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History
- Vetoed memo.267
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.617
- Substituted for A7388
- Referred to higher education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1421
- Reported and committed to rules
- Referred to finance
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Relates to five-year capital plans for the state university of New York and the city university of New York
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Deborah Glick
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5217
Title of bill
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to five-year capital plans for the state university of New York and the city university of New York
Purpose
To provide five year capital plans for SUNY and CUNY for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2016
Summary of provisions
Section one would amend section 22-c of the State Finance Law to direct the Governor to submit a five year capital plan that meets 100 percent of the critical maintenance needs identified by each public university system, or annually reduces the facility condition index for each university system.
Section two would provide for an immediate effective date.
Justification
As part of the fiscal year 2008-2009 budget, the Legislature enacted a five-year capital plan with annual critical maintenance appropriations of $550 million for the State University of New York and $284.2 million for the City University of New York. These appropriations provided the State's public colleges and universities with the ability to plan for capital expenditures and substantially reduce the backlog of critical maintenance projects. Since the conclusion of that plan in the 2012-2013 budget cycle, the budget process has failed to produce a similarly robust capital plan for the SUNY and CUNY systems. As such, the academic facilities at our public colleges and universities, as well as the three SUNY hospitals, are in danger of not receiving the annual investment necessary for proper maintenance.
This bill would incorporate capital planning for SUNY and CUNY into the overall capital plan submitted to the Legislature, by requiring that the Governor submit five-year capital plans for SUNY and CUNY as part of the Executive budget. This requirement would ensure that the facilities at our public institutions of higher education receive the capital funding necessary to meet their annual critical maintenance needs or reduce the facility condition index, which measures the current condition of facilities requiring capital investment.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None in the current year.
Effective date
Immediately
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