GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	3 

HOUSE BILL 1853*
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/20/00
Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 7/5/00

Short Title:  UNC Nonappropriated Capital/Rev. Bonds.  	(Public)

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May 30, 2000

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 OF THE CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TO AMEND THE LAWS REGARDING CERTAIN REVENUE BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The purpose of this act is (i) to authorize the construction by The University of North Carolina, of the capital improvements projects listed in the act for the respective institutions, and (ii) to authorize the financing of these 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.
Section 2.  The capital improvements projects, and their respective costs, authorized by this act to be constructed and financed as provided in Section 1 of this act, are as follows:

1.	Appalachian State University
New Dining Hall - Supplement	$ 9,569,744
Steam Distribution/Return System-Reconstruction	$ 3,109,200

2.	East Carolina University
Diabetes Building - Planning	$ 500,000
West End Dining Hall - Supplement	$ 5,089,700

3.	North Carolina School of the Arts
Technology Infrastructure - Residence Halls	$ 1,000,000

4.	North Carolina State University
Expansion of Parking Facilities	$ 9,000,000
Centennial Campus Infrastructure	$18,780,000
Centennial Campus Tenant Upfits	$ 6,750,000

5.	The University of North Carolina at Asheville
New Residence Hall - Supplement	$ 3,720,800

6.	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center	$ 9,000,000

7.	The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Alumni Center	$ 3,300,000

8.	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Parking Deck	$11,000,000

9.	The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Dining Hall Addition	$   750,000.

Section 3.  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 cost of, or a change in the method of, funding the projects authorized by this act.  In determining whether to authorize a change in cost or funding, the Director of the Budget may consult with the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.
Section 4.  G.S. 116-189(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4)	The word 'institution' shall mean each of the institutions enumerated in G.S. 116-2, the University of North Carolina Health Care System, and the University of North Carolina General Administration."
Section 5.  G.S. 116-189(5) is amended as follows:
"(5) 	"The word 'project' shall mean and shall include any one or more buildings, structures, or facilities of any size or type now or hereafter existing for (i) the housing, health, welfare, recreation, and convenience of students, (ii) the housing of faculty, (iii) academic, research, patient care, and community services, and (iv) parking at an institution or institutions, that has been approved by the Board and the Director of the Budget and any improvements or additions so approved to any such buildings, structures, or facilities, including, but without limiting the generality thereof, dormitories and other student, faculty, and adult or continuing education housing, dining facilities, student centers, gymnasiums, field houses and other physical education and recreation buildings, infirmaries and other health care buildings, academic facilities, furnishings, equipment, parking facilities, and necessary land and interest in land.  Any project may include, without limiting the generality thereof, facilities for services such as lounges, restrooms, lockers, offices, stores for books and supplies, snack bars, cafeterias, restaurants, laundries, cleaning, postal, banking and similar services, rooms and other facilities for guests and visitors, and facilities for meetings and for recreational, cultural, and entertainment activities."
Section 6.  This act is effective when it becomes law.