Connecticut 2010 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05027 Compare Versions

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1		-	Substitute House Bill No. 5027
	1	+	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5027
	2	+	February Session, 2010 _____HB05027FIN___042610____
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3		-	~~Public Act No. 10-104~~
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5		-	AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH NETWORK AND CONNECTICUT BIOSCIENCE INITIATIVE.
	6	+	Substitute Bill No. 5027
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	8	+	February Session, 2010
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	10	+	_____HB05027FIN___042610____
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	12	+	AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER'S FACILITIES PLAN.
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7	14		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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9		-	Section 1. Section 10a-109b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
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11		-	(a) The purpose of The University of Connecticut 2000 Act is to promote the welfare and prosperity of the people of the state and the continuation and improvement of their educational opportunities by approving a special capital improvement program for The University of Connecticut and enabling The University of Connecticut to borrow money and enter into financing transactions in its own name, on behalf of the state, to expand the authority of The University of Connecticut to construct projects and to assure a state commitment to support the financing of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipping of facilities, structures and related systems for the benefit of the educational and economic development needs of the state and The University of Connecticut, all to the public benefit and good, and the exercise of the powers, to the extent and manner provided in The University of Connecticut 2000 Act, is declared to be for a public purpose and to be the exercise of an essential governmental function.
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13		-	(b) The purposes of sections 8 to 12, inclusive, 14 and 15 of this act and the provisions of sections 10a-109c to 10a-109e, inclusive, 10a-109g, 10a-109n and 32-41s, as amended by this act, relating to The University of Connecticut Health Center and John Dempsey Hospital are to advance health care, education and economic development in the state by (1) encouraging collaboration, innovation, job creation and new investment by The University of Connecticut, various hospitals and other institutions involved in the health and bioscience industries of the state; (2) enabling the construction of a new bed tower at John Dempsey Hospital and the renovation of academic, clinical and research space at The University of Connecticut Health Center to enhance the academic, clinical and research missions of The University of Connecticut School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine; (3) facilitating the assumption of operational control of the neonatal intensive care unit located at John Dempsey Hospital by Connecticut Children's Medical Center resulting in a regional children's health care system and an increased adult medical surgical bed capacity for John Dempsey Hospital; (4) supporting the development of (A) a comprehensive cancer center to expand clinical trials and advance patient care at multiple sites in the Hartford region, (B) a state-of-the-art simulation and conference center to be located on the campus of Hartford Hospital that will be used to educate and train health care professionals utilizing new technologies and simulated care settings, (C) a primary care institute located on the campus of Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, the Connecticut Institute for Primary Care Innovation, that is intended to increase the number of primary care providers in the state by engaging in research and training to facilitate the effective delivery of primary care, (D) a health disparities institute sponsored by The University of Connecticut that will enhance research and the delivery of care to the minority and medically underserved populations of the state, (E) an institute for clinical and translational science to be located on the campus of The University of Connecticut Health Center, (F) The Connecticut Institute for Nursing Excellence to be located on the campus of The University of Connecticut School of Nursing that will explore ways to enhance the recruitment, education and retention of nurses and nursing faculty, (G) a Permanent Regional Phase One Clinical Trials Unit to be located at The Hospital of Central Connecticut, (H) a cancer treatment center to be located in its entirety within the city of New Britain, and (I) patient room renovations at Bristol Hospital; and (5) fostering growth in the bioscience sector of the state's economy by extending the same benefits afforded to businesses located in an enterprise zone to businesses that are engaged in bioscience and located in the city of Hartford or certain areas in the town of Farmington, the city of New Britain and the city of Bristol.
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15		-	Sec. 2. Section 10a-109c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
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17		-	As used in sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, and 32-41s, as amended by this act, and sections 8 to 12, inclusive, 14 and 15 of this act, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings:
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19		-	(1) "Act" means The University of Connecticut 2000 Act.
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21		-	(2) "Assured revenues" means revenues other than project revenues, to be received from fees, tuition, rentals, charges, gifts, investments, endowments and from grants, subsidies, contracts, leases or other agreements made by or with the federal government, the state or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the federal government or the state, or others, including the state debt service commitment, the minimum state operating provision and special eligible gifts.
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23		-	(3) "Board of trustees" means the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut.
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25		-	(4) "Cost", as applied to a project or any portion of the project, includes, but is not limited to: The purchase price or acquisition cost of any such project; the cost of planning, designing, constructing, building, alteration, enlargement, reconstruction, renovation, improvement, equipping and remodeling; the cost of all labor, materials, building systems, machinery and equipment; the cost of all lands, structures, real or personal property, rights, easements and franchises acquired; the cost of all utility extensions, access roads, site development, financing charges, premiums for insurance, interest prior to and during construction and for six months thereafter; the cost of working capital related to the project; the cost of plans and specifications, surveys and estimates of cost and of revenues; the cost of accountants, audits, engineering, feasibility studies, legal and other professional consulting or technical services; the cost of reserves for payment of future debt service related to the financing transaction proceedings and for future repairs, renewals, replacements, additions and improvements; the cost of all other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of such construction; and administrative and operating expenses and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing authorized.
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27		-	(5) "Endowment fund" means the fund described in subsection (b) of section 10a-109i.
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29		-	(6) "Endowment fund eligible gift" means a gift to or for the benefit of the university of cash or assets which may be reduced to cash or which has a value that is ascertainable by the university which the donor has specifically designated for deposit in the endowment fund or which explicitly or implicitly by the terms of the gift the university may and does deposit or permit to be deposited in the endowment fund.
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31		-	(7) "Endowment fund state grant" means moneys transferred by the Department of Higher Education from the fund established pursuant to section 10a-8b for deposit into the endowment fund pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 10a-109i in an aggregate amount not exceeding the endowment fund state grant maximum commitment.
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33		-	(8) "Endowment fund state grant maximum commitment" means an amount not exceeding ten million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, seven million five hundred thousand dollars for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, June 30, 2002, June 30, 2003, June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, five million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, ten million dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, and June 30, 2007, and fifteen million dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2014, inclusive.
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35		-	(9) "Finance committee" means the budget and finance committee of the board of trustees.
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37		-	(10) "Financing documents" means any securities, loan agreements, credit agreements, financing leases, lease-purchase agreements, trust agreements, indentures, resolutions, security agreements, pledge agreements or other contracts, agreements or documents executed and delivered by the university in connection with a financing transaction proceeding.
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39		-	(11) "Financing transaction proceedings" means the proceedings of the university authorizing the issuance of securities under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, the provisions of any indenture of trust or resolution securing securities, which provisions are incorporated into such proceedings, the provisions of any financing or other documents or agreements which are incorporated into such proceedings, and a certificate of determination executed and filed by the Treasurer in accordance with subsection (e) or (f) of section 10a-109g.
