AN ACT CONCERNING NEXT GENERATION CONNECTICUT.


General Assembly		*Governor's Bill No. 840*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 2891
		02891__________
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
SEN. WILLIAMS, 29^th Dist. SEN. LOONEY, 11^th Dist. REP. SHARKEY, 88^th Dist. REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30^th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING NEXT GENERATION CONNECTICUT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):

(10) To borrow money and issue securities to finance the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement or equipping of any one project, or more than one, or any combination of projects, or to refund securities issued after June 7, 1995, or to refund any such refunding securities or for any one, or more than one, or all of those purposes, or any combination of those purposes, and to provide for the security and payment of those securities and for the rights of the holders of them, except that the amount of any such borrowing, the special debt service requirements for which are secured by the state debt service commitment, exclusive of the amount of borrowing to refund securities, or to fund issuance costs or necessary reserves, may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of (A) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, to June 30, 2005, inclusive, one billion thirty million dollars, (B) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, to June 30, [2018] 2024, inclusive, [one billion seven hundred nineteen million nine hundred thousand] three billion two hundred seventy million nine hundred thousand dollars, and (C) such additional amount or amounts: (i) Required from time to time to fund any special capital reserve fund or other debt service reserve fund in accordance with the financing transaction proceedings, and (ii) to pay or provide for the costs of issuance and capitalized interest, if any; the aggregate amounts of subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C) of this subdivision are established as the authorized funding amount, and no borrowing within the authorized funding amount for a project or projects may be effected unless the project or projects are included in accordance with subsection (a) of section 10a-109e;

Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 10a-109e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):

(a) The university may administer, manage, schedule, finance, further design and construct UConn 2000, to operate and maintain the components thereof in a prudent and economical manner and to reserve for and make renewals and replacements thereof when appropriate, it being hereby determined and found to be in the best interest of the state and the university to provide this independent authority to the university along with providing assured revenues therefor as the efficient and cost effective course to achieve the objective of avoiding further decline in the physical infrastructure of the university and to renew, modernize, enhance and maintain such infrastructure, the particular project or projects, each being hereby approved as a project of UConn 2000, and the presently estimated cost thereof being as follows:

