board shall post in a conspicuous location in each parking facility or area, a summary of the rules governing the use of the facility or area including, but not limited to, the availability of temporary parking permits and where these permits may be obtained and the penalties which may be imposed for violations of the rules.
(4) The governing board shall post in a conspicuous location along each campus road and driveway notice signs pertaining to the speed of vehicles, spaces available for parking, directional flow of traffic and penalties which may be imposed for violations of the rules.
(c) (b) Any person parking or operating a vehicle in violation of the rules shall be issued a citation:
(1) Describing the offense charged;
(2) Ordering an appearance:
(A) Within ten days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays observed by the state institution, before a designated official of the institution;
(B) Before a magistrate located in the county if the person cited fails to appear within the ten days; or
(C) Before the judge of the municipal court, if the state institution is located within a municipality having such an official and the person cited fails to appear within the ten days.
(d) (c) The designated official of the state institution has exclusive jurisdiction of the offense during the ten-day period until the citations are forwarded to a magistrate. For the state institutions of higher education under the jurisdiction of the governing board of Marshall University and for the state institution of higher education known as West Virginia University only, the designated official of the institution has exclusive jurisdiction of the offense for thirty days following the violation. After thirty days the official forwards the citation to a magistrate. Any person so cited may plead no contest to the offense and, by so pleading, is subject to a civil penalty to be determined uniformly by the designated official and commensurate with the severity of the offense. For the state institutions under the jurisdiction of the governing board of Marshall University and for the state institution of higher education known as West Virginia University only, the amount imposed may not exceed $20. For all other institutions the amount may not exceed $10, for each offense as partial reimbursement to the state institution of higher education for the cost of regulating traffic and parking. In the case of the state institutions under the jurisdiction of the governing board of Marshall University and in the case of the state institution of higher education known as West Virginia University only, the designated official shall determine the penalty uniformly, commensurate with the severity of the offense, and may apply academic restrictions in lieu of requiring a student to appear in court and receive penalties otherwise provided in this section. Moneys derived from civil penalties imposed herein shall be deposited in the special fund in the state treasury created by this section and credited to the state institution to which the penalty was paid institution's auxiliary and auxiliary capital fees fund.
(e) (d) Upon expiration of the ten-day or thirty-day period, as applicable, or upon a pleading of not guilty before the designated official of the state institution within the applicable period, the magistrate or judge of the municipal court has jurisdiction of the offense. Any person cited under the provisions of this section, upon a finding of guilty by the magistrate or municipal judge, is subject to a fine for each offense by the state institutions under the jurisdiction of the governing board of Marshall University and for the state institution of higher education known as West Virginia University only, of up to $40, and at all other state institutions not less than $10 nor more than $20, the amount to be commensurate with the severity of the offense.
(f) (e) Each designated official of a state institution presiding over a case under the provisions of this section shall keep a record of every citation which alleges a violation of such provisions, or the rules promulgated in accordance therewith, and shall keep a record of every official action in reference thereto including, but not limited to, a record of every plea of no contest, conviction or acquittal, of the offense charged, and the amount of the fine or civil penalty resulting from each citation.
(g) (f) Whenever a vehicle is parked on any state institution campus road, driveway or parking facility or area in a manner which violates posted rules and substantially impedes the flow of traffic or endangers the health and safety, the institution may, in addition to the issuing of a citation and subsequent procedures set forth herein, remove the vehicle, by towing or otherwise, to an area owned by the institution or areas designated for this purpose. The vehicle, having been towed to the designated area or areas, may be rendered immovable by use of locking wheel blocks or other device not damaging to the vehicle. The state institution of higher education shall maintain any vehicle so towed in the same condition as it was immediately prior to being towed, but shall not be liable for any damage to a vehicle towed to, or kept in, a designated area pursuant to the provisions of this section. The state institution of higher education shall pay for the cost of removing the vehicle and shall have a right to reimbursement from the owner for this cost and for the reasonable cost of keeping the vehicle in the designated area. Until payment of these costs, the state institution of higher education may retain possession of the vehicle and the institution shall have a lien on the vehicle for the amount due. The state institution of higher education may enforce this lien in the manner provided in section fourteen, article eleven, chapter thirty-eight of this code for the enforcement of other liens. For the state institutions of higher education under the jurisdiction of the governing board of Marshall University and for the state institution of higher education known as West Virginia University only, the provisions of this subsection also apply when a vehicle is subject to three or more unpaid citations.
(h) (g) If, at any time, Marshall Community and Technical College ceases to share a physical campus location with Marshall University, it may not be included as an institution under the jurisdiction of the governing board of Marshall University for the purposes of subsections (a),(d),(e) and (g) (c), (d) and (f) of this section.
ARTICLE 5. HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGETS AND EXPENDITURES.
§18B-5-4. Purchase or acquisition of materials, supplies, equipment, services and printing.

(a) The council, commission and each governing board through the Vice Chancellor for Administration shall purchase or acquire all materials, supplies, equipment, services and printing required for that governing board or the council or commission, as appropriate, and the state institutions of higher education under their jurisdiction, except the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, respectively, are subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section.
(b) The commission and council jointly shall adopt rules governing and controlling acquisitions and purchases in accordance with the provisions of this section. The rules shall assure that the council, commission and governing boards:
(1) Do not preclude any person from participating and making sales thereof to the council, commission or governing board or to the Council or Commission except as otherwise provided in section five of this article. Provision of consultant Providing consulting services such as strategic planning services does not preclude or inhibit the governing boards, council or commission from considering any a qualified bid or response for delivery of a product or a commodity because the consultant services are rendered from the individual providing the services;
(2) Establish and prescribe specifications in all proper cases for materials, supplies, equipment, services and printing to be purchased;
(3) Adopt and prescribe such purchase order, requisition or other forms as may be required;
(4) Negotiate for and make purchases and acquisitions in such quantities, at such times and under contract, in the open market or through other accepted methods of governmental purchasing as may be practicable in accordance with general law;
(5) Advertise for bids on all purchases exceeding $25,000, to purchase by means of sealed bids and competitive bidding or to effect advantageous purchases through other accepted governmental methods and practices;
(6) Post notices of all acquisitions and purchases for which competitive bids are being solicited in the purchasing office of the specified institution involved in the purchase, at least two weeks prior to making such purchases and ensure that the notice is available to the public during business hours;
(7) Provide for purchasing in the open market;
(8) Provide for vendor notification of bid solicitation and emergency purchasing;
(9) Provide that competitive bids are not required for purchases of $25,000 or less; and
(10) Provide for not fewer than three bids where bidding is required. If fewer than three bids are submitted, an award may be made from among those received.
(c) When a state institution of higher education submits a contract, agreement or other document to the Attorney General for approval as to form as required by this chapter the following conditions apply:
(1) "Form" means compliance with the Constitution and statutes of the State of West Virginia.
(2) The Attorney General does not have the authority to reject a contract, agreement or other document based on the substantive provisions therein or any extrinsic matter so long as it complies with the Constitution and statutes of this state.
(3) Within fifteen days of receipt, the Attorney General shall notify the appropriate state institution of higher education in writing that the contract, agreement or other document is approved or disapproved as to form. If the contract, agreement or other document is disapproved as to form, the notice of disapproval shall identify each defect that supports the disapproval.
(4) If the state institution elects to challenge the disapproval by filing a Writ of Mandamus or other action and prevails, then the Attorney General shall pay reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred.
(d) Pursuant to this subsection, the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, respectively, may:
(1) Purchase or acquire all materials, supplies, equipment, services and printing required for the governing board without approval from the commission or the Vice Chancellor for Administration and may issue checks in advance to cover postage as provided in subsection (f) of this section;
(2) Make purchases from cooperative buying groups, consortia, the federal government or from federal government contracts if the materials, supplies, services, equipment or printing to be purchased is available from these groups and if this would be the most financially advantageous manner of making the purchase;
(3) Select and acquire by contract or lease all grounds, buildings, office space or other space, and capital improvements, including equipment, the rental of which is necessarily required by the governing board; and
(4) Use purchase cards under terms approved for the commission, the council and governing boards of state institutions of higher education and participate in any expanded program of use as provided in subsection (w) (u) of this section.
(e) The governing boards shall adopt sufficient accounting and auditing procedures and promulgate and adopt appropriate rules subject to the provisions of section six, article one of this chapter to govern and control acquisitions, purchases, leases and other instruments for grounds, buildings, office or other space, and capital improvements, including equipment, or lease-purchase agreements.
(f) The council, commission or each governing board, through the Vice Chancellor for Administration, may issue a check in advance to a company supplying postage meters for postage used by that board, the council or commission and by the state institutions of higher education under their jurisdiction.
(g) When a purchase is to be made by bid, any or all bids may be rejected. However, all purchases based on advertised bid requests shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder taking into consideration the qualities of the articles to be supplied, their conformity with specifications, their suitability to the requirements of the governing boards, council or commission and delivery terms. The preference for resident vendors as provided in section thirty-seven, article three, chapter five-a of this code apply to the competitive bids made pursuant to this section.
(h) The governing boards, council and commission shall maintain a purchase file, which shall be a public record and open for public inspection.
