2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 19. Capital Projects and Facilities Needs › §18B-19-2. Definitions

As used in this article, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them.
(a) "ADA" means the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §12101, et seq.
(b) "Auxiliary enterprise" means an entity that exists to furnish goods or services to students, faculty, staff or others; charges a fee directly related to, although not necessarily equal to, the cost of the goods or services; and is managed as essentially self-supporting.
(c) "Auxiliary facility" means a building or structure that is used for an auxiliary enterprise including, but not limited to, residence halls, food services, parking, intercollegiate athletics, faculty and staff housing, student unions, bookstores and other service centers.
(d) "Auxiliary fees" means funds derived from, but not limited to, the following sources:
(1) Parking fees received from any source;
(2) Revenues received from athletic events, including ticket sales, television revenues and skybox fees;
(3) Bookstore revenues;
(4) Student union vendor and user fees;
(5) Donations or grants from any external source;
(6) Facility rental fees; and
(7) Fees assessed to students to support auxiliary enterprises.
(e) "Capital planning" means a purposeful activity that focuses attention on long term physical plant objectives which should be accomplished in a logical sequence over time as opportunities arise and resources become available.
(f) "Capital project management" means planning, designing, bidding and providing construction administration and oversight of architectural, engineering and construction contracts and projects.
(g) "Deferred maintenance" means repair, maintenance and renewal of capital facilities which should be part of normal maintenance management, but which have been postponed to a future budget cycle or until funds become available.
(h) "Educational and general capital fees" means the fees collected from students to pay debt service for capital improvement bonds issued by the commission and governing boards for educational and general facilities, for the maintenance of those facilities and to fund capital improvements in those facilities on a cash basis.
(i) "Educational and general facility" means a building or structure used for instruction and instructional support purposes, and includes classroom, laboratory, library, computer laboratory, faculty and administrative office and other academic support spaces.
(j) "Extraordinary circumstance" or "extraordinary circumstances" means, a situation involving life-safety issues, issues that would result in extensive damage to a facility if not addressed immediately, any unforeseen opportunity to use external funds and any other situation the commission or council determines should warrant special consideration.
(k) "Life-safety" means a condition existing on a campus that, if not corrected immediately, would jeopardize the safety and property of students, faculty, staff and the visiting public.
(l) "Maintenance" means the work necessary within a budget cycle to realize the originally anticipated life of a fixed asset, including buildings, fixed equipment and infrastructure.
(m) "Governing board", "state institution of higher education" and "institution under the jurisdiction of the commission" means all state institutions of higher education including Marshall University and West Virginia University and their respective governing boards.