§ 143C‑8‑4.  Agency capital improvement needs estimates.
(a)	Needs Estimate Required. – On or before September 1 of each even‑numbered year, each State agency shall submit to the Office of State Budget and Management and to the Division of Fiscal Research a six‑year capital improvement needs estimate. This estimate shall describe the agency's anticipated capital needs for each year of the six‑year planning period. Capital improvement needs estimates shall be shown in two parts.
(b)	Repairs and Renovations Needs Estimate. – The first part of the capital improvement needs estimates shall include only requirements for repairs and renovations necessary to maintain the existing use of existing facilities. Each proposed repair and renovation expenditure shall be justified by reference to the Facilities Condition Assessment Program operated by the Office of State Construction.
(c)	Real Property and New Construction or Facility Rehabilitation Needs Estimate. – The second part of the capital improvement needs estimates shall include only proposals for real property acquisition and projects involving construction of new facilities or rehabilitation of existing facilities to accommodate uses for which the existing facilities were not originally designed. Each project included in this part shall be justified by reference to the needs evaluation criteria established by the Office of State Budget and Management pursuant to G.S. 143C‑8‑3 and shall include the information required by G.S. 143C‑3‑3(d)(5).
For capital projects of The University of North Carolina and its constituent institutions, the Office of State Budget and Management shall utilize the needs evaluation information approved by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina developed pursuant to G.S. 116‑11(9) and shall include the information required by G.S. 143C‑3‑3(d)(5).  (1997‑443, s. 34.9; 2000‑140, s. 93.1(a); 2001‑424, s. 12.2(b); 2006‑203, s. 3; 2016‑94, s. 37.7(f).)