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41		-	(12) "Governor" means the Governor of the state.
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43		-	(13) "Holder" or "owner" when used with reference to securities means any person or party who is the registered owner of any outstanding security.
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45		-	(14) "State debt service commitment" means, with respect to securities issued as general obligations of the university pursuant to subsection (c) of section [10-109g] 10a-109g for UConn 2000, [in a principal amount not exceeding nine hundred eighty million dollars,] an annual amount, commencing in the state fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, and any fiscal year thereafter for any special debt service requirements when due and payable.
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47		-	(15) "Minimum state operating provision" means the commitment of the state to appropriate, annually, an amount for the university for operations after receiving a request from the university therefor and consideration of other amounts available to the university for its operations which amount so appropriated shall be consistent with the university continuing to operate in furtherance and pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of article eighth of the Constitution of the state and applicable law as an institution dedicated to the excellence in higher education, including the operation of the components of UConn 2000 at Storrs and elsewhere in the state pursuant to section 10a-109e; provided, nothing in sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, shall be construed to preclude the state from appropriating a lower or higher amount than the amount appropriated in the previous fiscal year as long as the Appropriation Act provides and determines that the university can continue to operate as an institution dedicated to excellence in higher education and such amount so appropriated shall then constitute the minimum state operating provision.
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49		-	(16) "Project" means any structure designed for use as a dormitory or other housing facility, dining facility, student union, academic building, administrative facility, library, classroom building, research facility, faculty facility, office facility, athletic facility, health care facility, laboratory, maintenance, storage or utility facility or other building or structure essential, necessary or useful for instruction in a program of education provided by the university; or any multipurpose structure designed to combine two or more of the functions performed by the types of structures enumerated in this subsection, including, without limitation, improvements, reconstruction, replacements, additions and equipment acquired in connection with a project or in connection with operation of any facilities of the university existing on June 7, 1995. "Project" includes all real and personal property, lands, improvements, driveways, roads, approaches, pedestrian access roads, parking lots, parking facilities, rights-of-way, utilities, easements and other interests in land, machinery and equipment, and all appurtenances and facilities either on, above or under the ground that are used or usable in connection with any of the structures mentioned in this subsection. "Project" also includes landscaping, site preparation, furniture, machinery, equipment and other similar items necessary or convenient for the operation of a particular facility or structure in the manner for which its use is intended, but does not include items that are customarily under applicable accounting principles considered as a current operating charge, unless the category and maximum amount thereof is specifically included by a determination of the board of trustees in the financing transaction proceedings and by percentage or otherwise as may be limited pursuant to such proceedings in order to preserve the excludability of the interest on the securities issued therefor from federal taxation under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States as from time to time amended.
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51		-	(17) "Project revenues" means revenues received from projects existing on June 7, 1995, from projects under construction or from projects the acquisition, construction or accomplishment of which the university has entered into a binding commitment, anticipated by the board of trustees to produce annual revenues in an amount not less than the anticipated annual cost of operation, maintenance and repair of such project, and annual debt service payments on any financing transaction proceedings for the project during the term of any such proceedings effected under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, for the project, as determined by the board of trustees.
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53		-	(18) "Securities" means any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or borrowing of the university issued pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive.
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55		-	(19) "Special debt service requirements" means, for any period, and with respect to securities, subject to the financing transaction proceedings authorizing the issuance of the securities, the sum of (A) the principal on serial bonds or sinking fund installment on term bonds and interest accruing and coming due during such period, (B) the amounts, if any, required, with respect to interest rate fluctuations on variable rate debt, or with respect to securities not secured by the state debt service commitment during such period to establish or maintain reserves, sinking funds or other funds or accounts at the respective levels required to be established or maintained therein in accordance with the proceedings authorizing the issuance of securities, (C) annual expenses of issuance and administration with respect to securities, (D) the amounts, if any, becoming due and payable under a reimbursement agreement or similar agreement entered into pursuant to authority granted under the proceedings authorizing the issuance of securities, (E) net amounts owing under interest rate agreements authorized and effective under section 10a-109j, (F) arbitrage rebate requirements pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10a-109q on securities secured by the state debt service commitment, and (G) any other annual costs or expenses necessary or proper to be paid in connection with the securities, including, without limitation, the annual cost of any credit facility, including but not limited to a letter of credit or policy of bond insurance, issued by a financial institution pursuant to an agreement approved in the financing transaction proceedings.
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57		-	(20) "Special eligible gift" means a gift to or for the benefit of the university of cash or assets which may be reduced to cash by the university which the donor has specifically designated as a donation for use by the university in furtherance of UConn 2000 or which explicitly or implicitly by the terms of the gift the university may use for UConn 2000 and which the university determines to so use for such purpose pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10a-109i.
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59		-	(21) "Special External Gift Fund" means the fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10a-109i.
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61		-	(22) "State" means the state of Connecticut.
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63		-	(23) "State Bond Commission" means the commission established and existing pursuant to subsection (c) of section 3-20, as the same may from time to time be amended, or any successor to said commission.
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65		-	(24) "Treasurer" means the Treasurer of the state or his deputy appointed pursuant to section 3-12.
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67		-	(25) "UConn 2000 infrastructure improvement program" or "UConn 2000" means the projects identified or referenced in section 10a-109e, as same may be modified from time to time in accordance with said section 10a-109e and, in bundle, constitutes the special capital improvement program proposed by the university, approved by the state and identified in said section 10a-109e as necessary at this time to modernize, rehabilitate, renew, expand and otherwise stabilize the physical plant of the university so as to provide the Connecticut community with confidence that a concentrated, accelerated and cooperative effort is being made for the benefit of the educational and economic development needs of the state and university and in an efficient, cost effective and timely manner and to assure that the university can continue to properly and proudly compete successfully for students, faculty, staff and external grant support.
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69		-	(26) "University" means The University of Connecticut, a constituent unit of the state system of public higher education, including The University of Connecticut Health Center.
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71		-	(27) "Contractor" means any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity (A) seeking prequalification to bid on a contract or seeking the award of a contract, or (B) prequalified to bid on a contract or that has been awarded a contract, in accordance with subsection (c) of section 10a-109n.
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73		-	(28) "Total cost basis contract" means a construction manager at-risk project delivery contract between The University of Connecticut and a contractor to accomplish multiple elements of a project, including, but not limited to, site acquisition, architectural design, preconstruction activities, project management and construction.
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75		-	(29) "Deferred maintenance" means repair of an infrastructure or structure, that was not maintained, repaired or replaced in the usual course of maintenance and repair.
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77		-	(30) "NICU transfer" means the transfer of the licensure and control of forty neonatal intensive care unit beds located at John Dempsey Hospital to Connecticut Children's Medical Center resulting in (A) no decrease in John Dempsey Hospital's total licensed bed capacity, and (B) an increase in Connecticut Children's Medical Center's total licensed bed capacity by forty.
