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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-91d: CSCU 2020 infrastructure improvement program.

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  1. TITLE 10a. STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
  2. CHAPTER 185b. CONSTITUENT UNITS
  3. PART II. CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

(a) It is hereby determined and found to be in the best interest of this state and the system to establish CSCU 2020 as the efficient and cost-effective course to achieve the objective of renewing, modernizing, enhancing, expanding, acquiring and maintaining the infrastructure of the system, the particular project or projects, each being hereby approved as a project of CSCU 2020, and the presently estimated cost thereof being as follows:

| Phase I Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2009-2011 | Phase II Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2012-2014 | Phase III Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2015-2021

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Central Connecticut State University | | |

Code Compliance/ Infrastructure Improvements | 16,418,636 | 6,894,000 |

Renovate/Expand Willard and DiLoreto Halls (design/construction) | | 57,737,000 |

Renovate/Expand Willard and DiLoreto Halls (equipment) | | | 3,348,000

New Classroom Office Building | 29,478,000 | |

Renovate Barnard Hall | 3,680,000 | | 18,320,000

New Engineering Building (design/construction and equipment) | 9,900,000 | | 52,800,000

Burritt Library Renovation, (design, addition and equipment) | | | 16,500,000

New Maintenance/Salt Shed Facility | 2,503,000 | |

Renovate Kaiser Hall and Annex | 6,491,809 | 210,000 | 18,684,000

Eastern Connecticut State University | | |

Code Compliance/ Infrastructure Improvements | 8,938,849 | 5,825,000 |

Fine Arts Instructional Center (design) | 12,000,000 | |

Fine Arts Instructional Center (construction) | | 71,556,000 |

Fine Arts Instructional Center (equipment) | | | 4,115,000

Goddard Hall/ Communications Building Renovation (design/construction) | | 19,239,000 | 11,048,000

Goddard Hall Renovation (equipment) | | | 1,095,000

Sports Center Addition and Renovation (design) | | | 0

Outdoor Track-Phase II | 1,506,396 | |

Athletic Support Building | 1,921,000 | |

New Warehouse | 1,894,868 | |

Southern Connecticut State University | | |

Code Compliance/ Infrastructure Improvements | 16,955,915 | 8,637,000 | 2,356,723

New Academic Laboratory Building/Parking Garage design academic laboratory building, demolish Seabury Hall) | 8,944,000 | |

New Academic Laboratory Building/Parking Garage (construct academic laboratory building) | | 63,171,000 |

New School of Business Building (design/construction) | | | 52,476,933

Health and Human Services Building | | | 76,507,344

Additions and Renovations to Buley Library | 16,386,585 | |

Fine Arts Instructional Center | | | 0

Western Connecticut State University Code Compliance/ Infrastructure Improvements | 7,658,330 | 4,323,000 | 5,054,000

Fine Arts Instructional Center (construction) | 80,605,000 | |

Fine Arts Instructional Center (equipment) | | 4,666,000 |

Higgins Hall Renovations (design) | | 2,982,000 |

Higgins Hall Renovations (construction/equipment) | | | 31,594,000

Berkshire Hall Renovations (design) | | | 0

University Police Department Building (design) | 500,000 | |

University Police Department Building (construction) | | 4,245,000 | 1,700,000

Midtown Campus Mini-Chiller Plant | | | 0

Board of Regents for Higher Education | | |

New and Replacement Equipment, Smart Classroom Technology and Technology Upgrades | 26,895,000 | 14,500,000 | 61,844,000

Alterations/Improvements: Auxiliary Service Facilities | 18,672,422 | 15,000,000 | 20,000,000

Telecommunications Infrastructure Upgrade | 10,000,000 | 3,415,000 | 5,000,000

Land and Property Acquisition | 3,650,190 | 192,756 | 100,592

Deferred Maintenance/Code Compliance Infrastructure Improvements | | | 48,557,000

Strategic Master Plan of Academic Programs | | | 3,000,000

Consolidation and Upgrade of System Student and Financial Information Technology Systems | | | 20,000,000

Advanced Manufacturing Center at Asnuntuck Community College | | | 25,500,000

Supplemental Project Funding | | 2,407,224 | 19,899,408

Totals | 285,000,000 | 285,000,000 | 499,500,000

(b) The plan of funding CSCU 2020 shall be from the proceeds of general obligation bonds of the state in an amount authorized pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10a-91e. The proceeds of the general obligation bonds issued pursuant to section 10a-91e shall be deposited into the CSCU 2020 Fund.