(1) After the award of the order or contract, the governing boards, council and commission shall indicate upon the successful bid:
(A) That it was the successful bid; and shall further indicate
(B) Why bids are were rejected; and
(C) If the mathematical low vendor is was not awarded the order or contract, the reason therefor.
(2) A record in the purchase file may not be destroyed without the written consent of the Legislative Auditor. Those files in which the original documentation has been held for at least one year and in which the original documents have been reproduced and archived on microfilm or other equivalent method of duplication may be destroyed without the written consent of the Legislative Auditor.
(3) All files, no matter the storage method, shall be open for inspection by the Legislative Auditor upon request.
(i) The commission and council also jointly shall adopt rules to prescribe qualifications to be met by any person who is to be employed as a buyer pursuant to this section. These rules shall require that a person may not be employed as a buyer unless that person, at the time of employment, either: is
(1) Is a graduate of an accredited college or university; or
(2) Has at least four years' experience in purchasing for any unit of government or for any business, commercial or industrial enterprise.
(j) Any person making purchases and acquisitions pursuant to this section shall execute a bond in the penalty of $50,000, payable to the State of West Virginia, with a corporate bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state as surety thereon, in form prescribed by the Attorney General and conditioned upon the faithful performance of all duties in accordance with this section and sections five through eight, inclusive, of this article and the rules of the governing board and the council and commission. In lieu of separate bonds for such buyers, a blanket surety bond may be obtained. Any such bond shall be filed with the Secretary of State. The cost of any such bond shall be paid from funds appropriated to the applicable governing board or the council or commission.
(k) All purchases and acquisitions shall be made in consideration and within limits of available appropriations and funds and in accordance with applicable provisions of article two, chapter five-a of this code relating to expenditure schedules and quarterly allotments of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, only those purchases exceeding the dollar amount for competitive sealed bids in this section are required to be encumbered and they may be entered into the state's centralized accounting system by the staff of the commission, council or governing boards to satisfy the requirements of article two, chapter five-a of this code and specifically sections twenty-six, twenty-seven and twenty-eight of said article to determine whether the amount of the purchase is within the commission's, council's or governing board's quarterly allotment, is in accordance with the approved expenditure schedule and otherwise conforms to the provisions of said article.
(l) The governing boards, council and commission may make requisitions upon the State Auditor for a sum to be known as an advance allowance account, not to exceed five percent of the total of the appropriations for the governing board, council or commission, and the State Auditor shall draw a warrant upon the Treasurer for such accounts. All advance allowance accounts shall be accounted for by the applicable governing board or the council or commission once every thirty days or more often if required by the State Auditor.
(m) Contracts entered into pursuant to this section shall be signed by the applicable governing board or the council or commission in the name of the state and shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General. A contract which requires approval as to form by the Attorney General is considered approved if the Attorney General has not responded within fifteen days of presentation of the contract. A contract or a change order for that contract and notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, associated documents such as performance and labor/material payments, bonds and certificates of insurance which use terms and conditions or standardized forms previously approved by the Attorney General and do not make substantive changes in the terms and conditions of the contract do not require approval as to form by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall make a list of those changes which he or she considers to be substantive and the list, and any changes thereto, shall be published in the State Register. A contract that exceeds the dollar amount requiring competitive sealed bids in this section shall be filed with the State Auditor. If requested to do so, the governing boards, council or commission shall make all contracts available for inspection by the State Auditor. The governing board, council or commission, as appropriate, shall prescribe the amount of deposit or bond to be submitted with a bid or contract, if any, and the amount of deposit or bond to be given for the faithful performance of a contract.
(n) If the governing board, council or commission purchases or contracts for materials, supplies, equipment, services and printing contrary to the provisions of sections four through seven of this article or the rules pursuant thereto, such purchase or contract is void and of no effect.
(o) Any governing board or the council or commission, as appropriate, may request the director of purchases to make available, from time to time the facilities and services of that department to the governing boards, council or commission in the purchase and acquisition of materials, supplies, equipment, services and printing. and The director of purchases shall cooperate with that governing board, council or commission, as appropriate, in all such purchases and acquisitions upon such request.
(p) Each governing board or the council or commission, as appropriate, shall may permit private institutions of higher education to join as purchasers on purchase contracts for materials, supplies, services and equipment entered into by that governing board or the council or commission. Any private school institution desiring to join as purchasers purchaser on such purchase contracts shall file with that governing board or the council or commission an affidavit signed by the president or designee of the private institution of higher education or a designee requesting that it be authorized to join as purchaser on purchase contracts of that governing board or the council or commission, as appropriate. The private school institution shall agree that it is bound by such terms and conditions as that governing board or the council or commission may prescribe and that it will be responsible for payment directly to the vendor under each purchase contract.
(q) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the governing boards, council and commission, as appropriate, may make purchases from cooperative buying groups, consortia, the federal government or from federal government contracts if the materials, supplies, services, equipment or printing to be purchased is available from cooperative buying groups, consortia, the federal government or from a federal contract such a source, and purchasing from the cooperative buying groups, consortia, federal government or from a federal government contract that source would be the most financially advantageous manner of making the purchase.
(r) An independent performance audit of all purchasing functions and duties which are performed at any state institution of higher education, except Marshall University and West Virginia University, shall be performed each fiscal year. The Joint Committee on Government and Finance shall conduct the performance audit and the governing boards, council and commission, as appropriate, are responsible for paying the cost of the audit from funds appropriated to the governing boards, council or commission.
(1) The governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, respectively, shall provide for independent performance audits of all purchasing functions and duties on their campuses at least once in each three-year period.
(2) Each audit shall be inclusive of the entire time period that has elapsed since the date of the preceding audit.
(3) Copies of all appropriate documents relating to any audit performed by the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University shall be furnished to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance and the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability within thirty days of the date the audit report is completed.
(s) The governing boards shall require each institution under their respective jurisdictions to notify and inform every vendor doing business with that institution of the provisions of section fifty-four, article three, chapter five-a of this code, also known as the Prompt Pay Act of 1990.
(t) Consultant services, such as strategic planning services, do not preclude or inhibit the governing boards, council or commission from considering any qualified bid or response for delivery of a product or a commodity because of the rendering of those consultant services.
(u) The Commission or Council may enter into lease-purchase agreements for capital improvements, including equipment, on behalf of or for the benefit of state institutions of higher education, the Commission or Council. After the Commission or Council, as appropriate, has granted approval for lease-purchase agreements by the governing boards, a governing board may enter into lease-purchase agreements for capital improvements, including equipment, except the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University may enter into lease-purchase agreements for the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University without seeking the approval of the Commission or the Council. Any lease-purchase agreement so entered shall constitute a special obligation of the State of West Virginia. The obligation under a lease-purchase agreement so entered may be from any funds legally available to the Commission, Council or the institution and must be cancelable at the option of the Commission, Council or the governing board or institution at the end of any fiscal year. The obligation, any assignment or securitization thereof, never constitutes an indebtedness of the State of West Virginia or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof, within the meaning of any constitutional provision or statutory limitation, and may not be a charge against the general credit or taxing powers of the state or any political subdivision thereof. Such facts shall be plainly stated in any lease-purchase agreement. Further, the lease-purchase agreement shall prohibit assignment or securitization without consent of the lessee and the approval of the agreement as to form by the Attorney General. of West Virginia Proposals for any agreement shall be requested in accordance with the requirements of this section and any rules or guidelines of the Commission and Council. In addition, any lease-purchase agreement which exceeds one hundred thousand dollars total shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General. The interest component of any lease-purchase obligation is exempt from all taxation of the State of West Virginia, except inheritance, estate and transfer taxes. It is the intent of the Legislature that if the requirements set forth in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto are met, the interest component of any lease-purchase obligation also is exempt from the gross income of the recipient for purposes of federal income taxation and may be designated by the governing board or the president of the institution as a bank-qualified obligation.
(v) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the Commission, Council and governing boards have the authority, in the name of the state, to lease, or offer to lease, as lessee, any grounds, buildings, office or other space in accordance with this paragraph and as provided below:
(1) The Commission, Council and governing boards have sole authority to select and to acquire by contract or lease all grounds, buildings, office space or other space, the rental of which is necessarily required by the Commission, Council or governing boards for the institutions under their jurisdiction. For state institutions of higher education other than Marshall University and West Virginia University, the chief executive officer of the Commission, Council or an institution shall certify the following:
(A) That the grounds, buildings, office space or other space requested is necessarily required for the proper function of the Commission, Council or institution;
(B) That the Commission, Council or institution will be responsible for all rent and other necessary payments in connection with the contract or lease; and
(C) That satisfactory grounds, buildings, office space or other space is not available on grounds and in buildings currently owned or leased by the Commission, Council or the institution. Before executing any rental contract or lease, the Commission, Council or a governing board shall determine the fair rental value for the rental of the requested grounds, buildings, office space or other space, in the condition in which they exist, and shall contract for or lease the premises at a price not to exceed the fair rental value.
