2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 76 STATE INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES; HISTORICAL PROPERTY
Article 7 STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION
76-759 Capital improvement projects for state educational institutions by associated research foundations; prior approvals; consultation with joint committee on state building construction.
76-759. Capital improvement projects for state educational institutions by associated research foundations; prior approvals; consultation with joint committee on state building construction. (a) Any research foundation is authorized to initiate and complete capital improvement projects on state-owned property of the state educational institution that the research foundation is organized and operated to benefit if the capital improvement projects have received prior approval by the state board of regents and the plans and specifications for such capital improvement projects have received prior approval by the secretary of administration. Each such capital improvement project shall be totally financed from nonstate moneys of the research foundation. The buildings and facilities constructed and the repairs, remodeling and renovations of state buildings and facilities conducted under such capital improvement projects shall become the property of the state of Kansas upon completion and acceptance by the secretary of administration. No such capital improvement project shall be approved by the state board of regents without having first advised and consulted with the joint committee on state building construction.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Capital improvement project" means a project to construct one or more buildings or facilities for a state educational institution or to repair, remodel or renovate one or more state buildings or facilities of a state educational institution;
(2) "research foundation" means any not-for-profit research foundation organized and operated for the primary purpose of encouraging, fostering and conducting scholarly investigation and other types of research for the benefit of a state educational institution;
(3) "nonstate moneys" means moneys received from any source except the state of Kansas or any agency thereof; and
(4) "state educational institution" has the meaning ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2000, ch. 149, § 6; L. 2005, ch. 43, § 1; July 1.
