Providing for capital facility repairs and improvements for the Commonwealth

What it means

A bond bill for repairing and improving state buildings and facilities. It authorizes borrowing of up to $3,221,500,000 for state facilities, including $950,000,000 for public higher education campuses, $690,500,000 for court facilities, $680,000,000 for general state facility projects, $500,000,000 for public safety facilities, and $401,000,000 for health and human services and veterans' facilities. It also authorizes up to $403,500,000 for a $168,500,000 grant program for local capital projects and $150,000,000 and $85,000,000 for two energy efficiency and climate resiliency programs for state buildings (items 1102-2018 and 1102-2019), and up to $20,000,000 for public safety and corrections equipment, with bonds of up to 30 years. It also changes several earlier bond laws and state construction rules, including raising one capital asset management threshold from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 and adding $200,000,000 to a 2008 higher education bond authorization.

Source: official text and history of H.4045 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.