(a) A lessor leasing fifty percent (50%) or more of a building facility or building facilities:(1) to a state educational institution or to more than one (1) state educational institution jointly pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of this chapter for a term of five (5) years or more; and(2) that are to be acquired or constructed and erected by the lessor;shall, before commencing the acquisition or construction and erection, obtain approval of the plans and specifications for the building facility or building facilities by the lessee or lessees and also by any other public agencies that are required to approve plans and specifications for similar building facilities acquired or constructed and erected by the lessee or lessees.(b) The lessor shall take bids and enter into a contract or contracts for the construction and erection of the building facility or building facilities in accordance with the same procedures required by law to be followed by the lessee or lessees in the acquisition or construction and erection of similar building facilities.[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-6-2(c).]As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.275.
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