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79		-	(31) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
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81		-	(32) "UConn health network initiatives" means the initiatives to develop a simulation and conference center on the Hartford Hospital campus, a primary care institute on the Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center campus, an institute for clinical and translational science on The University of Connecticut Health Center campus, a comprehensive cancer center, The University of Connecticut-sponsored health disparities institute, The Connecticut Institute for Nursing Excellence, a Permanent Regional Phase One Clinical Trials Unit at The Hospital of Central Connecticut, a cancer treatment center in the city of New Britain, and patient room renovations at Bristol Hospital, described in section 10a-109b, as amended by this act.
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83		-	(33) "The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation" means the planning, design, development, financing, construction, renovation, furnishing, equipping and completion of clinical, academic and research space within John Dempsey Hospital and The University of Connecticut Health Center, including, but not limited to, construction of a new bed tower for John Dempsey Hospital, resulting in an increase in its total licensed bed capacity from the current two hundred twenty-four beds to a number not to exceed two hundred thirty-four beds, including newborn bassinettes.
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85		-	Sec. 3. Subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
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87		-	(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, [2016] 2018, inclusive, one billion [two hundred fifty] four hundred fifty-seven million 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;
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89		-	Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 10a-109e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
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91		-	(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:
	16	+	Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Department of Higher Education shall study issues concerning The University of Connecticut Health Center's facilities plan. Not later than January 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Higher Education shall report on such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education, public health, and finance, revenue and bonding, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.
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95		-	UConn 2000 Project Phase I Phase II Phase III
96		-	Fiscal Years Fiscal Years Fiscal Years
97		-	1996-1999 2000-2005 [2005-2016]
98		-	2005-2018
99		-	Agricultural Biotechnology
100		-	Facility 9,400,000
101		-	Agricultural Biotechnology
102		-	Facility Completion 10,000,000
103		-	Alumni Quadrant
104		-	Renovations 14,338,000
105		-	Arjona and Monteith
106		-	(new classroom buildings) 66,100,000
107		-	Avery Point Campus
108		-	Undergraduate and
109		-	Library Building 35,000,000
110		-	Avery Point Marine
111		-	Science Research Center –
112		-	Phase I 34,000,000
113		-	Avery Point Marine
114		-	Science Research Center –
115		-	Phase II 16,682,000
116		-	Avery Point Renovation 5,600,000
117		-	Babbidge Library 0
118		-	Balancing Contingency 5,506,834
119		-	Beach Hall Renovations 10,000,000
120		-	Benton State Art Museum
121		-	Addition 1,400,000 3,000,000
122		-	Biobehavioral Complex
123		-	Replacement 4,000,000
124		-	Bishop Renovation 8,000,000
125		-	Budds Building
126		-	Renovation 2,805,000
127		-	Business School
128		-	Renovation 4,803,000
129		-	Chemistry Building 53,700,000
130		-	Commissary Warehouse 1,000,000
131		-	Deferred Maintenance/
132		-	Code/ADA Renovation
133		-	Lump Sum 39,332,000 215,000,000
134		-	Deferred Maintenance &
135		-	Renovation Lump Sum
136		-	Balance 104,668,000
137		-	East Campus North
138		-	Renovations 11,820,000
139		-	Engineering Building
140		-	(with Environmental
141		-	Research Institute) 36,700,000
142		-	Equine Center 1,000,000
143		-	Equipment, Library
144		-	Collections &
145		-	Telecommunications 60,500,000 200,000,000
146		-	Equipment, Library
147		-	Collections &
148		-	Telecommunications
149		-	Completion 182,118,146
150		-	Family Studies (DRM)
151		-	Renovation 6,500,000
152		-	Farm Buildings Repairs/
153		-	Replacement 6,000,000
154		-	Fine Arts Phase II 20,000,000
155		-	Floriculture Greenhouse 3,000,000
156		-	Gant Building Renovations 34,000,000
157		-	Gant Plaza Deck 0
158		-	Gentry Completion 10,000,000
159		-	Gentry Renovation 9,299,000
160		-	Grad Dorm Renovations 7,548,000
161		-	Gulley Hall Renovation 1,416,000
162		-	Hartford Relocation
163		-	Acquisition/Renovation 56,762,020
164		-	Hartford Relocation Design 1,500,000
165		-	Hartford Relocation
166		-	Feasibility Study 500,000
167		-	Heating Plant Upgrade 10,000,000
168		-	Hilltop Dormitory New 30,000,000
169		-	Hilltop Dormitory
170		-	Renovations 3,141,000
171		-	Ice Rink Enclosure 2,616,000
172		-	Incubator Facilities 10,000,000
173		-	International House
174		-	Conversion 800,000
175		-	Intramural, Recreational
176		-	and Intercollegiate Facilities 31,000,000
177		-	Jorgensen Renovation 7,200,000
178		-	Koons Hall Renovation/
179		-	Addition 7,000,000
180		-	Lakeside Renovation 3,800,000
181		-	Law School Renovations/
182		-	Improvements 15,000,000
183		-	Library Storage Facility 5,000,000
184		-	Litchfield Agricultural
185		-	Center – Phase I 1,000,000
186		-	Litchfield Agricultural
187		-	Center – Phase II 700,000
188		-	Manchester Hall
189		-	Renovation 6,000,000
190		-	Mansfield Apartments
191		-	Renovation 2,612,000
192		-	Mansfield Training School
193		-	Improvements 27,614,000 29,000,000
194		-	Natural History Museum
