A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to plan a new veterinary hospital at north carolina state university.
Whereas, the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine is the only veterinary college in the State and one of the highest ranked colleges of its kind in the country; and
Whereas, the College's current 55,000 square foot Veterinary Teaching Hospital opened in 1983 and was designed to accommodate a maximum of 12,000 animal accessions; and
Whereas, plans have been made to construct a new hospital adjacent to the current facility, which will provide 115,000 square feet of clinical space and allow expansion of current hospital services for companion animals; and
Whereas, the new hospital will be named for the late Randall B. Terry, Jr., whose Charitable Foundation gave North Carolina State University $20,000,000 during the University's $1 billion Achieve! Campaign in 2005; and
Whereas, private donations totaling $34,000,000 have been raised for the construction of the new hospital; and
Whereas, State funds are needed to plan the new hospital; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of seven million dollars ($7,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to be allocated to North Carolina State University for use in planning the Randall B. Terry Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center at the University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.