Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1040 - APPROVAL OF NONINSTRUCTIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS › Section 1040.20 - Definition of Terms

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Board" means the Board of Higher Education.
"Buildings, additions and/or structures" means those facilities
				with roofs and/or walls that have foundations.
"Capital budget categories" means the main categories of
				proposed capital projects for which approval is requested. The categories
				include: buildings, additions and/or structures; land; equipment; utilities;
				remodeling and rehabilitation; site improvements; and planning.
"Equipment" means expenditures for the acquisition,
				replacement, or increase of visible tangible personal property of a
				nonconsumable nature, with a unit value of $51 or more, that is not included in
				the category of buildings, additions, and/or structures or remodeling and
				rehabilitation.
"Governing Board" or "board of control" means the Board of
				Trustees of a State supported institution.
"Land" means expenditures for real property and expenditures
				for the acquisition of real property, including easements of record and
				expenses directly and necessarily related to the purchase or acquisition.
				"Land" shall include existing buildings and/or structures.
"Noninstructional capital project" means the construction,
				remodeling, renovation, purchase, or modification of facilities or properties
				used in whole or part for purposes other than classroom education if the total
				cost of the project as approved by the institution's board of control is in
				excess of $2 million [110 ILCS 205/8 ]. Repair and
				maintenance projects, defined by the Illinois State Comptroller as ordinary and
				necessary projects needed to keep an asset serviceable through its expected
				life, are excluded.
"Planning" means the architectural and engineering design
				required for the planning of buildings, additions and/or structures or specific
				major remodeling projects.
"Program statement" means a statement setting forth the broad
				parameters within which architects and planners must work and describing in
				detail the space requirements, activities, functions, relationships and space
				needs to be incorporated into a new or remodeled facility.
"State supported institutions" means the public universities of
				the State of Illinois: University of Illinois; Southern Illinois University;
				Chicago State University; Eastern Illinois University; Governors State
				University; Illinois State University; Northeastern Illinois University;
				Northern Illinois University; and Western Illinois University.
"Remodeling and rehabilitation" means capital improvements that
				have the primary objective of restoring or upgrading a structure or facility to
				its original operating condition or improving the existing functional
				capability or capacity of the structure or facility.
"Scope" means the parameters of the project, including square
				footage, quantification of work and programmatic use.
"Scope statement" means a narrative statement containing
				background and justification for a project; quantification of work items and
				cost breakdowns; identification of dependent relationships between the proposed
				project and any other; and desired completion date of the project.
"Site improvements" means modification to real estate for earth
				movement and clearance, drainage, streets and walkways, parking, finish
				grading, seeding and landscaping, and all other improvements to real estate not
				included in other categories.
"Total projects costs" means all costs related to the capital
				budget categories and the designation of source of funds for those
				costs.
"Utilities" means systems for distributing or disbursing
				utility services outside the five-foot boundary line of existing or proposed
				buildings, additions and/or structures.