(a) Criteria. – The Office of State Budget and Management shall develop a weighted list of factors that may be used to evaluate the need for capital improvement projects. The list shall include all of the following:

(1) Preservation, adequacy and use of existing facilities.

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 143C-8-3

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) Health and safety considerations.

(3) Operational efficiencies.

(4) Projected demand for governmental services.

(b) Reporting. – The Office of State Budget and Management shall include the following in each six-year capital improvement plan submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-8-5:

(1) The list of factors developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(2) The most recent results of applying the factors developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to capital funds requests from State agencies. (1997-443, s. 34.9; 2000-140, s. 93.1(a); 2001-424, s. 12.2(b); 2006-203, s. 3; 2016-94, s. 37.7(j).)

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