A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the board of governors of the university of north carolina to plan, design, and construct a joint primary data center that is a collaborative project of north carolina agricultural and technical state university and the university of north carolina at greensboro.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of forty‑six million three hundred thousand four hundred dollars for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  The funds shall be used as follows:
(1)	The sum of four million six hundred thirty thousand forty dollars ($4,630,040) shall be used to plan and design the facility that will house the University of North Carolina at Greensboro/North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Joint Primary Data Center, a collaborative initiative that may be located on the South Campus of the Gateway University Research Park.
(2)	The sum of forty‑one million six hundred seventy thousand three hundred sixty dollars ($41,670,360) shall be used to construct the facility that will house the University of North Carolina at Greensboro/North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Joint Primary Data Center.
SECTION 1(b).  The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina may grant the funds appropriated to the Board of Governors by this section to Gateway University Research Park, Inc., to be used as provided by this section and in compliance with State law regarding grants to non‑State entities.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.