195		-	Completion 4,900,000
196		-	North Campus Renovation 2,654,000
197		-	North Campus Renovation
198		-	Completion 21,049,000
199		-	North Hillside Road
200		-	Completion 11,500,000
201		-	North Superblock Site
202		-	and Utilities 8,000,000
203		-	Northwest Quadrant
204		-	Renovation 2,001,000
205		-	Northwest Quadrant
206		-	Renovation 15,874,000
207		-	Observatory 1,000,000
208		-	Old Central Warehouse 18,000,000
209		-	Parking Garage #3 15,000,000
210		-	Parking Garage – North 10,000,000
211		-	Parking Garage – South 15,000,000
212		-	Pedestrian Spinepath 2,556,000
213		-	Pedestrian Walkways 3,233,000
214		-	Psychology Building
215		-	Renovation/Addition 20,000,000
216		-	Residential Life Facilities 90,000,000
217		-	Roadways 10,000,000
218		-	School of Business 20,000,000
219		-	School of Pharmacy/Biology 3,856,000
220		-	School of Pharmacy/Biology
221		-	Completion 61,058,000
222		-	Shippee/Buckley
223		-	Renovations 6,156,000
224		-	Social Science K Building 20,964,000
225		-	South Campus Complex 13,127,000
226		-	Stamford Campus
227		-	Improvements 3,000,000
228		-	Stamford Downtown
229		-	Relocation – Phase I 45,659,000
230		-	Stamford Downtown
231		-	Relocation – Phase II 17,392,000
232		-	Storrs Hall Addition 4,300,000
233		-	Student Health Services 12,000,000
234		-	Student Union Addition 23,000,000
235		-	Support Facility
236		-	(Architectural and
237		-	Engineering Services) 2,000,000
238		-	Technology Quadrant –
239		-	Phase IA 38,000,000
240		-	Technology Quadrant –
241		-	Phase IB 16,611,000
242		-	Technology Quadrant –
243		-	Phase II 72,000,000
244		-	Technology Quadrant –
245		-	Phase III 15,000,000
246		-	Torrey Life Science
247		-	Renovation 17,000,000
248		-	Torrey Renovation
249		-	Completion and Biology
250		-	Expansion 42,000,000
251		-	Torrington Campus
252		-	Improvements 1,000,000
253		-	Towers Renovation 17,794,000
254		-	UConn Products Store 1,000,000
255		-	Undergraduate Education
256		-	Center 650,000
257		-	Undergraduate Education
258		-	Center 7,450,000
259		-	Underground Steam &
260		-	Water Upgrade 3,500,000
261		-	Underground Steam &
262		-	Water Upgrade
263		-	Completion 9,000,000
264		-	University Programs
265		-	Building – Phase I 8,750,000
266		-	University Programs
267		-	Building – Phase II
268		-	Visitors Center 300,000
269		-	Waring Building Conversion 7,888,000
270		-	Waterbury Downtown
271		-	Campus 3,000,000
272		-	Waterbury Property
273		-	Purchase 325,000
274		-	West Campus Renovations 14,897,000
275		-	West Hartford Campus
276		-	Renovations/
277		-	Improvements 25,000,000
278		-	White Building Renovation 2,430,000
279		-	Wilbur Cross Building
280		-	Renovation 3,645,000
281		-	Young Building Renovation/
282		-	Addition 17,000,000
283		-	HEALTH CENTER
284		-	CLAC Renovation
285		-	Biosafety Level 3 Lab 14,000,000
286		-	Deferred Maintenance/
287		-	Code/ADA Renovation
288		-	Sum – Health Center 50,000,000
289		-	Dental School Renovation 5,000,000
290		-	Equipment, Library
291		-	Collections and
292		-	Telecommunications –
293		-	Health Center 75,000,000
294		-	Library/Student Computer
295		-	Center Renovation 5,000,000
296		-	Main Building Renovation [75,000,000]
297		-	50,000,000
298		-	Medical School Academic
299		-	Building Renovation 9,000,000
300		-	Parking Garage – Health
301		-	Center 8,400,000
302		-	Research Tower 60,000,000
303		-	Support Building Addition/
304		-	Renovation 4,000,000
305		-	The University of Connecticut
306		-	Health Center
307		-	New Construction and
308		-	Renovation 207,000,000
309		-	Planning and Design Costs 25,000,000
310		-	Total – Storrs and Regional
311		-	Campus Project List 1,043,000,000
312		-	Total – Health Center
313		-	Project List [305,400,000]
314		-	512,400,000
315		-	TOTAL 382,000,000 868,000,000 [1,348,400,000]
316		-	1,555,400,000
317	20
318		-	UConn 2000 Project
	21	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
	22	+	Section 1 from passage New section
319	23
320		-	~~Phase I~~
	24	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
321	25
322		-	~~Phase II~~
	26	+	Section 1
323	27
324		-	~~Phase III~~
	28	+	from passage
325	29
326		-	Fiscal Years
327		-
328		-	Fiscal Years
329		-
330		-	Fiscal Years
331		-
332		-	1996-1999
333		-
334		-	2000-2005
335		-
336		-	[2005-2016]
337		-
338		-	2005-2018
339		-
340		-	Agricultural Biotechnology
341		-
342		-	Facility
343		-
344		-	9,400,000
345		-
346		-	Agricultural Biotechnology
347		-
348		-	Facility Completion
349		-
350		-	10,000,000
351		-
352		-	Alumni Quadrant
353		-
354		-	Renovations
355		-
356		-	14,338,000
357		-
358		-	Arjona and Monteith
359		-
360		-	(new classroom buildings)
361		-
362		-	66,100,000
363		-
364		-	Avery Point Campus
365		-
366		-	Undergraduate and
367		-
368		-	Library Building
369		-
370		-	35,000,000
371		-
372		-	Avery Point Marine
373		-
374		-	Science Research Center –
375		-
376		-	Phase I
377		-
378		-	34,000,000
379		-
380		-	Avery Point Marine
381		-
382		-	Science Research Center –
383		-
384		-	Phase II
385		-
386		-	16,682,000
387		-
388		-	Avery Point Renovation
389		-
390		-	5,600,000
391		-
392		-	Babbidge Library
393		-
394		-	0
395		-
396		-	Balancing Contingency
397		-
398		-	5,506,834
399		-
400		-	Beach Hall Renovations
401		-
402		-	10,000,000
403		-
404		-	Benton State Art Museum
405		-
406		-	Addition
407		-
408		-	1,400,000
409		-
410		-	3,000,000
411		-
412		-	Biobehavioral Complex
413		-
414		-	Replacement
415		-
416		-	4,000,000
417		-
418		-	Bishop Renovation
419		-
420		-	8,000,000
421		-
422		-	Budds Building
423		-
424		-	Renovation
425		-
426		-	2,805,000
427		-
428		-	Business School
429		-
430		-	Renovation
431		-
432		-	4,803,000
433		-
434		-	Chemistry Building
435		-
436		-	53,700,000
437		-
438		-	Commissary Warehouse
439		-
440		-	1,000,000
441		-
442		-	Deferred Maintenance/
443		-
444		-	Code/ADA Renovation
445		-
446		-	Lump Sum
447		-
448		-	39,332,000
449		-
450		-	215,000,000
451		-
452		-	Deferred Maintenance &
453		-