(2) The Commission, Council and governing boards are authorized to enter into long-term agreements for buildings, land and space for periods longer than one fiscal year but not to exceed forty years. Any purchase of real estate, any lease-purchase agreement and any construction of new buildings or other acquisition of buildings, office space or grounds resulting therefrom, pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be presented by the Commission or Council, as appropriate, to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance for prior review. Any such lease shall contain, in substance, all the following provisions:
(A) That the Commission, Council or governing board, as lessee, has the right to cancel the lease without further obligation on the part of the lessee upon giving thirty days' written notice to the lessor at least thirty days prior to the last day of the succeeding month;
(B) That the lease is considered canceled without further obligation on the part of the lessee if the Legislature or the federal government fails to appropriate sufficient funds therefor or otherwise acts to impair the lease or cause it to be canceled; and
(C) That the lease is considered renewed for each ensuing fiscal year during the term of the lease unless it is canceled by the Commission, Council or governing board before the end of the then-current fiscal year.
(3) The Commission, Council or institution which is granted any grounds, buildings, office space or other space leased in accordance with this section may not order or make permanent changes of any type thereto, unless the Commission, Council or governing board, as appropriate, has first determined that the change is necessary for the proper, efficient and economically sound operation of the institution. For purposes of this section, a "permanent change" means any addition, alteration, improvement, remodeling, repair or other change involving the expenditure of state funds for the installation of any tangible thing which cannot be economically removed from the grounds, buildings, office space or other space when vacated by the institution.
(4) Leases and other instruments for grounds, buildings, office or other space, once approved by the Commission, Council or governing board, may be signed by the chief executive officer of the Commission, Council or institution. Any lease or instrument exceeding one hundred thousand dollars annually shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General. A lease or other instrument for grounds, buildings, office or other space that contains a term, including any options, of more than six months for its fulfillment shall be filed with the State Auditor.
(5) The Commission and Council jointly may promulgate rules they consider necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University shall promulgate rules pursuant to section six, article one of this chapter to implement the provisions of this section.
(w) (u) Purchasing card use may be expanded by the council, commission and state institutions of higher education pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.
(1) The council and commission jointly shall establish procedures to be implemented by the council, commission and any institution under their respective jurisdictions using purchasing cards. The procedures shall ensure that each maintains:
(A) Appropriate use of the purchasing card system;
(B) Full compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter twelve of this code relating to the purchasing card program; and
(C) Sufficient accounting and auditing procedures for all purchasing card transactions.
(2) By the first day of November, two thousand four, the Council and Commission jointly shall present the procedures to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability for its adoption.
(3) (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, if the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability adopts the procedures the council, commission and any institution authorized pursuant to subdivision (4) (3) of this subsection, may use purchasing cards for:
(A) Travel expenses directly related to the job duties of the traveling employee, including, but not limited to, fuel and food; and
(B) Any routine, regularly scheduled payment, including, but not limited to, utility payments and real property rental fees. The Council, Commission and each institution, annually by June 30, shall provide to the State Purchasing Division a list of all goods or services for which payment was made pursuant to this provision during that fiscal year.
(4) (3) The commission and council each shall evaluate the capacity of each institution under its jurisdiction for complying with the procedures established pursuant to subdivision (3) (2) of this subsection. The commission and council each shall authorize expanded use of purchasing cards pursuant to said subdivision for any such institution it determines has the capacity to comply.
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
§18B-10-8. Collection; disposition and use of capital and auxiliary capital fees; creation of special capital and auxiliary capital improvements funds; revenue bonds.

(a) This section and any rules adopted by the commission, council or both, in accordance with this section and article three- a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, governs the collection, disposition and use of the capital and auxiliary capital fees authorized by section one of this article. The statutory provisions governing collection and disposition of capital funds in place prior to the enactment of this section remain in effect.
(b) Fees for full-time students. -- The governing boards shall fix capital and auxiliary capital fees for full-time students at each state institution of higher education per semester. For institutions under its jurisdiction, a governing board may fix the fees at higher rates for students who are not residents of this state.
(c) Fees for part-time students. -- For all part-time students and for all summer school students, the governing boards shall impose and collect the fees in proportion to, but not exceeding, the fees paid by full-time students. Refunds of the fees may be made in the same manner as any other fee collected at state institutions of higher education.
(d) There is continued in the State Treasury a special capital improvements fund and special auxiliary capital improvements fund for each state institution of higher education and the commission and into which shall be paid all proceeds, respectively, of:
(1) The capital and auxiliary capital fees collected from students at all state institutions of higher education pursuant to this section; and
(2) The fees collected from the students pursuant to section one of this article. The fees shall be expended by the commission and governing boards for the payment of principal of or interest on any revenue bonds issued by the board of regents or the succeeding governing boards for which the fees were pledged prior to the enactment of this section.
(e) The governing boards may make expenditures from any of the special capital improvements funds or special auxiliary capital improvement funds established in this section to finance or fund on a cash basis, in whole or in part, together in combination with any federal, state or other grants or contributions, for any one or more of the following projects:
(1) The acquisition of land or any rights or interest in land;
(2) The construction or acquisition of new buildings;
(3) The renovation or construction of additions to existing buildings;
(4) The acquisition of furnishings and equipment for the buildings; and
(5) The construction or acquisition of any other capital improvements or capital education facilities at the state institutions of higher education, including any roads, utilities or other properties, real or personal, or for other purposes necessary, appurtenant or incidental to the construction, acquisition, financing and placing in operation of the buildings, capital improvements or capital education facilities, including student unions, dormitories, housing facilities, food service facilities, motor vehicle parking facilities and athletic facilities.
(f) The governing boards, in their discretion, may use the moneys in the special capital improvements funds and special auxiliary improvement funds to finance the costs of the purposes set forth in this section on a cash basis. The commission, when singly or jointly requested by the council or governing boards, periodically may issue revenue bonds of the state as provided in this section to finance all or part of the purposes and pledge all or any part of the moneys in such special funds for the payment of the principal of and interest on the revenue bonds, and for reserves for the revenue bonds. Any pledge of the special funds for the revenue bonds shall be a prior and superior charge on the special funds over the use of any of the moneys in the funds to pay for the cost of any of the purposes on a cash basis. Any expenditures from the special funds, other than for the retirement of revenue bonds, may be made by the commission or governing boards only to meet the cost of a predetermined capital improvements program for one or more of the state institutions of higher education, in the order of priority agreed upon by the governing board or boards and the commission and for which the aggregate revenue collections projected are presented to the Governor for inclusion in the annual budget bill, and are approved by the Legislature for expenditure. Any expenditure made pursuant to subsection (e) of this section shall be part of the institutional governing board's approved ten-year campus development plan pursuant to section three, article nineteen of this chapter.
(g) The revenue bonds periodically may be authorized and issued by the commission or governing boards to finance, in whole or in part, the purposes provided in this section in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the amount which the commission determines can be paid as to both principal and interest and reasonable margins for a reserve therefor from the moneys in the special funds.
(h) The issuance of the revenue bonds shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the governing board receiving the proceeds and the commission and the revenue bonds shall bear the date or dates; mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their respective dates; be in such form either coupon or registered, with such exchangeability and interchangeability privileges; be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, within or without the state; be subject to such terms of prior redemption at such prices not exceeding one hundred five per centum of the principal amount thereof; and shall have the other terms and provisions determined by the governing board receiving the proceeds and the commission. The revenue bonds shall be signed by the Governor and by the chancellor of the commission or the chair of the governing boards authorizing the issuance thereof, under the Great Seal of the State, attested by the Secretary of State, and the coupons attached to the revenue bonds shall bear the facsimile signature of the chancellor of the commission or the chair of the appropriate governing boards. The revenue bonds shall be sold in the manner the commission or governing board determines is for the best interests of the state.
(i) The commission or governing boards may enter into trust agreements with banks or trust companies, within or without the state, and in the trust agreements or the resolutions authorizing the issuance of the bonds may enter into valid and legally binding covenants with the holders of the revenue bonds as to the custody, safeguarding and disposition of the proceeds of the revenue bonds, the moneys in the special funds, sinking funds, reserve funds or any other moneys or funds; as to the rank and priority, if any, of different issues of revenue bonds by the commission or governing boards under the provisions of this section; as to the maintenance or revision of the amounts of the fees; as to the extent to which swap agreements, as defined in subsection (h), section two, article two-g, chapter thirteen of this code shall be used in connection with the revenue bonds, including such provisions as payment, term, security, default and remedy provisions as the commission shall consider considers necessary or desirable, if any, under which the fees may be reduced; and as to any other matters or provisions which are considered necessary and advisable by the commission or governing boards in the best interests of the state and to enhance the marketability of the revenue bonds.
(j) After the issuance of any revenue bonds, the fees at the state institutions of higher education pledged to the payment thereof may not be reduced as long as any of the revenue bonds are outstanding and unpaid except under such terms, provisions and conditions as shall be contained in the resolution, trust agreement or other proceedings under which the revenue bonds were issued. The revenue bonds are and constitute negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of this state; together with the interest thereon, be exempt from all taxation by the State of West Virginia, or by any county, school district, municipality or political subdivision thereof; and the revenue bonds may not be considered to be obligations or debts of the state and the credit or taxing power of the state may not be pledged therefor, but the revenue bonds shall be payable only from the revenue pledged therefor as provided in this section.
(k) Additional revenue bonds may be issued by the commission or governing boards pursuant to this section and financed by additional revenues or funds dedicated from other sources.
(1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special revenue fund known as the Community and Technical College Capital Improvement Fund into which shall be deposited the amounts specified in subsection (j), section eighteen, article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code. All amounts deposited in the fund shall be pledged to the repayment of the principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on any revenue bonds or refunding revenue bonds authorized by the commission for community and technical college capital improvements.
