GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 1012
SENATE BILL 1154

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE FINANCING, WITHOUT APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, OF CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS OF THE CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The purpose of this act is to authorize construction, by certain constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, of the capital improvements projects listed in Section 2 of this act for each institution, and to authorize the financing of these capital improvements projects with funds available to the institutions from gifts, grants, receipts, self-liquidating indebtedness, or other funds, or any combination of these funds, but not including funds appropriated from the General Fund of the State.
Sec. 2.  The projects authorized to be constructed and financed as provided in Section 1 of this act are as follows:
(1)	Appalachian State University
a.	Student Housing	$7,730,600
b.	Dormitory Addition and Renovations	9,202,500
(2)	East Carolina University 
a.	Renovation of Minges Coliseum	4,255,900
(3)	Fayetteville State University
a.	Addition - New Residence Hall	3,285,100
(4)	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
a.	Campus Fiber Optic Network	6,871,200
b.	Health Affairs Book Store	994,700
(5)	The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
a.	Parking Deck	6,878,300
b.	Student Activities Center	26,296,000
(6)	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
a.	Renovate Moore-Strong Residence Hall	4,267,600
b.	Student Housing	5,740,000.
Sec. 3.  At the request of The University of North Carolina Board of Governors and upon determining that it is in the best interest of the State to do so, the Director of the Budget may authorize an increase or decrease in the scope of or a change in the method of funding for any project authorized by this act.  In making a determination of whether to authorize a change in scope or funding, the Director of the Budget may consult with the Advisory Budget Commission.  In no event shall appropriations from the General Fund be used for a project authorized by this act.
Sec. 4.  Until the debt incurred for the Student Activities Center authorized by Section 2(5)b of this act has been retired, the total required fees at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte may not exceed the average required fees for all of the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina.
Sec. 5.  Except for fee increases made at constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina to retire debt incurred for capital projects authorized by an act of the General Assembly, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina may not increase any required fees at the constituent institutions until the Board adopts rules to limit the amount of student fees that may be charged to retire debt at each institution, as required by Section 237(b) of Chapter 689 of the 1991 Session Laws, and the rules are presented to the General Assembly.  The Board may not adopt these rules before April 1, 1993.  The Board shall present the rules to the General Assembly by sending each member of the General Assembly a copy of the rules.
Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of July, 1992.

James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives