Section 388.1836m - Infrastructure, technology, equipment, maintenance, and safety items funding(1) Subject to subsection (2), funds appropriated in section 236(13) for infrastructure, technology, equipment, maintenance, and safety are intended to be used for necessary improvements and deferred maintenance of public university buildings, facilities, and other physical infrastructure; necessary improvements and deferred maintenance of information technology, other technology infrastructure, and other equipment; and other purposes related to infrastructure, technology, equipment, and maintenance. A public university may also use these funds for debt or to upgrade safety and security infrastructure. These funds are not intended to be used for any other purpose than what is specified in this section.(2) If the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor receives funds subject to the allowable uses under this section, the university must, as a condition on receiving those funds, agree to allocate not less than $5,000,000.00 of those funds for costs related to the university's involvement with a semiconductor research alliance.(3) To receive funds under this section, a public university must certify to the state budget director by January 1, 2024 that it did not receive an appropriation for a planning or construction authorization for a capital outlay project between January 1, 2023 and December 15, 2023.(4) Funds appropriated in section 236(13) are distributed to each public university that certified it did not receive a capital outlay appropriation under subsection (3). The payment for each public university must be calculated based on each public university's respective share of total fiscal year equated students as reported to the higher education institutional data inventory for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 for all public universities that receive a payment under this section. Payments to public universities under this section must be distributed in 1 lump sum to each institution with the January 16, 2024 payment described in section 241.Amended by 2023, Act 320,s 31, eff. 2/13/2024.Added by 2023, Act 103,s 201, eff. 10/1/2023.