(2) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special revenue fund known as the Higher Education Policy Commission Capital Improvement Fund into which shall be deposited the amounts specified in subsection (k), section eighteen, article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code. All amounts deposited in the fund shall be pledged to the repayment of the principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on any revenue bonds or refunding revenue bonds authorized by the commission for college and university capital improvements.
(l) Funding of systemwide and campus-specific revenue bonds under any other section of this code is continued and authorized pursuant to the terms of this section. Revenues of any state institution of higher education pledged to the repayment of any revenue bonds issued pursuant to this code shall remain pledged.
(m) Any revenue bonds for state institutions of higher education proposed to be issued under this section or other sections of this code first must be approved by the commission.
(n) Revenue bonds issued pursuant to this code may be issued by the commission or governing boards, either singly or jointly.
(o) Fees pledged for repayment of revenue bonds issued under this section or article twelve-b, chapter eighteen prior to or after the effective date of this section shall be transferred to the commission in a manner prescribed by the commission. The commission may transfer funds from the accounts of institutions pledged for the repayment of revenue bonds issued prior to the effective date of this section or issued subsequently by the Commission upon the request of institutions, if an institution fails to transfer the pledged revenues to the commission in a timely manner.
(p) Effective July 1, 2004, the capital and auxiliary capital fees authorized by this section and section one of this article are in lieu of any other fees set out in this code for capital and auxiliary capital projects to benefit public higher education institutions. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code to the contrary, in the event any capital, tuition, registration or auxiliary fees are pledged to the payment of any revenue bonds issued pursuant to any general bond resolutions of the commission, any of its predecessors or any institution, adopted prior to the effective date of this section, such fees shall remain in effect in amounts not less than the amounts in effect as of that date, until the revenue bonds payable from any of the fees have been paid or the pledge of the fees is otherwise legally discharged.
ARTICLE 19. CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FACILITIES NEEDS.
§18B-19-1. Legislative findings and intent.
(a) The Legislature finds that:
(1) State institutions of higher education vary widely in the conditions of their facilities infrastructure;
(2) State institutions of higher education vary widely in their ability to incur debt for capital improvements. It is nearly impossible for community and technical colleges and some smaller baccalaureate institutions to fund significant capital improvements in the absence of state funding;
(3) A student enrolled at a community and technical college that previously was administratively linked to a baccalaureate institution pays substantially higher tuition and mandatory fees than a student enrolled at a free-standing community and technical college. This cost discrepancy is due in large part to the significantly higher capital fees charged to these students to pay debt service for capital improvements.
(4) The substantial amount of capital fees that students must pay at the institution level contributes significantly to the poor grade the state receives in the category of "Affordability" in Measuring Up: The National Report Card on Higher Education.
(5) It is beneficial for the state to provide additional ongoing capital funding to reduce the obligation of students and parents to bear the cost of higher education capital improvements and facilities maintenance;
(6) West Virginia is one of very few states that does not address higher education capital improvements and facilities maintenance needs through a statewide plan;
(7) State funding for capital improvements should align with state and system higher education goals, objectives and priorities as set forth in article one-d of this chapter;
(8) State capital funding should focus primarily on educational and general capital improvements, not auxiliary capital improvements.
(9) Renovations of existing buildings generally deserve greater consideration for state funding than new construction. However, new construction may deserve greater consideration than renovation when a state or system goal, objective or priority is implicated.
(10) As the Legislature increases funding for new educational and general capital improvements and major renovations, and supplants existing educational and general debt, institutions should target funds for maintenance and deferred maintenance needs.
(11) If community and technical colleges are to keep the cost of education affordable, they cannot be expected to fund maintenance obligations entirely from student capital fees.
(12) The commission and council should scrutinize all institutional requests to incur additional debt carefully to determine their effect on institution debt capacity and the impact that incurring additional debt will have on students.
(13) State institutions of higher education ultimately should target adequate state capital contributions and capital fees to address maintenance and deferred maintenance needs.
(14) Until institutions are able to generate sufficient revenue to address maintenance and deferred maintenance needs, the Legislature should provide periodic funding to assist institutions in addressing these needs. Funding priority should be given to projects that address building code requirements and critical maintenance needs.
(15) In supporting future high priority capital needs, the Legislature, commission and council should not reward institutions with state funding if they neglect to address facilities maintenance needs or do not prudently manage their capital resources.
(16) Once an institution's capital development plan has been approved by the governing board and the commission or council, as appropriate, project priorities should not change significantly from year to year;
(17) Commission and council staff should participate to a greater extent in managing capital projects at smaller institutions than at larger institutions as smaller institutions often lack the expertise necessary to plan, design and complete projects at or under budget.
(b) The Legislature intends that:
(1) Dedicated state funding sources shall be designated to finance construction and renovation of educational and general facilities at state institutions of higher education from time to time;
(2) Capital project lists submitted by institutions to the commission or council, as appropriate, and capital project lists submitted by the commission and council to the state budget office, Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability, and Joint Committee on Government and Finance for consideration for state funding shall be reasonable requests that align with state and system goals, objectives and priorities and reasonably could be funded if approved;
(3) As the Legislature increases its responsibility for financing new educational and general facilities and major renovations, the commission, council and institutions shall ensure that sufficient capital revenues are available for maintenance and that the facilities are maintained adequately;
(4) On-going state funding shall be dedicated to supplement capital fees available for maintenance at community and technical colleges; and
(5) Once a system capital plan is in place, institutions annually shall set aside adequate funding to ensure that ongoing facilities maintenance needs are met.
§18B-19-2. Defined terms.
As used in this article, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them.
(a) "ADA" means the Americans with Disabilities Act, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.
(b) "Auxiliary enterprise" means an entity that exists to furnish goods or services to students, faculty, staff or others; charges a fee directly related to, although not necessarily equal to, the cost of the goods or services; and is managed as essentially self-supporting.
(c) "Auxiliary facility" means a building or structure that is used for an auxiliary enterprise including, but not limited to, residence halls, food services, parking, intercollegiate athletics, faculty and staff housing, student unions, bookstores and other service centers.
(d) "Auxiliary fees" includes, but is not limited to:
(1) Parking fees received from any source;
(2) Revenues received from athletic events, including ticket sales, television revenues and skybox fees;
(3) Bookstore revenues;
(4) Student union vendor and user fees;
(5) Donations or grants from any external source;
(6) Facility rental fees; and
(7) Fees assessed to students to support auxiliary enterprises.
(e) "Capital planning" means a purposeful activity that focuses attention to long term physical plant objectives that should be accomplished in a logical sequence over time as opportunities arise and resources become available.
(f) "Capital project management" means planning, designing, bidding and providing construction administration and oversight of architectural, engineering and construction contracts and projects.
(g) "Deferred maintenance" means the failure to perform needed repair, maintenance and renewal as part of normal maintenance management for capital facilities, and deferring such action to a future budget cycle or until funds are available.
(h) "Educational and general capital fees" means the fees collected from students to pay debt service for capital improvement bonds issued by the commission and governing boards for educational and general facilities, for the maintenance of those facilities and to fund capital improvements in those facilities on a cash basis.
(i) "Educational and general facility" means a building or structure used for instructional and instructional support purposes, and includes classroom, laboratory, library, computer laboratory, faculty and administrative office and other academic support spaces.
(j) "Extraordinary circumstances" means, situations involving life-safety issues, issues that would result in extensive damage to a facility if not addressed immediately, any unforeseen opportunity to utilize external funds and any other situation the commission or council determines should warrant special consideration.
(k) "Life-safety" means a condition existing on a campus that, if not corrected immediately, would jeopardize the safety and property of students, faculty, staff and the visiting public.
(l) "Maintenance" means the work necessary within a budget cycle to realize the originally anticipated life of a fixed asset, including buildings, fixed equipment and infrastructure.
(m) As used in this article "governing board," "state institution of higher education" and "institution under the jurisdiction of the commission" includes Marshall University and West Virginia University and their respective governing boards.
§18B-19-3. System capital development planning.
(a) By December 31, 2010, the commission and council, jointly or separately, shall develop a system capital development plan for approval by the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability. At a minimum the initial plan shall:
(1) Identify system capital development goals;
(2) Explain how system capital development goals align with state goals, objectives and priorities established in articles one and one-d of this chapter and with system master plans;
(3) Establish a process for prioritizing capital projects for state funding based on their ability to further state goals, objectives and priorities and system capital development goals;
(4) Establish a building renewal formula to calculate a dollar benchmark that shall be collected annually and invested in facilities to minimize deferred maintenance and to provide the commission and council objective information to determine if the investments in maintenance are occurring;
(5) Outline a process for governing boards to follow in developing and submitting campus development plans to the commission or council, as appropriate, for approval;
(6) Outline a process for governing boards to follow to ensure that sufficient revenue is generated for and applied toward facilities maintenance; and
(7) Address how capital fees dedicated to debt service for the bond issue to be paid off in 2012 will be utilized after the payoff date.
(b) The system capital development plan shall be developed in consultation with governing boards and appropriate institution staff. Before approving the capital development plan, the commission and council shall afford interested parties an opportunity to comment on the plan through a notice-and-comment period of at least thirty days.