T1	UConn 2000 Project	Phase I	Phase II	Phase III
T2		Fiscal Years	Fiscal Years	Fiscal Years
T3		1996-1999	2000-2005	[2005-2018]
T4				2005-2024
T5
T6	Academic and Research			450,000,000
T7	Facilities
T8
T9	Agricultural Biotechnology
T10	Facility	9,400,000
T11
T12	Agricultural Biotechnology
T13	Facility Completion		10,000,000
T14
T15	Alumni Quadrant
T16	Renovations		14,338,000
T17
T18	Arjona and Monteith
T19	(new classroom buildings)			66,100,000
T20
T21	Avery Point Campus
T22	Undergraduate and
T23	Library Building			35,000,000
T24
T25	Avery Point Marine
T26	Science Research Center –
T27	Phase I	34,000,000
T28
T29	Avery Point Marine
T30	Science Research Center –
T31	Phase II		16,682,000
T32
T33	Avery Point Renovation		5,600,000
T34
T35	Babbidge Library	0
T36
T37	Balancing Contingency		5,506,834
T38
T39	Beach Hall Renovations			10,000,000
T40
T41	Benton State Art Museum
T42	Addition		1,400,000	3,000,000
T43
T44	Biobehavioral Complex
T45	Replacement			4,000,000
T46
T47	Bishop Renovation			8,000,000
T48
T49	Budds Building
T50	Renovation		2,805,000
T51
T52	Business School
T53	Renovation		4,803,000
T54
T55	Chemistry Building	53,700,000
T56
T57	Commissary Warehouse			1,000,000
T58
T59	Deferred Maintenance/
T60	Code/ADA Renovation
T61	Lump Sum	39,332,000		[215,000,000]
T62				820,000,000
T63
T64	Deferred Maintenance &
T65	Renovation Lump Sum
T66	Balance		104,668,000
T67
T68	East Campus North
T69	Renovations		11,820,000
T70
T71	Engineering Building
T72	(with Environmental
T73	Research Institute)			36,700,000
T74
T75	Equine Center		1,000,000
T76
T77	Equipment, Library
T78	Collections &
T79	Telecommunications	60,500,000		[200,000,000]
T80				470,000,000
T81
T82	Equipment, Library
T83	Collections &
T84	Telecommunications
T85	Completion		182,118,146
T86
T87	Family Studies (DRM)
T88	Renovation			6,500,000
T89
T90	Farm Buildings Repairs/
T91	Replacement			6,000,000
T92
T93	Fine Arts Phase II			20,000,000
T94
T95	Floriculture Greenhouse			3,000,000
T96
T97	Gant Building Renovations			34,000,000
T98
T99	Gant Plaza Deck		0
T100
T101	Gentry Completion			10,000,000
T102
T103	Gentry Renovation		9,299,000
T104
T105	Grad Dorm Renovations		7,548,000
T106
T107	Gulley Hall Renovation		1,416,000
T108
T109	Hartford Relocation
T110	Acquisition/Renovation		56,762,020	70,000,000
T111
T112	Hartford Relocation Design	1,500,000
T113
T114	Hartford Relocation
T115	Feasibility Study	500,000
T116
T117	Heating Plant Upgrade	10,000,000
T118
T119	Hilltop Dormitory New		30,000,000
T120
T121	Hilltop Dormitory
T122	Renovations		3,141,000
T123
T124	Ice Rink Enclosure	2,616,000
T125
T126	Incubator Facilities			10,000,000
T127
T128	International House
T129	Conversion		800,000
T130
T131	Intramural, Recreational
T132	and Intercollegiate Facilities			31,000,000
T133
T134	Jorgensen Renovation			7,200,000
T135
T136	Koons Hall Renovation/
T137	Addition			7,000,000
T138
T139	Lakeside Renovation			3,800,000
T140
T141	Law School Renovations/
T142	Improvements			15,000,000
T143
T144	Library Storage Facility			5,000,000
T145
T146	Litchfield Agricultural
T147	Center – Phase I	1,000,000
T148
T149	Litchfield Agricultural
T150	Center – Phase II		700,000
T151
T152	Manchester Hall
T153	Renovation			6,000,000
T154
T155	Mansfield Apartments
T156	Renovation	2,612,000
T157
T158	Mansfield Training School
T159	Improvements		27,614,000	29,000,000
T160
T161	Natural History Museum
T162	Completion			4,900,000
T163
T164	North Campus Renovation	2,654,000
T165
T166	North Campus Renovation
T167	Completion		21,049,000
T168
T169	North Hillside Road
T170	Completion			11,500,000
T171
T172	North Superblock Site
T173	and Utilities	8,000,000
T174
T175	Northwest Quadrant
T176	Renovation	2,001,000
T177
T178	Northwest Quadrant
T179	Renovation		15,874,000
T180
T181	Observatory			1,000,000
T182
T183	Old Central Warehouse			18,000,000
T184
T185	Parking Garage #3			[15,000,000]
T186				78,000,000
T187
T188	Parking Garage – North	10,000,000
T189
T190	Parking Garage – South		15,000,000
T191
T192	Pedestrian Spinepath		2,556,000
T193
T194	Pedestrian Walkways		3,233,000
T195
T196	Psychology Building
T197	Renovation/Addition			20,000,000
T198
T199	Residential Life Facilities			[90,000,000]
T200				162,000,000
T201	Roadways		10,000,000
T202
T203	School of Business	20,000,000
T204
T205	School of Pharmacy/Biology	3,856,000
T206
T207	School of Pharmacy/Biology
T208	Completion		61,058,000
T209
T210	Shippee/Buckley
T211	Renovations		6,156,000
T212
T213	Social Science K Building		20,964,000
T214
T215	South Campus Complex	13,127,000
T216
T217	Stamford Campus
T218	Improvements/Housing			[3,000,000]
T219				13,000,000
T220
T221	Stamford Downtown
T222	Relocation – Phase I	45,659,000
T223
T224	Stamford Downtown
T225	Relocation – Phase II		17,392,000
T226
T227	Storrs Hall Addition			4,300,000
T228
T229	Student Health Services			12,000,000
T230
T231	Student Union Addition		23,000,000
T232
T233	Support Facility
T234	(Architectural and
T235	Engineering Services)			2,000,000
T236
T237	Technology Quadrant –
T238	Phase IA	38,000,000
T239
T240	Technology Quadrant –
T241	Phase IB		16,611,000
T242
T243	Technology Quadrant –
T244	Phase II		72,000,000
T245
T246	Technology Quadrant –
T247	Phase III		15,000,000
T248
T249	Torrey Life Science
T250	Renovation		17,000,000
T251
T252	Torrey Renovation
T253	Completion and Biology
T254	Expansion			42,000,000
T255
T256	Torrington Campus
T257	Improvements			1,000,000
T258
T259	Towers Renovation		17,794,000
T260
T261	UConn Products Store			1,000,000
T262
T263	Undergraduate Education
T264	Center	650,000
T265
T266	Undergraduate Education
T267	Center		7,450,000
T268
T269	Underground Steam &
T270	Water Upgrade	3,500,000
T271
T272	Underground Steam &
T273	Water Upgrade
T274	Completion		9,000,000
T275
T276	University Programs
T277	Building – Phase I	8,750,000
T278
T279	University Programs
T280	Building – Phase II
T281	Visitors Center		300,000
T282
T283	Waring Building Conversion	7,888,000
T284
T285	Waterbury Downtown
T286	Campus			3,000,000
T287
T288	Waterbury Property
T289	Purchase	325,000
T290
T291	West Campus Renovations		14,897,000
T292
T293	West Hartford Campus
T294	Renovations/
T295	Improvements			25,000,000
T296
T297	White Building Renovation	2,430,000
T298
T299	Wilbur Cross Building
T300	Renovation		3,645,000
T301
T302	Young Building Renovation/
T303	Addition			17,000,000
T304
T305	HEALTH CENTER
T306
T307	CLAC Renovation
T308	Biosafety Level 3 Lab			14,000,000
T309
T310	Deferred Maintenance/
T311	Code/ADA Renovation
T312	Sum – Health Center			[50,000,000]
T313				61,000,000
T314
T315	Dental School Renovation			5,000,000
T316
T317	Equipment, Library
T318	Collections and
T319	Telecommunications –
T320	Health Center			75,000,000
T321
T322	Library/Student Computer
T323	Center Renovation			5,000,000
T324
T325	Main Building Renovation			125,000,000
T326
T327	Medical School Academic
T328	Building Renovation			9,000,000
T329
T330	Parking Garage – Health
T331	Center			8,400,000
T332
T333	Research Tower			60,000,000
T334
T335	Support Building Addition/
T336	Renovation			4,000,000
T337
T338	The University of Connecticut
T339	Health Center
T340	New Construction and
T341	Renovation			394,900,000
T342
T343	Planning and Design Costs			25,000,000
T344
T345	Total – Storrs and Regional			[1,043,000,000]
T346	Campus Project List			2,583,000,000
T347
T348	Total – Health Center			[775,300,000]
T349	Project List			786,300,000
T350
T351	TOTAL	382,000,000	868,000,000	[1,818,300,000]
T352				3,369,300,000

