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I. Preamble

Chapters 995 and 933 of the 1996 Acts of Assembly (House Bill No. 884 and Senate Bill No. 389, respectively) delegated limited but significant autonomy to the University of Virginia to establish its own postappropriation system for undertaking the implementation of non-general fund capital projects for the University of Virginia Medical Center. In general, the autonomy is designed to replace the traditional post appropriations system of reviews, approvals, policies and procedures carried out by a variety of central State agencies identified in the enabling legislation. The University's system for carrying out the post-appropriation capital outlay process for non-general fund capital projects of the Medical Center is to be governed by policies adopted by the Board of Visitors. Similarly, § 4-5.08 of the 1996 Appropriation Act delegated nearly identical limited autonomy to the University as a whole for non-general fund capital projects authorized for the 1996-1998 biennium.

This authority has since been continued through 2002-2004 by subsequent legislative action. This latter delegation of autonomy is subject to certain conditions, the foremost of which is that the Board of Visitors must adopt a system of reviews and approvals for University non-general fund capital projects and submit the proposed system for prior approval to the Secretaries of Finance and Administration prior to September 1, 1996. More recently § 4-5.08 of the 2003 Appropriation Act extended the delegated authority approved in § 4-5.08 of the 1996 Appropriation Act by creating a pilot program delegating post-appropriation review and approval to the University for selected state general fund or state-supported debt capital projects as defined in Section 4-5.08f of Chapter 1042-2003 Acts of Assembly. This latest delegation of autonomy is subject to certain conditions, the foremost of which is that the Board of Visitors must adopt a system of reviews and approvals for University state general fund and statesupported debt capital projects and submit the proposed system for approval to the Secretaries of Finance and Administration prior to August 1, 2003.

The following provisions of this policy statement are based on the 1996 policy statement for non-general fund projects with modifications added that extend the policy to include state general fund and state-supported debt projects as provided in Section 4-5.08f.1. of Chapter 1042 -2003 Acts of Assembly. This statement constitutes the adopted Board of Visitors policies regarding both Medical Center state general fund, statesupported debt, and non-general fund capital projects and other University state general fund, state-supported debt, and non-general fund capital projects.