454		-	Renovation Lump Sum
455		-
456		-	Balance
457		-
458		-	104,668,000
459		-
460		-	East Campus North
461		-
462		-	Renovations
463		-
464		-	11,820,000
465		-
466		-	Engineering Building
467		-
468		-	(with Environmental
469		-
470		-	Research Institute)
471		-
472		-	36,700,000
473		-
474		-	Equine Center
475		-
476		-	1,000,000
477		-
478		-	Equipment, Library
479		-
480		-	Collections &
481		-
482		-	Telecommunications
483		-
484		-	60,500,000
485		-
486		-	200,000,000
487		-
488		-	Equipment, Library
489		-
490		-	Collections &
491		-
492		-	Telecommunications
493		-
494		-	Completion
495		-
496		-	182,118,146
497		-
498		-	Family Studies (DRM)
499		-
500		-	Renovation
501		-
502		-	6,500,000
503		-
504		-	Farm Buildings Repairs/
505		-
506		-	Replacement
507		-
508		-	6,000,000
509		-
510		-	Fine Arts Phase II
511		-
512		-	20,000,000
513		-
514		-	Floriculture Greenhouse
515		-
516		-	3,000,000
517		-
518		-	Gant Building Renovations
519		-
520		-	34,000,000
521		-
522		-	Gant Plaza Deck
523		-
524		-	0
525		-
526		-	Gentry Completion
527		-
528		-	10,000,000
529		-
530		-	Gentry Renovation
531		-
532		-	9,299,000
533		-
534		-	Grad Dorm Renovations
535		-
536		-	7,548,000
537		-
538		-	Gulley Hall Renovation
539		-
540		-	1,416,000
541		-
542		-	Hartford Relocation
543		-
544		-	Acquisition/Renovation
545		-
546		-	56,762,020
547		-
548		-	Hartford Relocation Design
549		-
550		-	1,500,000
551		-
552		-	Hartford Relocation
553		-
554		-	Feasibility Study
555		-
556		-	500,000
557		-
558		-	Heating Plant Upgrade
559		-
560		-	10,000,000
561		-
562		-	Hilltop Dormitory New
563		-
564		-	30,000,000
565		-
566		-	Hilltop Dormitory
567		-
568		-	Renovations
569		-
570		-	3,141,000
571		-
572		-	Ice Rink Enclosure
573		-
574		-	2,616,000
575		-
576		-	Incubator Facilities
577		-
578		-	10,000,000
579		-
580		-	International House
581		-
582		-	Conversion
583		-
584		-	800,000
585		-
586		-	Intramural, Recreational
587		-
588		-	and Intercollegiate Facilities
589		-
590		-	31,000,000
591		-
592		-	Jorgensen Renovation
593		-
594		-	7,200,000
595		-
596		-	Koons Hall Renovation/
597		-
598		-	Addition
599		-
600		-	7,000,000
601		-
602		-	Lakeside Renovation
603		-
604		-	3,800,000
605		-
606		-	Law School Renovations/
607		-
608		-	Improvements
609		-
610		-	15,000,000
611		-
612		-	Library Storage Facility
613		-
614		-	5,000,000
615		-
616		-	Litchfield Agricultural
617		-
618		-	Center – Phase I
619		-
620		-	1,000,000
621		-
622		-	Litchfield Agricultural
623		-
624		-	Center – Phase II
625		-
626		-	700,000
627		-
628		-	Manchester Hall
629		-
630		-	Renovation
631		-
632		-	6,000,000
633		-
634		-	Mansfield Apartments
635		-
636		-	Renovation
637		-
638		-	2,612,000
639		-
640		-	Mansfield Training School
641		-
642		-	Improvements
643		-
644		-	27,614,000
645		-
646		-	29,000,000
647		-
648		-	Natural History Museum
649		-
650		-	Completion
651		-
652		-	4,900,000
653		-
654		-	North Campus Renovation
655		-
656		-	2,654,000
657		-
658		-	North Campus Renovation
659		-
660		-	Completion
661		-
662		-	21,049,000
663		-
664		-	North Hillside Road
665		-
666		-	Completion
667		-
668		-	11,500,000
669		-
670		-	North Superblock Site
671		-
672		-	and Utilities
673		-
674		-	8,000,000
675		-
676		-	Northwest Quadrant
677		-
678		-	Renovation
679		-
680		-	2,001,000
681		-
682		-	Northwest Quadrant
683		-
684		-	Renovation
685		-
686		-	15,874,000
687		-
688		-	Observatory
689		-
690		-	1,000,000
691		-
692		-	Old Central Warehouse
693		-
694		-	18,000,000
695		-
696		-	Parking Garage #3
697		-
698		-	15,000,000
699		-
700		-	Parking Garage – North
701		-
702		-	10,000,000
703		-
704		-	Parking Garage – South
705		-
706		-	15,000,000
707		-
708		-	Pedestrian Spinepath
709		-
710		-	2,556,000
711		-
712		-	Pedestrian Walkways
713		-
714		-	3,233,000
715		-
716		-	Psychology Building
717		-
718		-	Renovation/Addition
719		-
720		-	20,000,000
721		-
722		-	Residential Life Facilities
723		-
724		-	90,000,000
725		-
726		-	Roadways
727		-
728		-	10,000,000
729		-
730		-	School of Business
731		-
732		-	20,000,000
733		-
734		-	School of Pharmacy/Biology
735		-
736		-	3,856,000
737		-
738		-	School of Pharmacy/Biology
739		-
740		-	Completion
741		-
742		-	61,058,000
743		-
744		-	Shippee/Buckley
745		-
746		-	Renovations
747		-
748		-	6,156,000
749		-
750		-	Social Science K Building
751		-
752		-	20,964,000
753		-
754		-	South Campus Complex
755		-
756		-	13,127,000
757		-
758		-	Stamford Campus
759		-
760		-	Improvements
761		-
762		-	3,000,000
763		-
764		-	Stamford Downtown
765		-
766		-	Relocation – Phase I
767		-
768		-	45,659,000
769		-
770		-	Stamford Downtown
771		-
772		-	Relocation – Phase II
773		-
774		-	17,392,000
775		-
776		-	Storrs Hall Addition
777		-
778		-	4,300,000
779		-
780		-	Student Health Services
781		-
782		-	12,000,000
783		-
784		-	Student Union Addition
785		-
786		-	23,000,000
787		-
788		-	Support Facility
789		-
790		-	(Architectural and
791		-
792		-	Engineering Services)
793		-
794		-	2,000,000
795		-
796		-	Technology Quadrant –
797		-
798		-	Phase IA
799		-
800		-	38,000,000
801		-
802		-	Technology Quadrant –
803		-
804		-	Phase IB
805		-
806		-	16,611,000
807		-
808		-	Technology Quadrant –
809		-
810		-	Phase II
811		-
812		-	72,000,000
813		-
814		-	Technology Quadrant –
815		-
816		-	Phase III
817		-
818		-	15,000,000
819		-
820		-	Torrey Life Science
821		-
822		-	Renovation
823		-
824		-	17,000,000
825		-
826		-	Torrey Renovation
827		-
828		-	Completion and Biology
829		-
830		-	Expansion
831		-
832		-	42,000,000
833		-
834		-	Torrington Campus
835		-
836		-	Improvements
837		-
838		-	1,000,000
839		-
840		-	Towers Renovation
841		-
842		-	17,794,000
843		-
844		-	UConn Products Store
845		-
846		-	1,000,000
847		-
848		-	Undergraduate Education
849		-
850		-	Center
851		-
852		-	650,000
853		-
854		-	Undergraduate Education
855		-
856		-	Center
857		-
858		-	7,450,000
859		-
860		-	Underground Steam &
