GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 451
HOUSE BILL 578

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 AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS AT CHAPEL HILL.

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 improvement projects listed herein for each institution, and to authorize the financing of these said projects with funds available to the institutions from gifts, grants, receipts, including patient receipts at the University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill, self-liquidating indebtedness, or other funds, or any combination of such funds, but not including funds appropriated from the General Fund of the State.  Funds authorized herein for the Renovation of Minges Coliseum are a reauthorized amount, superseding and replacing the prior amount established for such project by Chapter 1012 of the 1991 Session Laws.  Patient receipts at the University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill may not be used to finance a capital improvement project authorized by this act, except the project described in Section 2, item 7 of this act.
Sec. 2.  The projects hereby authorized to be constructed and financed as provided in Section 1 of this act are as follows:
1.	Appalachian State University
a.	Concrete Repairs in Brewer Stadium	$1,227,900
b.	Renovation and Refurbishment of Cafeteria in 
Welborn Hall	2,926,900

2.	East Carolina University
a.	Fiber Optic Network - East Campus	13,109,300
b.	Renovation of Minges Coliseum	9,227,600

3.	North Carolina A & T State University
a.	Fitness and Wellness Center	5,269,600

4.	North Carolina State University
a.	Additional Parking for the Engineering Graduate 
	Research Center	1,746,300
b.	Residence Halls Bathroom Renovations	1,782,400
c.	Barrier Removal Projects	3,000,000
d.	Acquisition, Renovation, and Refurbishment of the 
	Mission Valley Inn for Student Housing and Office 
	Space	15,000,000

5.	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
a.	Modernization of Laboratories - Institute of Marine
	Sciences, Morehead City	2,232,100
b.	New Radio Station for WUNC-FM	1,366,300

6.	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
a.	Student Housing, Phase II	9,058,300
b.	Residence Hall Renovations	2,013,100
c.	McIver Street Parking Deck	5,708,600

7.	The University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill
a.	North Carolina Children's Hospital, North Carolina
	Women's Hospital, and Support Space, Advance 
	Planning and Design	5,758,066.
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 may appropriations from the General Fund be used for a project authorized by this act.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of July, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives