Senate Bill 1, Article IX, Section 11.03
87th
Legislature, Regular Session - 2021
(a) An agency or institution of higher education appropriated
funds by this Act shall supply to the Bond Review Board capital planning
information relating to projects subject to this section and financing options
for the 2024-2025 fiscal biennium in a format and according to guidelines
developed by the Bond Review Board. Such information shall include:
(1) a description of the project or acquisition;
(2) the cost of the project;
(3) the anticipated useful life of the project;
(4) the timing of the capital need;
(5) a proposed source of funds (method of financing);
(6) a proposed type of financing; and
(7) any additional related information requested by the Bond Review Board.
(b) The Bond Review Board shall compile a statewide capital expenditure plan for the 2024-25
fiscal biennium from the information submitted by agencies and institutions in accordance with
the capital planning guidelines. Copies of the guidelines shall be filed with the Governor and
the Legislative Budget Board no later than December 31, 2021. The Bond Review Board shall
file copies of the capital expenditure plan for the period beginning September 1, 2023,
with the Governor and the Legislative Budget Board no later than September 1,
2022.
(c) The statewide capital plan required by this section shall identify the state's capital needs and
alternatives to finance these needs. The Bond Review Board shall review input from all state
agencies and institutions regarding the agencies' and institutions' current and future capital
needs as part of the strategic planning process. The Bond Review Board shall inform the
Legislature on the possible budget impact of the capital plan on the state's debt capacity.
(d) This section applies to each anticipated state project
requiring capital expenditures for:
(1) land acquisition;
(2) construction of building and other facilities;
(3) renovations of buildings and other facilities estimated to exceed $1
million in the aggregate for a single state agency or institution of higher
education; or
(4) major information resources projects estimated to exceed $1 million.
(e) The Higher Education Coordinating Board
and the Bond Review Board shall eliminate redundant reporting by consolidating
this report and the Higher Education Coordinating Board's Master Plan report,
to the greatest extent possible.