861		-
862		-	Water Upgrade
863		-
864		-	3,500,000
865		-
866		-	Underground Steam &
867		-
868		-	Water Upgrade
869		-
870		-	Completion
871		-
872		-	9,000,000
873		-
874		-	University Programs
875		-
876		-	Building – Phase I
877		-
878		-	8,750,000
879		-
880		-	University Programs
881		-
882		-	Building – Phase II
883		-
884		-	Visitors Center
885		-
886		-	300,000
887		-
888		-	Waring Building Conversion
889		-
890		-	7,888,000
891		-
892		-	Waterbury Downtown
893		-
894		-	Campus
895		-
896		-	3,000,000
897		-
898		-	Waterbury Property
899		-
900		-	Purchase
901		-
902		-	325,000
903		-
904		-	West Campus Renovations
905		-
906		-	14,897,000
907		-
908		-	West Hartford Campus
909		-
910		-	Renovations/
911		-
912		-	Improvements
913		-
914		-	25,000,000
915		-
916		-	White Building Renovation
917		-
918		-	2,430,000
919		-
920		-	Wilbur Cross Building
921		-
922		-	Renovation
923		-
924		-	3,645,000
925		-
926		-	Young Building Renovation/
927		-
928		-	Addition
929		-
930		-	17,000,000
931		-
932		-	HEALTH CENTER
933		-
934		-	CLAC Renovation
935		-
936		-	Biosafety Level 3 Lab
937		-
938		-	14,000,000
939		-
940		-	Deferred Maintenance/
941		-
942		-	Code/ADA Renovation
943		-
944		-	Sum – Health Center
945		-
946		-	50,000,000
947		-
948		-	Dental School Renovation
949		-
950		-	5,000,000
951		-
952		-	Equipment, Library
953		-
954		-	Collections and
955		-
956		-	Telecommunications –
957		-
958		-	Health Center
959		-
960		-	75,000,000
961		-
962		-	Library/Student Computer
963		-
964		-	Center Renovation
965		-
966		-	5,000,000
967		-
968		-	Main Building Renovation
969		-
970		-	[75,000,000]
971		-
972		-	50,000,000
973		-
974		-	Medical School Academic
975		-
976		-	Building Renovation
977		-
978		-	9,000,000
979		-
980		-	Parking Garage – Health
981		-
982		-	Center
983		-
984		-	8,400,000
985		-
986		-	Research Tower
987		-
988		-	60,000,000
989		-
990		-	Support Building Addition/
991		-
992		-	Renovation
993		-
994		-	4,000,000
995		-
996		-	The University of Connecticut
997		-
998		-	Health Center
999		-
1000		-	New Construction and
1001		-
1002		-	Renovation
1003		-
1004		-	207,000,000
1005		-
1006		-	Planning and Design Costs
1007		-
1008		-	25,000,000
1009		-
1010		-	Total – Storrs and Regional
1011		-
1012		-	Campus Project List
1013		-
1014		-	1,043,000,000
1015		-
1016		-	Total – Health Center
1017		-
1018		-	Project List
1019		-
1020		-	[305,400,000]
1021		-
1022		-	512,400,000
1023		-
1024		-	TOTAL
1025		-
1026		-	382,000,000
1027		-
1028		-	868,000,000
1029		-
1030		-	[1,348,400,000]
1031		-
1032		-	1,555,400,000
1033		-
1034		-	Sec. 5. Section 10a-109e of the general statutes is amended by adding subsections (e) and (f) as follows (Effective from passage):
1035		-
1036		-	(NEW) (e) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, the plan of funding The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation shall be (1) the contribution of not less than one hundred million dollars of federal, private or other nonstate money, or any combination thereof, (2) proceeds of securities issued by the university in accordance with subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d of the general statutes, as amended by this act, in an amount not to exceed two hundred seven million dollars, and (3) reallocation of twenty-five million dollars from The University of Connecticut Health Center main building renovation for planning and design costs associated with The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation. Such federal, private or other nonstate money, now available or hereafter to be made available pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall be deposited in such account or accounts of the university as the secretary and Treasurer, in consultation with the university, deem appropriate so as to assure timely payment of the cost of such project.
1037		-
1038		-	(NEW) (f) Until such time as (1) the full amount of the federal, private or other nonstate money described in subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of this section is made available, and, upon such money being made available, (2) the State Bond Commission allocates the bonds authorized pursuant to section 8 of this act for the UConn health network initiatives, the university shall not expend any funds authorized by subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d, as amended by this act, subsection (a) of section 10a-109e, as amended by this act or subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109g, as amended by this act, for The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation, except for the twenty-five million dollars authorized by subsection (a) of section 10a-109e, as amended by this act, for The University of Connecticut Health Center planning and design costs.
1039		-
1040		-	Sec. 6. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
1041		-
1042		-	(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, subject to the provisions of section 14 of this act and, 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:
	30	+	New section
1043	31
1044	32
1045	33
1046		-	Fiscal Year Amount
1047		-	1996 $ 112,542,000
1048		-	1997 112,001,000
1049		-	1998 93,146,000
1050		-	1999 64,311,000
1051		-	2000 130,000,000
1052		-	2001 100,000,000
1053		-	2002 100,000,000
1054		-	2003 100,000,000
1055		-	2004 100,000,000
1056		-	2005 100,000,000
1057		-	2006 79,000,000
1058		-	2007 89,000,000
1059		-	2008 115,000,000
1060		-	2009 140,000,000
1061		-	2010 [140,500,000] 0
1062		-	2011 [146,500,000] 138,800,000
1063		-	2012 [123,100,000] 157,200,000
1064		-	2013 [114,500,000] 143,000,000
1065		-	2014 [111,500,000] 140,000,000
1066		-	2015 [100,000,000] 128,500,000
1067		-	2016 [90,900,000] 119,500,000
1068		-	2017 116,000,000
1069		-	2018 91,000,000
	34	+	HED Joint Favorable Subst.
	35	+	FIN Joint Favorable
1070	36
1071		-	~~Fiscal Year~~
	37	+	HED
1072	38
1073		-	~~Amount~~
	39	+	Joint Favorable Subst.
