101041. (a) From the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 101050), the sum of eight hundred ninety million dollars ($890,000,000) shall be deposited in the 2006 University Capital Outlay Bond Fund for the purposes of this article. When appropriated, these funds shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of this article.
(b) The purposes of this article include assisting in meeting the capital outlay financing needs of the University of California and the college named in Section 92200.
(c) Of the amount made available under subdivision (a), the amount of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be used for capital improvements that expand and enhance medical education programs with an emphasis on telehealth aimed at developing high-tech approaches to health care.
(d) Proceeds from the sale of bonds issued and sold for the purposes of this article may be used to fund construction on existing campuses, including the construction of buildings and the acquisition of related fixtures, construction of facilities that may be used by more than one segment of public higher education (intersegmental), the renovation and reconstruction of facilities, site acquisition, the equipping of new, renovated, or reconstructed facilities, which equipment shall have an average useful life of 10 years; and to provide funds for the payment of preconstruction costs, including, but not limited to, preliminary plans and working drawings for facilities of the University of California and the college named in Section 92200.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 478, Sec. 45. (AB 1936) Effective January 1, 2023. Note: This section was added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 35, and approved in Prop. 1D on Nov. 7, 2006.)