81-188.01. State Building Renewal Assessment Fund; created; use; investment.

(1) The State Building Renewal Assessment Fund is created. The fund shall be under the control of the Governor for allocation to building renewal projects of the various agencies and shall be administered in a manner consistent with the administration of the Building Renewal Allocation Fund pursuant to the Deferred Building Renewal Act. No amounts accruing to the State Building Renewal Assessment Fund shall be expended in any manner for purposes other than as provided in this section or as appropriated by the Legislature to meet the cost of administering the act. Transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature.

(2) Revenue credited to the State Building Renewal Assessment Fund shall include amounts derived from charges assessed pursuant to subdivision (4)(b) of section 81-1108.17 and such other revenue as may be incident to the administration of the fund.

(3) Amounts appropriated from the fund shall be expended to conduct renewal work as defined in section 81-173 and to complete other improvements incident to such renewal work as deemed necessary or appropriate by the task force. From amounts accruing to the fund as the result of depreciation charges assessed pursuant to subdivision (4)(b) of section 81-1108.17, expenditures for capital improvements shall be limited to improvements to only those facilities for which such charges have been assessed and remitted. From amounts accruing to the fund as the result of depreciation charges assessed pursuant to section 81-188.02 prior to July 1, 2011, expenditures for capital improvement projects shall be limited to exclude (a) capital improvement projects relating to facilities, structures, or buildings owned, leased, or operated by the (i) University of Nebraska, (ii) Nebraska state colleges, (iii) Department of Transportation, (iv) Game and Parks Commission, or (v) Board of Educational Lands and Funds and (b) capital improvement projects relating to facilities, structures, or buildings for which depreciation charges are assessed pursuant to subdivision (4)(b) of section 81-1108.17.

(4) The State Treasurer shall transfer three million four hundred thirty-two thousand six hundred sixty-seven dollars from the State Building Renewal Assessment Fund to the Accounting Division Cash Fund on July 1, 2017, or as soon thereafter as administratively possible.

(5) The State Treasurer shall transfer four million six hundred thousand dollars from the State Building Renewal Assessment Fund to the Accounting Division Cash Fund on July 1, 2018, or as soon thereafter as administratively possible.

(6) Any money in the State Building Renewal Assessment Fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.

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