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  • (1)
    • (a) "Capital development project" means:
      • (i) a remodeling or site or utility improvement project with a total cost of $3,500,000 or more;
      • (ii) a new facility with a construction cost of $500,000 or more; or
      • (iii) a purchase of real property if an appropriation is requested and made for the purchase.
    • (b) "Capital development project" does not include a capital improvement project.
  • (2) "Capital improvement project" means:
    • (a) a remodeling, alteration, replacement, repair, or site or utility improvement project:
      • (i) with a total cost of less than $3,500,000; or
      • (ii)
        • (A) with a total cost of $3,500,000 or more; and
        • (B) that will be paid for with funds that are not state funds;
    • (b) a utility infrastructure improvement project that:
      • (i) has a total cost of less than $7,000,000;
      • (ii) consists of two or more projects that, if done separately, would each cost less than $3,500,000; and
      • (iii) the division determines is more cost effective or feasible to be completed as a single project; or
    • (c) a new facility with a total construction cost of less than $500,000.
  • (3)
    • (a) "New facility" means a new building constructed on state property regardless of the source of the funding that pays for construction of the new building.
    • (b) "New facility" includes:
      • (i) an addition to an existing building; and
      • (ii) the enclosure of space that was not previously fully enclosed.
    • (c) "New facility" does not include:
      • (i) the replacement of state-owned space that is demolished or that is otherwise removed from state use, if the total construction cost of the replacement space is less than $3,500,000; or
      • (ii) the construction of facilities that do not fully enclose a space.
  • (4) "Replacement cost" means, as determined by the Division of Risk Management:
    • (a) for state facilities, excluding auxiliary facilities as defined by the director, the cost to replace those facilities; and
    • (b) for infrastructure, as defined by the director, the cost to replace the infrastructure.
  • (5) "State funds" means public money appropriated by the Legislature.




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