1074	40
1075		-	~~1996~~
	41	+	FIN
1076	42
1077		-	$ 112,542,000
1078		-
1079		-	1997
1080		-
1081		-	112,001,000
1082		-
1083		-	1998
1084		-
1085		-	93,146,000
1086		-
1087		-	1999
1088		-
1089		-	64,311,000
1090		-
1091		-	2000
1092		-
1093		-	130,000,000
1094		-
1095		-	2001
1096		-
1097		-	100,000,000
1098		-
1099		-	2002
1100		-
1101		-	100,000,000
1102		-
1103		-	2003
1104		-
1105		-	100,000,000
1106		-
1107		-	2004
1108		-
1109		-	100,000,000
1110		-
1111		-	2005
1112		-
1113		-	100,000,000
1114		-
1115		-	2006
1116		-
1117		-	79,000,000
1118		-
1119		-	2007
1120		-
1121		-	89,000,000
1122		-
1123		-	2008
1124		-
1125		-	115,000,000
1126		-
1127		-	2009
1128		-
1129		-	140,000,000
1130		-
1131		-	2010
1132		-
1133		-	[140,500,000]
1134		-
1135		-	0
1136		-
1137		-	2011
1138		-
1139		-	[146,500,000]
1140		-
1141		-	138,800,000
1142		-
1143		-	2012
1144		-
1145		-	[123,100,000]
1146		-
1147		-	157,200,000
1148		-
1149		-	2013
1150		-
1151		-	[114,500,000]
1152		-
1153		-	143,000,000
1154		-
1155		-	2014
1156		-
1157		-	[111,500,000]
1158		-
1159		-	140,000,000
1160		-
1161		-	2015
1162		-
1163		-	[100,000,000]
1164		-
1165		-	128,500,000
1166		-
1167		-	2016
1168		-
1169		-	[90,900,000]
1170		-
1171		-	119,500,000
1172		-
1173		-	2017
1174		-
1175		-	116,000,000
1176		-
1177		-	2018
1178		-
1179		-	91,000,000
1180		-
1181		-	Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 10a-109n of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
1182		-
1183		-	(a) For the period from July 1, 2001, to June 30, [2016] 2018, 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.
1184		-
1185		-	Sec. 8. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding thirty million dollars.
1186		-
1187		-	(b) The proceeds of the sale of the bond issuance described in subsection (a) of this section shall be used by the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the university, for the purpose of the UConn health network initiatives in the following manner: (1) Twenty million dollars of such proceeds shall be used to fulfill the initiatives to develop a simulation and conference center on the Hartford Hospital campus, a primary care institute on the Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center campus, an institute for clinical and translational science on The University of Connecticut Health Center campus, a comprehensive cancer center and The University of Connecticut-sponsored health disparities institute; (2) three million dollars of such proceeds shall be used to fulfill the initiatives to develop The Connecticut Institute for Nursing Excellence at The University of Connecticut at Storrs; (3) five million dollars of such proceeds shall be used to fulfill the initiatives for the planning, design, land acquisition, development and construction of (A) a cancer treatment center to be constructed by, or in partnership with, The Hospital of Central Connecticut, provided such cancer treatment center is located entirely within the legal boundaries of the city of New Britain, (B) renovations and upgrades to the oncology unit at The Hospital of Central Connecticut, and (C) if certificate of need approval is received pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 10 of this act, a Permanent Regional Phase One Clinical Trials Unit located at The Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain; and (4) two million dollars of such proceeds shall be used to fulfill the initiatives for patient room renovations at Bristol Hospital. In the event that the cancer treatment center authorized pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection is built in whole or in part outside the legal boundaries of the city of New Britain, The Hospital of Central Connecticut shall repay the entire amount of the proceeds used to fulfill the initiatives for the planning, design, development and construction of such center.
1188		-
1189		-	(c) The provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted pursuant to said section that are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 10a-109b to 10a-109e, inclusive, 10a-109g, 10a-109n and 32-41s of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and sections 8 to 12, inclusive, 14 and 15 of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Temporary notes issued in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds.
1190		-
1191		-	(d) None of the bonds described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be authorized, except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that (1) has been signed by the secretary or by or on behalf of the university, (2) states that not less than one hundred million dollars of federal, private or other nonstate money has been contributed pursuant to section 10a-109e of the general statutes, as amended by this act, for purposes of The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation, and (3) contains such other terms and conditions as the commission, in its discretion, may require.
1192		-
1193		-	Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The bonds issued pursuant to section 8 of this act shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
1194		-
1195		-	Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than December 31, 2010, Connecticut Children's Medical Center and John Dempsey Hospital shall (1) jointly notify the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management regarding their agreement to proceed with the NICU transfer and increase in bed capacity of John Dempsey Hospital, or (2) notify the secretary, either jointly or individually, that Connecticut Children's Medical Center, John Dempsey Hospital, or both, have abandoned their plans to proceed with the NICU transfer and increase in bed capacity of John Dempsey Hospital. For purposes of this section, the NICU transfer and increase in bed capacity of John Dempsey Hospital shall be treated as one project and shall not be separated for purposes of the certificate of need approval process without the filing of a new certificate of need application pursuant to chapter 368z of the general statutes and subsection (b) of this section.
1196		-
1197		-	(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the process for certificate of need approval governed by chapter 368z of the general statutes, to the extent applicable, shall be expedited for the NICU transfer, The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation and any of the UConn health network initiatives as follows: No extensions of the ninety-day time period within which the Office of Health Care Access division within the Department of Public Health has to issue a decision to grant, deny or modify the request for a certificate of need following the receipt of a complete certificate of need application shall be made to any of the applicants or said office, or any successor office, department or agency.
1198		-
1199		-	(c) State employees who provide services in the neonatal intensive care unit shall continue to negotiate wages, hours and other conditions of employment through such employees' respective bargaining agents, in accordance with chapter 68 of the general statutes, pursuant to any agreement entered into by John Dempsey Hospital or The University of Connecticut Health Center Finance Corporation.
1200		-
1201		-	(d) The NICU transfer shall not result in any change in the licensure or ownership of the transport service currently operated by John Dempsey Hospital. Employees providing transport services on behalf of John Dempsey Hospital shall continue to negotiate wages, hours and other conditions of employment through such employees' respective bargaining agents, in accordance with chapter 68 of the general statutes, pursuant to any agreement entered into between John Dempsey Hospital or The University of Connecticut Health Center Finance Corporation.
1202		-
1203		-	Sec. 11. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Connecticut Institute for Primary Care Innovation is a collaborative enterprise between The University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center that will focus on research and training relevant to primary care and will not engage in or manage the delivery of health care services. The institute shall, at all times, operate in accordance with the requirements and policies of The University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the requirements of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center shall enter into an affiliation agreement that shall provide that the institute shall not be constrained by the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services with regard to research and training pertaining to primary health care or any report or recommendation generated from such research. The institute shall disclose any research findings or results concerning medically accepted best practices.