(c) With respect to CSCU 2020 and within the authorized funding amount, the board of regents may, from time to time, and shall, whenever appropriate or necessary, revise, delete or add a particular project or projects, provided:

(1) A formal approving vote of the board of regents shall be needed for (A) a revision that deviates from the estimated costs of projects pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in an amount that is less than (i) ten per cent of such costs for a project with an estimated cost of one million dollars or lower, or (ii) five per cent of such costs for a project with an estimated cost of more than one million dollars, provided such change in the costs does not include changes in the costs of materials, (B) a deletion, or (C) an addition dictated by a change in system planning as determined by the board of regents or otherwise necessary because of reasons beyond the control of the system;

(2) Any revision shall be subject only to such formal approval of the board of regents as long as the board of regents finds and determines that such revision is consistent with the intent or purpose of the original project; and

(3) (A) A revision that deviates from the estimated costs of projects pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in an amount that is equal to or greater than (i) ten per cent of such costs for a project with an estimated cost of one million dollars or lower, or (ii) five per cent of such costs for a project with an estimated cost of more than one million dollars, provided such change in the costs does not include changes in the costs of materials, (B) an addition, or (C) a deletion, shall be conditioned not only upon such formal approval of the board of regents but also upon a request by the board of regents for, and enactment of, a subsequent public or special act approving (i) such addition or deletion, if such addition is to add a project not outlined in subsection (a) of this section or the deletion is the deletion of a project outlined in subsection (a) of this section, or (ii) such revision, except if such revision is due to the use of funds remaining from a completed project, then such revision shall be conditioned only upon such formal approval of the board of regents.

(4) Subject to the limitations in the authorized funding amount, the board of regents may determine the sequencing and timing of such project or projects, revise estimates of cost and reallocate from any amounts estimated in subsection (a) of this section, for one or more projects to one or more other projects then constituting a component of CSCU 2020 as long as, at the time of such reallocation, it has found that any such project to which a reallocation is made has been revised or added in accordance with this section and such project from which a reallocation is made either has been so revised or added and can be completed within the amounts remaining allocated to it, or has been so deleted. The board of regents' actions under this section shall be included in reports to the Governor and the General Assembly under section 10a-91f. If the board of regents requests a revision, addition or deletion pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection, the board of regents shall submit such request to the Governor at the same time that the request is submitted to the General Assembly.

(d) (1) In accordance with the provisions of chapters 59 and 60, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall be responsible for the duties specified in said provisions, and, on a quarterly basis, the commissioner shall provide the system with information needed for compliance with sections 10a-91a to 10a-91h, inclusive, including, but not limited to, costs, timeliness of completion of projects and any issues that have developed in implementation of any project under the commissioner's jurisdiction.

(2) Not later than January 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall, in accordance with section 11-4a, report to the Governor and the General Assembly on any (A) construction management services costs, (B) administrative services costs, and (C) costs of fees associated with CSCU 2020.

(e) The Commissioner of Administrative Services and the system shall enter into and maintain a memorandum of understanding that shall provide for the assignment of personnel from the Department of Administrative Services to ensure that buildings or projects that are part of the CSCU 2020 program are designed and constructed in compliance with the Fire Safety Code and the State Building Code with respect to buildings or building projects that (1) are part of CSCU 2020, as authorized by sections 10a-91a to 10a-91h, inclusive, (2) do not meet the threshold limits, as defined in section 29-276b, and (3) construction of which is initiated during the period of time in which the memorandum is in effect.

(f) Not later than July 1, 2015, and biannually thereafter, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall, in accordance with section 11-4a, report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and finance on how the Board of Regents for Higher Education disbursed to and divided among each state university and each campus of the Connecticut State Community College the proceeds of the general obligation bonds issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10a-91e for each of the projects listed under the Board of Regents for Higher Education in subsection (a) of this section.

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