Section 1040.20  Definition of Terms

"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.

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 2847, effective February 10, 2012)