GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1297

Short Title:  Hist. Bl. Coll. Sci. Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative H. Hunter.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 7, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A SPECIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM INITIATIVE FOR NORTH CAROLINA'S HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Biotechnology Center the sum of five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to enable the Center to develop a special biotechnology program initiative for North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities as a means to get more funds to these institutions of higher education in the short run to help them develop their biotechnology programs and as a means to develop a mechanism to improve these institutions' capacity over the long term.
The Center's special initiative funded by this act shall, at a minimum, provide for:
(1)	A range of program activities designed to enhance the existing strengths and capabilities of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities;
(2)	A Facilities and Infrastructure Review Committee to advise the Center on major program elements and priority projects that would be most helpful to these institutions;
(3)	A full-time staff person to coordinate the special initiative; and
(4)	A Program Advisory Panel with representation from these institutions to advise and make recommendations to the Center's President and Board of Directors on funding proposals under this initiative.
The Center shall report to the General Assembly by March 15, 1994, on the development and implementation of this special initiative.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.