A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the board of governors of the university of north carolina to cover the planning costs for the construction of a new inpatient tower and operating room at UNC hospitals.
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 thirty‑two million five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($32,550,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to be allocated to UNC Hospitals for the planning costs regarding the construction of a new 200‑bed inpatient tower and operating room facility or facilities for UNC Hospitals on campus or in a new site to respond to growth in demand for UNC Hospitals' inpatient services, while also reducing the number of semiprivate rooms to create efficiencies and respond to patient needs.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.