GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	2 

SENATE BILL 1378*
Second Edition Engrossed 6/6/94

Short Title:  UNC Cap. Improvements.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Winner of Buncombe, Kaplan, and Plyler.
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Referred to:  Capital Expenditures and Improvements.
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May 25, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE FINANCING, WITHOUT APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, OF CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS, OR SUPPLEMENTS TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS, OF THE CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS AT CHAPEL HILL AND TO ENABLE THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE TO SET FEES AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO FINANCE THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES CENTER.
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 and the University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill, of the capital improvements projects, or supplements to capital improvements projects, listed in this act for the respective institutions, and authorize the financing of these projects or project supplements 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 these funds, but not including funds appropriated from the General Fund of the State.
Sec. 2.  The capital improvements projects authorized by this act to be constructed and financed as provided in Section 1 of this act are as follows:
1.	North Carolina State University
a.	Partners Building	$ 9,658,000
b.	Research IV Building	8,945,000
2.	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
a.	The Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center	7,505,500
b.	Addition and Renovations to the Carolina Inn 	13,499,900
3.	The University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill
a.	North Carolina Children's Hospital, North Carolina
Women's Hospital, and Support Space	133,870,800
Sec. 3.  The supplements to capital improvements projects authorized by this act to be constructed and financed as provided in Section 1 of this act are as follows.  These projects were partially financed through proceeds available from the Education, Clean Water, and Parks Bond Act of 1993 and through appropriations of the General Assembly in a prior session.
1.	North Carolina Central University
a.	Chidley Hall Complex	$ 4,690,200
2.	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
a.	Addition to the School of Dentistry	8,430,500
b.	Lineberger Cancer Research Center Addition	8,000,000
c.	School of Business Administration Building	14,653,600
3.	Winston-Salem State University
a.	Student Services/Cafeteria/Student Union Complex	6,378,350
Sec. 4.  At the request of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina 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 or project supplement 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, except for appropriations made by the General Assembly in a prior session.
Sec. 5.  Section 4 of Chapter 1012 of the 1991 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"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, excluding fees required in connection with revenue bonds issued to finance the Student Activities Center, may not exceed the average required fees for all of the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina."
Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.