Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - COORDINATING COMMISSION FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
Title 281 - COORDINATING COMMISSION FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 9 - RULES & REGULATIONS CONCERNING CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
Section 281-9-008 - CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET REQUESTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

008.01(A) All proposed capital construction projects approved by the Commission and included in the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska's or Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges' biennial budget request or major deficit appropriation request; and

008.01(B) All other individualcapital construction budget requests included in the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska's or Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges' biennial budget request or deficit appropriation request.

008.02(A) CONSISTENCY WITH THE STATEWIDE FACILITIES PLAN. Biennial capital construction budget requests and major deficit appropriation requests shall demonstrate consistency with the Statewide Facilities Plan.

008.02(B) CONSISTENCY WITH PREVIOUS CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT APPROVALS. The Commission shall only recommend to the Governor and Legislature those capital construction projects approved by the Commission . The Commission shall not recommend capital construction projects that it has previously disapproved unless such projects are resubmitted and approved by the Commission.

008.03(A) The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska and Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, or a representative designated by the board, shall each submit to the Commission information the Commission deems necessary to review the governing board's capital construction budget request or major deficit appropriation request. Governing boards may comply with requests for information pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-1417, as applicable.

008.03(B) The Commission shall review the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska's and Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges' capital construction budget request and major deficit appropriation request as approved by the board, and may recommend modification, approval, or disapproval of such requests to the Governor and Legislature.

008.03(C) The Commission shall develop from a statewide perspective a unified prioritization of individual capital construction budget requests for which it has recommended approval and submit such prioritization to the Governor and Legislature for their consideration.

008.03(D) The Commission may consider and respond to the priority order established by the Board of Regents or Board of Trustees in their respective capital construction budget requests.

008.03(E) Governing boards shall not submit a request for tax funds designated by the Legislature to provide an incremental increase in a facility's operations and maintenance costs, of more than the minimum capital expenditure, for any capital construction project that has been excluded from Commission review.