Section 388.1836o - Certification of planning or construction authorization for a capital outlay project; payments subject to compliance(1) Each public university receiving an appropriation in section 236 must certify to the state budget director that it either did or did not receive a planning or construction authorization for a capital outlay project between January 1, 2023 and March 1, 2024. Each public university that certifies that it did receive a planning or construction authorization for a capital outlay project between January 1, 2023 and March 1, 2024 must do 1 of the following: (a) Remit to the state treasurer an amount equal to the amount of the grant that university received under section 236m.(b) Provide a written agreement to the state budget director to have the sum total of monthly payments under section 241 for the remainder of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 for that university reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the grant the university received under section 236m. The state treasurer shall reduce each of the remaining payments for that university under section 241 by an amount equal to the amount that university received under section 236m divided by the number of payments under section 241 remaining in the fiscal year, beginning with the next payment following receipt of the written agreement under this subdivision.(2) For the purpose of determining whether a university must remit payment or agree to proration under subsection (1), an adjustment in the cost or scope of a capital outlay project originally authorized prior to January 1, 2023 is not considered to be a planning or construction authorization.(3) The state budget director shall withhold the monthly payment under section 241 of each university that does not comply with subsection (1) until that university is found to be in compliance with subsection (1).(4) Once the state budget director has determined that each university is in compliance with subsection (1), an amount equal to the sum total of all payments received under subsection (1)(a) and the amounts prorated under subsection (1)(b) must be distributed to the universities that certified that they did not receive a capital outlay appropriation under subsection (1). 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 subsection. Payments to public universities under this subsection must be distributed in 1 lump sum to each university with the payment described in section 241 that occurs in the month following the date the state budget director determines that each university has complied with subsection (1).(5) Payments under subsection (4) may be used only for the purposes described under section 236m.(6) This section does not apply if the amendatory act that added this section takes effect prior to January 1, 2024.Added by 2023, Act 320,s 29, eff. 2/13/2024.