1204		-
1205		-	Sec. 12. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Connecticut Institute for Nursing Excellence shall be located at The University of Connecticut School of Nursing. The purpose of the institute shall be to enhance education, recruitment and retention of nurses and nursing faculty and to promote nursing research in best practices in education.
1206		-
1207		-	(b) The institute shall be governed by an oversight board comprised of the following members:
1208		-
1209		-	(1) A representative of The University of Connecticut School of Nursing, who shall be the chairperson of the board and appointed by the dean of The University of Connecticut School of Nursing;
1210		-
1211		-	(2) A representative of The University of Connecticut Health Center, appointed by the board of directors of The University of Connecticut Health Center;
1212		-
1213		-	(3) A representative of Saint Joseph College, appointed by the president of Saint Joseph College;
1214		-
1215		-	(4) A representative of Yale University School of Nursing, appointed by the dean of Yale University School of Nursing;
1216		-
1217		-	(5) A representative of Yale New Haven Hospital, appointed by the president of Yale New Haven Hospital;
1218		-
1219		-	(6) A representative of the regional community-technical college system, appointed by the board of trustees of the regional community-technical college system;
1220		-
1221		-	(7) A representative of the Connecticut Hospital Association, appointed by the board of trustees of the Connecticut Hospital Association;
1222		-
1223		-	(8) A representative of Hartford Hospital, appointed by the president of Hartford Hospital;
1224		-
1225		-	(9) A representative of Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, appointed by the president of Saint Francis Hospital;
1226		-
1227		-	(10) A nursing student, appointed by the Governor; and
1228		-
1229		-	(11) A member of the public, appointed by the Governor.
1230		-
1231		-	(c) Members of the oversight board shall be appointed not later than thirty days following the issuance of bonds for the UConn health network initiatives pursuant to section 8 of this act. The chairperson may appoint additional members as needed. The terms of the members shall be four years, except that the terms of the initial members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (7) to (11), inclusive, of this subsection shall be two years. No member of the oversight board shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms.
1232		-
1233		-	(d) The institute shall (1) evaluate and formulate strategies for the implementation of best practices for increasing the retention of nurses; (2) assist hospitals in establishing and evaluating a pilot nursing residency program to provide mentoring to first-year, hospital-based nurses to ease transition from education to clinical practice and increase the retention of such nurses; (3) establish and promote master's and doctorate-level programs to prepare nurses who have earned a baccalaureate degree to serve as educators in nursing schools, by measures which may include providing (A) eligibility for loan forgiveness programs for those nurses who successfully complete such master's-level programs and have been members of a nursing faculty in this state for not less than four years, and (B) methods to increase compensation for nurse educators consistent with applicable state laws and collective bargaining agreements, including scholarships for service; (4) explore strategies for enhancing the education, recruitment and retention of nurses and nursing faculty in this state; (5) establish an evidence-based research center that reflects the current best science, experiential learning and clinical knowledge development; and (6) pursue grant funding and philanthropic support for nursing projects.
1234		-
1235		-	Sec. 13. Section 32-41s of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010):
1236		-
1237		-	(a) As used in this section:
1238		-
1239		-	(1) "Bioscience" means the study of genes, cells, tissues and chemical and physical structures of living organisms;
1240		-
1241		-	[(1)] (2) "Eligible business" means a business which (A) has not more than three hundred employees at any time during the preceding twelve months, and (B) is engaged in bioscience, biotechnology, pharmaceutical or photonics research, development or production in the state; and
1242		-
1243		-	[(2)] (3) "Eligible commercial property" means (A) real or personal property which an eligible business has (i) owned or leased, and (ii) utilized at all times during the preceding twelve months, or (B) real property which the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development or Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated has certified as newly constructed or substantially renovated and expanded primarily for occupancy by one or more eligible businesses.
1244		-
1245		-	(b) On and after July 1, [1997] 2010, eligible businesses and eligible commercial property located in (1) the city of Hartford; (2) census block groups 090034601001, 090034601009, 090034602014 and 090034602022 in the town of Farmington; (3) census blocks 090034602021011, 090034602021012, 090034602021013, 090034602021014, 090034602021015, 090034602021017, 090034602021018, 090034602021019, 090034602021020, 090034602021021, 090034602021022, 090034602021023, 090034602021024 and 090034602021025 in the town of Farmington; (4) census block groups 090034165005 and 090034165006 in the city of New Britain; (5) census blocks 90034164001000, 90034164001001, 90034164001002, 90034164004004, 90034164004005, 90034164004006 and 90034164001009 in the city of New Britain; (6) census tracts 09003417500, 09003416000, 09003416100, 09003416700, 09003416800, 09003417400, 09003417200, 09003417300 and 09003415700 in the city of New Britain; (7) census tracts 09003405100, 09003405200 and 09003405300 in the city of Bristol; or (8) any municipality which has [(1)] (A) a major research university with programs in bioscience, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals or photonics and [(2)] (B) an enterprise zone, shall be entitled to the same benefits, subject to the same conditions, under the general statutes for which businesses located in an enterprise zone qualify.
1246		-
1247		-	(c) Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated may provide lease guarantees or other financial aid for facilities, improvements and equipment, to benefit any eligible business which is unable to secure financing for such items on commercially reasonable terms.
1248		-
1249		-	(d) Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated may recommend regulations to carry out the purposes of this section, which the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall adopt in accordance with chapter 54.
1250		-
1251		-	(e) Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated shall evaluate the feasibility of establishing a bio-processing facility within this state. If determined to be feasible, Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated shall facilitate the formation of a business consortium, in which it may participate, to launch and operate such facility.
1252		-
1253		-	Sec. 14. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than June 30, 2011, the president of The University of Connecticut and the Governor's designee shall notify the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management whether not less than one hundred million dollars in federal, private or other nonstate money has been contributed pursuant to section 10a-109e of the general statutes, as amended by this act. In the event the notification states that such money has not been contributed, construction on The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation shall not commence until such money has been raised, at which time construction may commence. If such money has not been contributed by June 30, 2015, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10a-109b to 10a-109e, inclusive, 10a-109g, 10a-109n and 32-41s of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and sections 8 to 12, inclusive, and 15 of this act, the UConn health network initiatives and The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation shall terminate, the State Bond Commission shall not authorize the issuance of bonds for the purpose of said initiatives pursuant to section 8 of this act, and the annual capped amounts of the securities authorized by subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109g of the general statutes, as amended by this act, shall revert to those amounts authorized by said section prior to the effective date of section 6 of this act.
1254		-
1255		-	Sec. 15. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2011, and biennially thereafter until completion of the UConn health network initiatives and The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation, The University of Connecticut shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education, public health, finance, revenue and bonding, and appropriations on the progress of the UConn health network initiatives and The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation.
1256		-
1257		-	Approved June 3, 2010
	43	+	Joint Favorable