(c) The commission and council shall update its system capital development plan at least once every ten years.
§18B-19-4. Institutional campus development planning.
(a) Each governing board shall update its current campus development plan and submit the updated plan to the commission or council, as appropriate, for approval by June 30, 2012. A campus development plan shall be developed for a ten-year period and shall align with:
(1) The system capital development plan;
(2) The institution's approved master plan and compact; and
(3) The original campus development plan objectives.
(b) Campus development plans are intended to be aspirational; however, an institution's plan shall be appropriate to its size, mission, and enrollment and to the fiscal constraints within which the institution operates. At a minimum the campus development plan shall:
(1) Identify the governing board's development strategy;
(2) Assess the general condition and suitability of buildings and facilities, including deferred maintenance, life-safety and building code issues, ADA requirements, and energy efficiency;
(3) Assess the impact of projected enrollment and demographic changes on building and facility needs;
(4) Develop a comprehensive list of deferred maintenance projects that need to be addressed for each campus by building or facility and provide an estimated cost for each;
(5) Identify existing buildings and facilities in need of renovations, additions, demolition or any combination thereof;
(6) Identify major site improvements that are needed, including vehicular and pedestrian circulation, parking and landscaping;
(7) Identify needed telecommunications, utilities and other infrastructure improvements;
(8) Identify potential real property acquisitions and establish clear property acquisition boundaries that are reasonably appropriate for campus expansion;
(9) Identify proposed new facilities and building sites;
(10) Prioritize capital projects;
(11) Provide estimates of the timing, phasing and projected costs associated with individual projects;
(12) If an institution has multiple campuses in close proximity, delineate how the campuses should interact and support each other to minimize duplication of facilities, improve efficiency and be aesthetically compatible;
(13) Provide a statement of the impact of the plan upon the local community and the input afforded local and regional governmental entities and the public with respect to its implementation;
(14) Address any other requirement established by the commission and council in the rules required by section seventeen of this article.
(d) Campus development plans shall incorporate all current and proposed facilities, including educational and general and auxiliary facilities.
(e) At the next regularly scheduled meeting of the commission or council, as applicable, following the fifth anniversary date of the commission's or council's approval of a governing board's campus development plan, the governing board shall report on the progress made in the first five years to implement the campus development plan for each campus under its jurisdiction. In addition, the governing board shall report on its plans to implement the remaining five-year period of its campus development plan.
(f) Each governing board shall update its campus development plan at least once every ten years, and any update is subject to the approval of the commission or council, as appropriate.
(g) A governing board may not implement a campus development plan or plan update that has not been approved by the commission or council, as appropriate.
§18B-19-5. Capital appropriation requests.
(a) The commission and council each shall submit a prioritized capital appropriation request annually to the state budget office as required by article two, chapter eleven-b of this code consisting of major capital projects and maintenance projects.
(b) The commission and council each shall develop a process for governing boards to follow in submitting a list of major educational and general capital projects so that a prioritized major capital project list, approved by the commission or council, as appropriate, may be submitted to the state budget office by the applicable deadline.
(1) The governing board's major capital project list shall include:
(A) Only projects identified in the governing board's approved campus development plan or plans, except when extraordinary circumstances otherwise warrant; and
(B) A current estimate of each project's estimated cost accounting for inflation since completion of the campus development plan. The size and scope of the project may not change unless the campus development plan has been updated and approved as provided for in section three of this article; and
(C) Any additional information required to be provided by the commission, council or state budget office.
(2) The commission and council each shall prioritize the major capital projects submitted by the governing boards consistent with the criteria outlined in the system capital development plan. The council and commission may not submit to the state budget office a request for any institution that in the commission's or council's determination reasonably could not secure funding through the appropriation process during the following fiscal year.
(b) The commission and council each shall develop a process for governing boards to follow in submitting a list of maintenance projects so that a prioritized maintenance project list, approved by the commission or council, as appropriate, may be submitted to the State Budget Office by the applicable deadline.
(1) No later than April 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, the commission and council, as appropriate, shall provide each governing board a building renewal calculation that identifies the funds that should be collected and invested in its buildings and facilities during the next fiscal year to maintain them and minimize deferred maintenance.
(2) Upon receiving the building renewal calculation, each governing board shall make realistic revenue estimates of the funds available for maintenance projects from educational and general capital fees, from auxiliary and auxiliary capital fees, and from any other revenue that may be used for maintenance projects, as well as any anticipated reserves. The governing boards then shall identify and submit proposed maintenance projects, consistent with its campus development plan or plans, to be funded from these revenues.
(3) The commission and council each shall report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability on the revenue available to governing boards for educational and general and auxiliary maintenance projects, as well as any shortfalls based on building renewal formula calculation, and major maintenance projects that institutions propose to undertake during the upcoming fiscal year.
(4) The commission shall work with institutions under its jurisdiction to ensure that adequate funds are generated to fund maintenance and build adequate reserves from educational and general and auxiliary capital fees and other revenue consistent with the building renewal formula. The Legislature recognizes that it may take several years for this to be fully accomplished.
(5) The council shall work with the Legislature and institutions under its jurisdiction to ensure that a combination of appropriated and nonappropriated revenue is available to fund maintenance and build adequate reserves at community and technical colleges consistent with the building renewal formula.
§18B-19-6. Capital project financing.
(a) The commission and governing boards, jointly or singly, may issue revenue bonds for capital project financing in accordance with the provisions of section eight, article ten of this chapter.
(b) A governing board may seek funding for and initiate construction or renovation work only for projects contained in an approved campus development plan.
(c) A governing board may fund capital improvements on a cash basis or through bonding or other financing method that is approved by the commission, and by the council if appropriate.
(1) If the cost of an improvement project for any institution, except Marshall University or West Virginia University, exceeds $1 million, the governing board first shall obtain the approval of the commission or council, as appropriate. If the cost of an improvement project for Marshall University or West Virginia University exceeds $5 million, the governing board first shall obtain the approval of the commission.
(2) Prior to approving bonding or any alternative financing method, the commission, and council if appropriate, shall evaluate:
(A) The institution's debt capacity and ability to meet the debt service payments for the full term of the financing;
(B) Whether the revenue to be generated by the institution is sufficient to complete the project;
(C) The institution's ability to fund ongoing operations and maintenance;
(D) The impact of the financing arrangement on students; and
(E) Any other factor deemed appropriate.
(d) A governing board shall notify the Joint Committee on Government and Finance at least thirty days before beginning construction or renovation work on any capital project in excess of $1 million.
(e) Any fee or revenue source pledged prior to the effective date of this section for payment of any outstanding debt remains in effect until the debt is fully repaid or refunded.
§18B-19-7. Capital project management.
(a) The commission, council and governing boards shall ensure that capital funds are spent appropriately and that capital projects are managed effectively. Project management shall be conducted in all respects according to sound business practices and applicable laws, rules. and regulations.
(b) The commission shall employ a sufficient number of competent facilities staff experienced in capital project development and management that is suitable for the number, size and complexity of the capital projects being managed. At least one employee shall be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified beginning December 31, 2010.
(c) An institution that has entered into construction contracts averaging more than $50 million over the most recent rolling five-year period is responsible for capital project management at that institution.
(1) The governing board shall employ:
(A) A competent facilities staff experienced in capital project development and management that is suitable for the number, size and complexity of the capital projects being managed; and
(B) At least one employee that is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified beginning December 31, 2010.
(2) The governing board shall adopt a capital project management rule in accordance with the provisions of section six, article one of this chapter, that is consistent with the capital management rules of the commission and council, as appropriate.
(3) The capital project management rule shall:
(A) Delineate the governing board's responsibilities with respect to capital project management and the responsibilities delegated to the institution's president;
(B) Require the use of the state's standard contract documents for architectural, engineering, construction, construction management and design-build services as appropriate to a particular project;
(C) Identify the governing board's requirements for:
(i) Monitoring and approving project designs to ensure conformance with the state and system goals, objectives and priorities and the governing board's master plan, compact and campus development plan;
(ii) Approval of project budgets, including a reasonable contingency reserve for unknown or unexpected expenses and for bidding;
(iii) Approval of architectural, engineering and construction contracts exceeding an amount to be determined by the governing board;
(iv) Approval of contract modifications and construction change orders; and
(v) Project closeout and final acceptance of the project by the governing board.
(4) The institutional capital project management rule shall be filed with the commission no later than one hundred eighty days following the effective date of the rule required of the commission and council in section seventeen of this article.
(5) The commission may review or audit projects greater than $5 million periodically to ascertain that appropriate capital project management practices are being employed.
(d) For institutions that have entered into construction contracts averaging at least $20 million but not more than $50 million over the most recent rolling five-year period:
(1) The governing board, with assistance as requested from the commission, shall manage all capital projects if the board:
(A) Employs at least one individual experienced in capital project development and management; and
(B) Adopts a capital project management rule that is approved by the commission. The capital project management rule may be amended at the discretion of the governing board, and any amendments shall be submitted to the commission for review and approval before becoming effective.
