GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1988

Short Title:  A & T Ag. School Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Gist, Barnhill, Blue, Burke, Cunningham, Edwards, Fitch, Hardaway, H. Hunter, Jeralds, Kennedy, Locks, Michaux, Holt, James, Nesbitt, R. Hunter, Mercer, Anderson, Lineberry, Greenwood, Warren, Watkins, Albertson, N. Crawford; Bowen, Chapin, Flaherty, McLaughlin, Ramsey, and Stewart.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 11, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSION OF FACILITIES IN THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AT NORTH CAROLINA A & T STATE UNIVERSITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for the School of Agriculture at North Carolina A & T State University the sum of $9,920,000 for the 1989-90 fiscal year to be allocated as follows:
(1)	$4,000,000 to acquire land and to construct a small farm demonstration center that will enable the university to conduct on-site training for paraprofessional agricultural extension workers,  to provide a test site for trial farming systems, and to conduct demonstrations of certain techniques thus increasing the awareness of opportunities for profitable alternative farm-based enterprises.
(2)	$2,200,000 for renovations and improvements to Carver Hall, a major facility for agricultural research and instruction used on a year-round basis.
(3)	$250,000 to renovate and convert space in Ward Hall into labs that may be used to conduct research in food safety.
(4)	$450,000 to correct the malfunctioning of the air exchange, environmental control, air moisture discharge, and other mechanical systems in the laboratory animal resource unit of Well Hall to meet federal guidelines for facilities used in laboratory animal research.
(5)	$600,000 to make renovations to Benbow Hall.
(6)	$1,700,000 to construct a greenhouse complex that will provide the state-of-the-art environmental control required for basic research in crop breeding, crop physiology, and other areas of the crop sciences.
(7)	$475,000 to purchase and install a telecommunication system and to provide additional space in Coltrane Hall to house the agricultural extension program.
(8)	$250,000 to remodel poultry production units to accommodate poultry research.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for the School of Agriculture at North Carolina A & T State University the sum of $4,000,000 for the 1990-91 fiscal year to construct a second small farm demonstration center.
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.