A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the board of governors of the university of north carolina for research and jobs.
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 two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to the Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) at North Carolina State University. This funding shall be used to provide operating support, curriculum development, and equipment.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to fund the Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE) at North Carolina Central University. This funding shall provide operating support, curriculum development, and equipment. 
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one million seven hundred fifty-eight thousand six hundred ninety-seven dollars ($1,758,697) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to be used by the Center for Rapid Prototyping at Western Carolina University for additional staffing and equipment.
SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to fund the Economic Development Partnership Initiative at North Carolina State University. These funds shall be used to develop economic partnerships throughout the State, to provide support for the New Business Creation Initiative (NBCI), that will identify intellectual property developed at the University and advance the business opportunities for the intellectual property, and to provide workforce preparedness in the areas of globalization and its impact on North Carolina.
SECTION 5.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one million seven hundred sixty thousand dollars ($1,760,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to help establish the Hickory Center for Engineering Technology and to support the use of two adjoining buildings in Hickory for the development of engineering technology programs.  Of the funds appropriated by this act, the sum of one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) shall be used for nonrecurring costs, and the sum of six hundred sixty thousand dollars ($660,000) shall be used for recurring costs.
SECTION 6.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of four million dollars ($4,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to create a research development fund. This funding will support the creation of a research investment program under which each constituent institution of The University of North Carolina would receive a share of a research investment program pool based upon that institution's annual research activity.
SECTION 7.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to expand the HUB Contractor Academy program. HUB Academies provide opportunities for minority contractors to learn strategies for successful participation in public construction projects.
SECTION 8.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of ten million four hundred seventy-five thousand eight hundred thirty nine dollars ($10,475,839) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to enhance the recruitment of outstanding graduate students. These funds would be used to offer an additional 900 graduate tuition awards that cover the difference between in‑state and out‑of‑state tuition.
SECTION 9.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year for joint purchasing and licensing of electronic materials. Collective purchase of electronic resources would provide a consistent and stable digital library to support the campuses thereby increasing the amount of information available to students and faculty at far less cost than if each institution were to license its resources individually.
SECTION 10.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of four million dollars ($4,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year for a campus information technology infrastructure update.
SECTION 11.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of six million dollars ($6,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year for Data Center Consolidation and Disaster Recovery. These funds shall be used to enable campuses to update aging information technology infrastructure, to acquire backup and recovery resources, crisis communications software, centralized staff and data center services to address unmet disaster recovery needs, and to transition to increased consolidation of data center operations for critical University System applications.
SECTION 12.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of twenty-two million seven hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($22,725,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year for the Renaissance Computing Institute for staff support, computer operations and equipment. Of the funds appropriated by this section, the sum of eleven million two hundred thousand dollars ($11,200,000) shall be used for nonrecurring costs, and the sum of eleven million five hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($11,525,000) shall be used for recurring costs.
SECTION  13.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.