2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 81 STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
81-188.06 State College Building Renewal Assessment Fund; capital improvement project; depreciation charges.

81-188.06. State College Building Renewal Assessment Fund; capital improvement project; depreciation charges.

(1) For purposes of this section, capital improvement project means (a) construction of a new facility, structure, or building, (b) construction of additions to an existing facility, structure, or building, (c) renovation of an existing facility, structure, or building if the total project cost of such renovation represents not less than fifteen percent of the value of the existing facility, structure, or building as determined by the Department of Administrative Services, (d) purchase of an existing facility, structure, or building, and (e) acquisition of a facility, structure, or building through means of conveyance other than sale and purchase.

(2) Beginning with the fiscal year that commences subsequent to the calendar year in which has occurred substantial completion of a capital improvement project by the Nebraska state colleges as defined in subdivisions (1)(a) through (1)(c) of this section or acquisition of a capital improvement project by the Nebraska state colleges as defined in subdivisions (1)(d) and (1)(e) of this section, the department shall assess a depreciation charge to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges and shall assess such charge for each fiscal year thereafter, except that no depreciation charges shall be assessed or paid pursuant to this section for the period beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011.

(3) The annual depreciation charge for a capital improvement project as defined in subdivisions (1)(a) through (1)(c) of this section shall be computed as one percent of the total project cost of the capital improvement project. The annual depreciation charge for a capital improvement project as defined in subdivision (1)(d) of this section shall be computed as one percent of the greater of the purchase price or the value, as determined by the department, of the capital improvement project at the time of acquisition. The annual depreciation charge for a capital improvement project as defined in subdivision (1)(e) of this section shall be computed as one percent of the value, as determined by the department, of the capital improvement project at the time of acquisition. The department may assess the charge annually or in monthly, quarterly, or semiannual installments.

(4) Depreciation charges shall not be assessed pursuant to this section for capital improvement projects relating to facilities, structures, or buildings from which revenue is derived and pledged for the retirement of revenue bonds issued under sections 85-403 to 85-411.

(5) Payment of depreciation charges assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the State College Building Renewal Assessment Fund.

Source

Laws 1998, LB 1100, § 13;
Laws 2002, LB 1310, § 18;
Laws 2003, LB 410, § 9;
Laws 2004, LB 1092, § 7;
Laws 2007, LB322, § 23;
Laws 2009, LB318, § 3.