Sec. 3. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):

(a) (1) The university is authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance and sale of securities, in its own name on behalf of the state, pursuant to section 10a-109f. The board of trustees of the university is hereby authorized by such resolution to delegate to its finance committee such matters as it may determine appropriate other than the authorization and maximum amount of the securities to be issued, the nature of the obligation of the securities as established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and the projects for which the proceeds are to be used. The finance committee may act on such matters unless and until the board of trustees elects to reassume the same. The amount of securities the special debt service requirements of which are secured by the state debt service commitment that the board of trustees is authorized to provide for the issuance and sale in accordance with this subsection shall be capped in each fiscal year in the following amounts, provided, to the extent the board of trustees does not provide for the issuance of all or a portion of such amount in a fiscal year, all or such portion, as the case may be, may be carried forward to any succeeding fiscal year and provided further, the actual amount for funding, paying or providing for the items described in subparagraph (C) of subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d may be added to the capped amount in each fiscal year:

T353	Fiscal Year	Amount
T354	1996	$112,542,000
T355	1997	112,001,000
T356	1998	93,146,000
T357	1999	64,311,000
T358	2000	130,000,000
T359	2001	100,000,000
T360	2002	100,000,000
T361	2003	100,000,000
T362	2004	100,000,000
T363	2005	100,000,000
T364	2006	79,000,000
T365	2007	89,000,000
T366	2008	115,000,000
T367	2009	140,000,000
T368	2010	0
T369	2011	138,800,000
T370	2012	157,200,000
T371	2013	143,000,000
T372	2014	[198,000,000] 204,400,000
T373	2015	[208,500,000] 315,500,000
T374	2016	[199,500,000] 309,500,000
T375	2017	[160,900,000] 266,400,000
T376	2018	[91,000,000] 269,500,000
T377	2019	251,000,000
T378	2020	269,000,000
T379	2021	191,500,000
T380	2022	144,000,000
T381	2023	112,000,000
T382	2024	73,500,000

Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 10a-109n of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):

(a) For the period from July 1, 2001, to June 30, [2018] 2024, or until completion of the UConn 2000 infrastructure improvement program, whichever is later, the university shall have charge and supervision of the design, planning, acquisition, remodeling, alteration, repair, enlargement or demolition of any real asset or any other project on its campuses.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2013	10a-109d(a)(10)
Sec. 2	July 1, 2013	10a-109e(a)
Sec. 3	July 1, 2013	10a-109g(a)(1)
Sec. 4	July 1, 2013	10a-109n(a)

Statement of Purpose:

To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]