(2) The institutional capital project management rule shall:
(A) Delineate the governing board's responsibilities with respect to capital project management and the responsibilities delegated to the institution's president;
(B) Require the use of the state's standard contract documents for architectural, engineering, construction, construction management and design-build services as appropriate to a particular project; and
(C) Identify the governing board's requirements for:
(i) Monitoring and approving project designs to ensure conformance with the state and system goals, objectives and priorities and the governing board's master plan, compact and campus development plan;
(ii) Approval of project budgets, including a reasonable contingency reserve for unknown or unexpected expenses and for bidding;
(iii) Approval of architectural, engineering and construction contracts exceeding an amount to be determined by the governing board;
(iv) Approval of contract modifications and construction change orders; and
(v) Project closeout and final acceptance of the project by the governing board.
(3) If an institution does not meet the provisions of this subsection, the commission shall manage all capital projects exceeding $1 million.
(4) The commission staff shall review and audit periodically projects greater than $1 million to ascertain that appropriate project management practices are being employed. If serious deficiencies are identified and not addressed sufficiently within ninety days, commission staff may assume management of all projects.
(e) For institutions that have entered into construction contracts averaging less than $20 million over the most recent rolling five-year period and for all community and technical colleges, the commission and council shall manage capital projects exceeding $1 million. The commission and council, as appropriate, shall adopt procedures to afford participation by the governing boards and staff in the planning, development and execution of capital projects in the rule required by section seventeen of this article.
§18B-19-8. Maintenance.
(a) Each governing board shall ensure that facilities under its jurisdiction are maintained and that a listing of any major deferred maintenance projects is provided annually to the commission or council, as appropriate.
(b) Each governing board shall strive to invest annually an amount for maintenance that is consistent with the building renewal formula developed and approved by the commission and council and to generate a reserve sufficient to address unexpected maintenance needs.
(c) The commission and council shall evaluate whether sufficient resources are being devoted by a governing board for maintenance based on:
(1) Maintenance expenditures in comparison to building renewal formula estimates of appropriate expenditures; and
(2) Periodic evaluations of the conditions of facilities at the institution and its performance and effectiveness in maintaining its facilities.
§18B-19-9. Higher education facilities information system.
(a) The commission and council jointly shall develop and maintain a higher education facilities information system. The higher education facilities information system shall serve as a vehicle for:
(1) State-wide data acquisition;
(2) Instituting state-wide standardization of space use and classification based on nationally-recognized standards and measurements to facilitate comparisons among postsecondary education institutions within the state, as well as regionally and nationally; and
(3) Other purposes as determined by the commission and council.
(b) At a minimum the higher education facilities information system shall:
(1) Provide a state-wide inventory of higher education facilities, including those acquired by long-term lease, lease- purchase or other arrangement whereby the institution has long-term beneficial use. The inventory shall include, but is not limited to, the institution and campus location of the facility, the construction date, the original cost, square footage, floor plans, type of construction, ownership status, the purposes for which it is used, the current replacement cost and any other data the commission and council deem appropriate;
(2) Provide an inventory of all rooms within each facility, which includes, but is not limited to, the room number, the square footage, room usage, number of student stations and any other data the commission and council deem appropriate;
(3) Provide a vehicle for institutions to submit capital appropriation requests to the commission and council;
(4) Provide a vehicle to track the status and cost of institution capital projects from inception to completion, including major maintenance and deferred maintenance projects; and
(5) Provide the facility information needed to calculate the building renewal formula.
(c) The commission and council shall establish benchmarks for classroom and class laboratory utilization. An analysis of utilization shall be performed for the fall and spring semesters of each academic year. The efficient utilization of classrooms and class laboratories is a factor in determining whether an institution needs additional classroom and laboratory facilities.
(d) Each governing board and any institution under its jurisdiction shall participate and cooperate with the commission and council in all respects in the development and maintenance of the higher education facilities information system.
(e) The higher education facilities information system may be utilized for other purposes set forth by the commission and council in the rules required by section seventeen of this article.
§18B-19-10. Authorization to sell property; use of proceeds.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this code to the contrary, the commission, council and governing boards each may sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of any real property that it owns, either by contract or at public auction, and retain the proceeds of the transaction. The commission, council and governing boards may not sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of any real property without first performing the following steps:
(1) Having the property appraised by two independent licensed appraisers and may not sell the property for less than the average of the two appraisals;
(2) Providing notice to the public in the county in which the real property is located by a Class II legal advertisement pursuant to section two, article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code;
(3) Holding a public hearing on the issue in the county in which the real property is located; and
(4) In the case of the commission, notifying the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
(b) The commission, council or a governing board shall deposit the net proceeds from the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposal of real property into a special revenue account in the State Treasury to be appropriated by the Legislature in the annual budget bill for the purchase of additional real property, equipment or technology, or for capital improvements or maintenance at the institution that sold the surplus real property.
§18B-19-11. Authorization to lease-purchase.
(a) The commission or council may enter into lease-purchase agreements for capital improvements, including equipment, on behalf of or for the benefit of a state institution of higher education, the commission or council.
(b) After the commission or council, as appropriate, has granted approval for a lease-purchase agreement by a governing board, the board may enter into a lease-purchase agreement for capital improvements, including equipment.
(c) The governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University may enter into lease-purchase agreements for the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University without seeking the approval of the commission.
(d) A lease-purchase agreement constitutes a special obligation of the State of West Virginia. The obligation may be from any funds legally available to the commission, council or the institution and shall be cancelable at the option of the commission, council, governing board or institution at the end of any fiscal year. The obligation, or any assignment or securitization thereof, never constitutes an indebtedness of the State of West Virginia or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof, within the meaning of any constitutional provision or statutory limitation, and may not be a charge against the general credit or taxing powers of the state or any political subdivision thereof. Such facts shall be plainly stated in any lease-purchase agreement.
(e) A lease-purchase agreement shall prohibit assignment or securitization without consent of the lessee and the approval of the agreement as to form by the Attorney General. Proposals for any agreement shall be requested in accordance with the requirements of this section and rules of the commission and council. In addition, any lease-purchase agreement that exceeds $100,000 total shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General.
(f) The interest component of any lease-purchase obligation is exempt from all taxation of the State of West Virginia, except inheritance, estate and transfer taxes. It is the intent of the Legislature that if the requirements set forth in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto are met, the interest component of any lease- purchase obligation also is exempt from the gross income of the recipient for purposes of federal income taxation and may be designated by the governing board or the president of the institution as a bank-qualified obligation.
§18B-19-12. Authorization to lease.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the commission, council and governing boards may, in the name of the state, lease, or offer to lease, as lessee, any grounds, buildings, office or other space.
(b) The commission, council and governing boards have sole authority to select and to acquire by contract or lease all grounds, buildings, office space or other space, the rental of which is necessarily required by the commission, council or institutions.
(c) Before executing any rental contract or lease, the commission, council or a governing board shall determine the fair rental value for the rental of the requested grounds, buildings, office space or other space, in the condition in which they exist, and shall contract for or lease the premises at a price not to exceed the fair rental value.
(d) The commission, council and governing boards may enter into long-term agreements for buildings, land and space for periods longer than one fiscal year but not to exceed forty years.
(e) Any lease shall contain, in substance, all the following provisions:
(1) That the commission, council or governing board, as lessee, has the right to cancel the lease without further obligation on the part of the lessee upon giving thirty days' written notice to the lessor at least thirty days prior to the last day of the succeeding month;
(2) That the lease is considered canceled without further obligation on the part of the lessee if the Legislature or the federal government fails to appropriate sufficient funds therefor or otherwise acts to impair the lease or cause it to be canceled; and
(3) That the lease is considered renewed for each ensuing fiscal year during the term of the lease unless it is canceled by the commission, council or governing board before the end of the then-current fiscal year.
(f) The commission, council or institution that is granted any grounds, buildings, office space or other space leased in accordance with this section may not order or make permanent changes of any type thereto, unless the commission, council or governing board, as appropriate, has first determined that the change is necessary for the proper, efficient and economically sound operation of the institution. For purposes of this section, a "permanent change" means any addition, alteration, improvement, remodeling, repair or other change involving the expenditure of state funds for the installation of any tangible thing that cannot be economically removed from the grounds, buildings, office space or other space when vacated by the institution.
(g) Leases and other instruments for grounds, buildings, office or other space, once approved by the commission, council or governing board, may be signed by the chief executive officer, or designee, of the commission, council or institution.
(h) Any lease or instrument exceeding $100,000 annually shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General. A lease or other instrument for grounds, buildings, office or other space that contains a term, including any options, of more than six months for its fulfillment shall be filed with the State Auditor.
§18B-19-13. Real property contracts and agreements.
(a) Except as provided elsewhere in this article, any purchase of real estate, any lease-purchase agreement and any construction of new buildings or other acquisition of buildings, office space or grounds resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the commission or council, as appropriate, and provided to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance for prior review, if the transaction exceeds $1 million.
(b) The commission, council and each governing board shall provide to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance:
(1) A copy of any contract or agreement for real property exceeding $1 million to which it is a party; and
(2) A report setting forth a detailed summary of the terms of such contract or agreement, including the name of the property owner and the agent involved in the sale.
(c) The copy and report required by subsection (b) of this section shall be provided at least thirty days before any sale, exchange, transfer, purchase, lease-purchase, lease or rental of real property, refundings of lease-purchases, leases or rental agreements, construction of new buildings, and any other acquisition or lease of buildings, office space or grounds.
