§ 375. Capital construction planning. 1. Construction standards. On or\nbefore July first, nineteen hundred sixty-two, the state university\ntrustees shall cause to be prepared with the assistance of the fund, the\ndormitory authority, the state department of transportation and the\ndivision of the budget, proposed standards for all facilities or classes\nof facilities to be constructed, acquired, reconstructed, rehabilitated\nor improved for the state university pursuant to contracts executed on\nor after a date thirty days subsequent to the effective date of such\nstandards. The proposed standards may, in the discretion of the state\nuniversity trustees, include, among other things, provisions relating to\nthe quality and type of materials to be used in such facilities,\nprovisions for safety, fire protection, health and sanitation,\nprovisions for the installation of fixtures and equipment in such\nfacilities and construction features deemed by the state university to\nbe desirable for academic use or for habitability. The proposed\nstandards shall be reviewed by the state university trustees and shall\nbe subject to their approval, disapproval or modification on or before\nAugust first, nineteen hundred sixty-two and in the form approved, shall\nbe forwarded to the governor for his further approval, disapproval or\nmodification within thirty days thereafter. The proposed standards shall\nbe deemed adopted, with or without modifications as the case may be,\nupon (i) written approval by the governor or (ii) the expiration of\nthirty days after receipt of the proposed standards by the governor from\nthe state university trustees, whichever occurs first. The effective\ndate of such standards shall be September first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-two. Such standards, in the form adopted, shall be filed by the\nstate university with the secretary of state in the manner provided by\nsection one hundred two of the executive law.\n Changes in the construction standards so adopted may from time to time\nbe formulated and proposed, reviewed, approved, disapproved or modified,\nadopted and filed in the same manner as the original standards.\n 2. Design. The fund shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, within the\namounts appropriated therefor or otherwise available, the building\nplans, the exterior drawings or models displaying the architectural\nconcept of the facility, and the detailed plans and specifications for\nall construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation and\nimprovement work to be performed at state-operated institutions or\nstatutory or contract colleges under the jurisdiction of the state\nuniversity. The fund may cause the building plans, drawings, models and\ndetailed plans and specifications for such work to be prepared under the\ndirection of the letting agency in accordance with the terms of any\nagreement entered into between the fund and such letting agency pursuant\nto section three hundred seventy-six of this chapter.\n The detailed plans and specifications for any such work to be\nperformed pursuant to a contract executed on or after a date thirty days\nsubsequent to the effective date of the construction standards adopted\npursuant to subdivision one of this section shall comply with the\nstandards in effect at the time the contract is executed.\n Subject to the terms of any agreement entered into between the fund\nand the letting agency pursuant to section three hundred seventy-six of\nthis chapter, the fund may from time to time modify, or authorize\nmodifications to, such detailed plans and specifications provided (i)\nthat the plans and specifications as so modified shall comply with the\nconstruction standards, if any, adopted pursuant to subdivision one of\nthis section and in effect at the time of the modification, and (ii)\nthat such modifications are made after consultation with the state\nuniversity, and (iii) that in the event a contingency fund is\nappropriated to the fund to pay the a
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