(d) A contract or agreement that is for the lease purchase, lease or rental of real property, where the costs of real property acquisition and improvements are to be financed, in whole or in part, with bond proceeds, may contain a preliminary schedule of rents and leases for purposes of review by the committee.
(e) For renewals of contracts or agreements required by this section to be reported, the commission, council or governing board shall provide a report setting forth a detailed summary of the terms of the contract or agreement, including the name of the property owner.
(f) The Joint Committee on Government and Finance shall meet and review any such contract, agreement or report within thirty days of receipt.
(g) Each governing board shall provide to the commission or council, as appropriate, a copy of any contract or agreement submitted to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance pursuant to this section.
§18B-19-14. Authorization for sale lease-back.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary and upon approval of the commission or council, as appropriate, before incurring any obligation, a governing board may sell any building that is on unencumbered real property to which the board holds title and lease back the same building. The board may deposit the net proceeds of the transaction into a special revenue account in the State Treasury to be appropriated by the Legislature for the use of the institution at which the real property is located. Prior to such action, the board shall:
(1) Have the property appraised by two licensed appraisers and may not sell the property for less than the average of the two appraisals; and
(2) Retain independent financial and legal services to examine fully all aspects of the transaction.
(b) Such a sale may be made only to a special purpose entity that exists primarily for the purpose of supporting the institution at which the building is located.
§18B-19-15. Construction and operation of auxiliary facilities; fees for auxiliary enterprises.

(a) A governing board may provide, construct, erect, improve, equip, maintain and operate auxiliary facilities, as defined in section two of this article, for students, employees and visitors on land it owns or leases.
(b) The cost of construction, erection, improvement or equipment may be payable with the proceeds of revenue bonds authorized by this code or by any other financing method provided in this article.
(c) A governing board may engage engineering, architectural, construction and other experts as it considers necessary, and may specify the payment and contract terms, which are included in the cost of the project.
(d) A governing board may establish rules and charge fees for use of its facilities. The fees charged shall be structured so as to generate funds sufficient to:
(1) Maintain payment of the principal of and interest on any revenue bonds, and for reserves for the revenue bonds;
(2) Operate the auxiliary enterprise;
(3) Satisfy annual building renewal formula requirements; and
(4) Build a reserve for major renovation or replacement.
(e) All moneys collected for the use of auxiliary facilities shall be paid to the credit of and expended by that institution in accordance with the provisions of section thirteen, article ten of this chapter.
§18B-19-16. Condemnation generally.
(a) The commission, council and governing boards each may acquire by condemnation land or buildings for the use and benefit of any state institution under its jurisdiction. Any condemnation proceeding conducted pursuant to this section is governed by chapter fifty-four of this code.
(b) The commission, council and governing boards each may condemn any interest, right or privilege, land or improvement, which in its opinion is necessary, in the manner provided by law for the acquisition by this state of property for public purposes. The state is under no obligation to accept and pay for any property condemned and in any event may pay for the property only from the funds provided for such purpose.
(c) In any proceeding to condemn, the order shall be made by the court having jurisdiction of the suit, action or proceedings. A bond or other security may be required by the court securing the property owner against any loss or damage to be sustained by reason of the state's failure to accept and pay for the property. The bond or security may not impose liability or debt on or of the state as contemplated by the provisions of the Constitution of the state in relation to state debt.
§18B-19-17. Legislative rule.
The commission and council jointly shall propose a rule or rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to implement the provisions of this article.
§18B-19-18. Reporting.
(a) Beginning July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, the commission and council shall provide a general status report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability on the progress being made in implementing the state-wide capital development plan and on the governing boards' progress in implementing the objectives of institutions' campus development plans.
(b) The process required by the commission and council for reporting by the governing boards shall be included in the rules required by section seventeen of this article.
CHAPTER 29. MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS AND OFFICERS.

ARTICLE 22. STATE LOTTERY ACT.
§29-22-18. State Lottery Fund; appropriations and deposits; not part of general revenue; no transfer of state funds after initial appropriation; use and repayment of initial appropriation; allocation of fund for prizes, net profit and expenses; surplus; State Lottery Education Fund; State Lottery Senior Citizens Fund; allocation and appropriation of net profits.

(a) There is continued a special revenue fund in the State Treasury which shall be designated and known as the State Lottery Fund. The fund consists of all appropriations to the fund and all interest earned from investment of the fund and any gifts, grants or contributions received by the fund. All revenues received from the sale of lottery tickets, materials and games shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and placed into the State Lottery Fund. The revenue shall be disbursed in the manner provided in this section for the purposes stated in this section and shall may not be treated by the Auditor and Treasurer as part of the general revenue of the state.
(b) No An appropriation, loan or other transfer of state funds may not be made to the commission or Lottery Fund after the initial appropriation.
(c) A minimum annual average of forty-five percent of the gross amount received from each lottery shall be allocated and disbursed as prizes.
(d) Not more than fifteen percent of the gross amount received from each lottery may be allocated to and may be disbursed as necessary for fund operation and administration expenses: Provided, That for the period beginning the first day of the month following the first passage of a referendum election held pursuant to section seven, article twenty-two-c of this chapter and for eighteen months thereafter, not more than seventeen percent of the gross amount received from each lottery shall be allocated to and may be disbursed as necessary for fund operation and administration expenses.
(e) The excess of the aggregate of the gross amount received from all lotteries over the sum of the amounts allocated by subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall be allocated as net profit. In the event that the percentage allotted for operations and administration generates a surplus, the surplus shall be allowed to accumulate to an amount not to exceed $250,000. On a monthly basis, the director shall report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance of the Legislature any surplus in excess of $250,000, and remit to the State Treasurer the entire amount of those surplus funds in excess of $250,000, which shall be allocated as net profit.
(f) After first satisfying the requirements for funds dedicated to the School Building Debt Service Fund in subsection (h) of this section to retire the bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to section eight, article nine-d, chapter eighteen of this code, then satisfying the requirements for funds dedicated to the Education, Arts, Sciences and Tourism Debt Service Fund in subsection (i) of this section to retire the bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to section eleven-a, article six, chapter five of this code, and then satisfying the requirements for funds dedicated to the Community and Technical College Capital Improvement Fund in subsection (j) of this section to retire the bonds for community and technical college capital improvements authorized to be issued pursuant to section eight, article ten, chapter eighteen-b of this code, and then satisfying the requirements for funds dedicated to the Higher Education Policy Commission Capital Improvement Fund in subsection (k) of this section to retire the bonds for college and university capital improvements authorized to be issued pursuant to section eight, article ten, chapter eighteen-b of this code, any and all remaining funds in the State Lottery Fund shall be made available to pay debt service in connection with any revenue bonds issued pursuant to section eighteen-a of this article, if and to the extent needed for such purpose from time to time. The Legislature annually shall annually appropriate all of the remaining amounts allocated as net profits in subsection (e) of this section, in such proportions as it considers beneficial to the citizens of this state, to: (1) The Lottery Education Fund created in subsection (g) of this section; (2) the School Construction Fund created in section six, article nine-d, chapter eighteen of this code; (3) the Lottery Senior Citizens Fund created in subsection (k) of this section; and (4) the Division of Natural Resources created in section three, article one, chapter twenty of this code and the West Virginia Development Office as created in section one, article two, chapter five-b of this code, in accordance with subsection (l) of this section. No A transfer to any account other than the School Building Debt Service Fund, the Education, Arts, Sciences and Tourism Debt Service Fund, the Community and Technical College Capital Improvement Fund, the Higher Education Policy Commission Capital Improvement Fund, the Economic Development Project Fund created under section eighteen-a, article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code, or any fund from which debt service is paid under subsection (c), section eighteen-a of this article may not be made in any period of time in which a default exists in respect to debt service on bonds issued by the School Building Authority, the State Building Commission, the Higher Education Policy Commission, the Economic Development Authority or which are otherwise secured by lottery proceeds. No An additional transfer may not be made to any account other than the School Building Debt Service Account, and the Education, Arts, Sciences and Tourism Debt Service Fund, and the Community and Technical College Capital Improvement Fund, and the Higher Education Policy Commission Capital Improvement Fund when net profits for the preceding twelve months are not at least equal to one hundred fifty percent of debt service on bonds issued by the School Building Authority, the State Building Commission and the Higher Education Policy Commission which are secured by net profits.
(g) There is continued a special revenue fund in the State Treasury which shall be designated and known as the Lottery Education Fund. The fund shall consist of the amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, which shall be deposited into the Lottery Education Fund by the State Treasurer. The Lottery Education Fund also shall also consist of all interest earned from investment of the Lottery Education Fund and any other appropriations, gifts, grants, contributions or moneys received by the Lottery Education Fund from any source. The revenues received or earned by the Lottery Education Fund shall be disbursed in the manner provided below and may not be treated by the State Auditor and State Treasurer as part of the general revenue of the state. Annually, the Legislature shall appropriate the revenues received or earned by the Lottery Education Fund to the state system of public and higher education for these educational programs it considers beneficial to the citizens of this state.
(h) On or before the twenty-eighth day of each month, as long as revenue bonds or refunding bonds are outstanding, the lottery director shall allocate to the School Building Debt Service Fund created pursuant to the provisions of section six, article nine-d, chapter eighteen of this code, as a first priority from the net profits of the lottery for the preceding month, an amount equal to one tenth of the projected annual principal, interest and coverage ratio requirements on any and all revenue bonds and refunding bonds issued, or to be issued, on or after April 1, 1994, as certified to the lottery director in accordance with the provisions of section six, article nine-d, chapter eighteen of this code. In no any event shall the monthly amount allocated may not exceed $1.8 million, nor may the total allocation of the net profits to be paid into the School Building Debt Service Fund, as provided in this section, in any fiscal year exceed the lesser of the principal and interest requirements certified to the lottery director or $18 million. In the event there are insufficient funds available in any month to transfer the amount required to be transferred pursuant to this subsection to the School Debt Service Fund, the deficiency shall be added to the amount transferred in the next succeeding month in which revenues are available to transfer the deficiency. A lien on the proceeds of the State Lottery Fund up to a maximum amount equal to the projected annual principal, interest and coverage ratio requirements, not to exceed $27 million annually, may be granted by the School Building Authority in favor of the bonds it issues which are secured by the net lottery profits. When the school improvement bonds, secured by profits from the lottery and deposited in the School Debt Service Fund, mature, the profits shall become available for debt service on additional school improvement bonds as a first priority from the net profits of the lottery or may at the discretion of the authority be placed into the School Construction Fund created pursuant to the provisions of section six, article nine-d, chapter eighteen of this code.
(i) Beginning on or before July 28, 1996, and continuing on or before the twenty-eighth day of each succeeding month thereafter, as long as revenue bonds or refunding bonds are outstanding, the lottery director shall allocate to the Education, Arts, Sciences and Tourism Debt Service Fund created pursuant to the provisions of section eleven-a, article six, chapter five of this code, as a second priority from the net profits of the lottery for the preceding month, an amount equal to one tenth of the projected annual principal, interest and coverage ratio requirements on any and all revenue bonds and refunding bonds issued, or to be issued, on or after April 1, 1996, as certified to the lottery director in accordance with the provisions of that section. In no any event may the monthly amount allocated may not exceed $1 million, nor may the total allocation paid into the Education, Arts, Sciences and Tourism Debt Service Fund, as provided in this section, in any fiscal year exceed the lesser of the principal and interest requirements certified to the lottery director or $10 million. In the event there are insufficient funds available in any month to transfer the amount required pursuant to this subsection to the Education, Arts, Sciences and Tourism Debt Service Fund, the deficiency shall be added to the amount transferred in the next succeeding month in which revenues are available to transfer the deficiency. A second-in-priority lien on the proceeds of the State Lottery Fund up to a maximum amount equal to the projected annual principal, interest and coverage ratio requirements, not to exceed $15 million annually, may be granted by the State Building Commission in favor of the bonds it issues which are secured by the net lottery profits.
(j) Beginning on or before July 28, 2008, and continuing on or before the twenty-eighth day of each succeeding month thereafter, as long as revenue bonds or refunding bonds are outstanding, the lottery director shall allocate to the Community and Technical College Capital Improvement Fund, created pursuant to section eight, article ten, chapter eighteen-b of this code, as a third priority from net profits of the lottery for the preceding month, an amount equal to one tenth of the projected annual principal, interest and coverage ratio requirements on any and all revenue bonds and refunding bonds issued or to be issued, on or after April 1, 2008, as certified by the lottery director in accordance with the provisions of that section. In no any event may the monthly amount allocated may not exceed $500,000, nor may the total allocation paid to the Community and Technical Capital Improvement Fund, as provided in this section, in any fiscal year exceed the lesser of the principal and interest requirements certified to the lottery director or $5 million. In the event there are insufficient funds available in any month to transfer the amount required pursuant to this subsection to the Community and Technical College Capital Improvement Fund, the deficiency shall be added to the amount transferred in the next succeeding month in which revenues are available to transfer the deficiency.
(1) A third-in-priority lien on the proceeds of the State Lottery Fund up to a maximum amount equal to the projected annual principal, interest and coverage ratio requirements, not exceeding $7.5 million annually, may be granted by the Higher Education Policy Commission in favor of the bonds it issues which are secured by the net lottery profits. When the bonds secured by the profits from the lottery and deposited in the Education, Arts, Sciences and Tourism Debt Service Fund as provided in subsection (i) of this section mature or are paid in full, the bonds issued by the Higher Education Policy Commission for which lottery profits are pledged as provided in this subsection shall be considered to have a second-in-priority lien on the net profits deposited in the State Lottery Fund.
(2) When the community and technical college capital improvement bonds secured by profits from the lottery and deposited in the Community and Technical College Capital Improvement Fund mature, the profits shall become available for debt service on additional community and technical college capital improvement bonds, if approved by resolution of the Legislature, as a second priority from the net profits of the lottery.
(3) The Council for Community and Technical College Education shall approve all community and technical college capital improvement plans prior to the distribution of bond proceeds.
(k) Beginning on the twenty-eighth day of the month after the bonds secured by the profits from the lottery and deposited in the Education, Arts, Sciences and Tourism Debt Service Fund as provided in subsection (i) of this section mature or are paid in full and on or before the twenty-eighth day of each succeeding month thereafter, as long as revenue bonds or refunding bonds are outstanding, the lottery director shall allocate to the Higher Education Policy Commission Capital Improvement Fund, created pursuant to section eight, article ten, chapter eighteen-b of this code, as a third priority from net profits of the lottery for the preceding month, an amount equal to one tenth of the projected annual principal, interest and coverage ratio requirements on any and all revenue bonds and refunding bonds issued or to be issued, on or after the May 1, 2009, as certified by the lottery director in accordance with the provisions of that section. In any event the monthly amount allocated may not exceed $1 million, nor may the total allocation paid to the Higher Education Policy Commission Capital Improvement Fund, as provided in this section, in any fiscal year exceed the lesser of the principal and interest requirements certified to the lottery director or $10 million. In the event there are insufficient funds available in any month to transfer the amount required pursuant to this subsection to the Higher Education Policy Commission Capital Improvement Fund, the deficiency shall be added to the amount transferred in the next succeeding month in which revenues are available to transfer the deficiency.
(1) A third-in-priority lien on the proceeds of the State Lottery Fund up to a maximum amount equal to the projected annual principal, interest and coverage ratio requirements, not exceeding $15 million annually, may be granted by the Higher Education Policy Commission in favor of the bonds it issues under this subsection and which are secured by the net lottery profits.
(2) When the college and university capital improvement bonds secured by profits from the lottery and deposited in the Higher Education Policy Commission Capital Improvement Fund mature, the profits shall become available for debt service on additional college and university capital improvement bonds, if approved by resolution of the Legislature, as a third priority from the net profits of the lottery.
(3) The Higher Education Policy Commission shall allocate at least thirty percent of funds generated from the sale of bonds pursuant to this subsection equally among the state's two doctoral degree-granting universities to further the objective of developing greater research capacity set forth in subdivision (8), subsection (b), section three, article one-d of this chapter.
(k) (l) There is continued a special revenue fund in the State Treasury which shall be designated and known as the Lottery Senior Citizens Fund. The fund shall consist of the amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, which amounts shall be deposited into the Lottery Senior Citizens Fund by the State Treasurer. The Lottery Senior Citizens Fund also shall also consist of all interest earned from investment of the Lottery Senior Citizens Fund and any other appropriations, gifts, grants, contributions or moneys received by the Lottery Senior Citizens Fund from any source. The revenues received or earned by the Lottery Senior Citizens Fund shall be distributed in the manner provided below and may not be treated by the State Auditor or State Treasurer as part of the general revenue of the state. Annually, the Legislature shall appropriate the revenues received or earned by the Lottery Senior Citizens Fund to any senior citizens medical care and other programs it considers beneficial to the citizens of this state.
(l) (m) The Division of Natural Resources and the West Virginia Development Office, as appropriated by the Legislature, may use the amounts allocated to them pursuant to subsection (f) of this section for one or more of the following purposes:
(1) The payment of any or all of the costs incurred in the development, construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair of any project or recreational facility, as these terms are defined in section four, article five, chapter twenty of this code, pursuant to the authority granted to it under article five, chapter twenty of this code;
(2) The payment, funding or refunding of the principal of, interest on or redemption premiums on any bonds, security interests or notes issued by the parks and recreation section of the Division of Natural Resources under article five, chapter twenty of this code; or
(3) The payment of any advertising and marketing expenses for the promotion and development of tourism or any tourist facility or attraction in this state.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is in relation to higher education capital facilities, including capital project planning, financing, management and maintenance. The bill provides for the acquisition, sale, transfer, exchange, lease, conveyance and condemnation of real property and the construction and operation of capital facilities. The bill establishes a special revenue fund known as the Higher Education Policy Commission Capital Improvement Fund. The bill directs the use of certain lottery proceeds. The bill further establishes in the State Treasury a capital maintenance fund for each state institution of higher education. The bill also provides for system-wide facilities planning and institution facilities planning.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

§18B-19-1, §18B-19-2, §18B-19-3, §18B-19-4, §18B-19-5, §18B- 19-6, §18B-19-7, §18B-19-8, §18B-19-9, §18B-19-10, §18B-19-11, §18B-19-12, §18B-19-13, §18B-19-14, §18B-19-15, §18B-19-16, §18B- 19-17 and §18B-19-18 are new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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