AN ACT to fund certain capital improvements at western carolina university.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  By August 15, 2020, the State Controller shall transfer the following nonrecurring sums to Western Carolina University (Budget Code: 16075):
(1)	$11,585,462 from the cash balance in the Repairs and Renovations Reserve established pursuant to G.S. 143C‑4‑3.
(2)	$4,914,538 from the cash balance in the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) Fund (Budget Code: 24160; Fund Code: 2000).
SECTION 2.  The funds transferred in Section 1 of this act are appropriated for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year and shall be used for the steam plant project at Western Carolina University.
SECTION 3.  The provisions of the State Budget Act, Chapter 143C of the General Statutes, are reenacted and shall remain in full force and effect and are incorporated in this act by reference.
SECTION 4.  Except where expressly repealed or amended by this act, the provisions of any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session of the General Assembly expressly appropriating funds to an agency, a department, or an institution covered under this act shall remain in effect.
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2020.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of June, 2020.

	s/	 Philip E. Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Roy Cooper
	 Governor

Approved 2:28 p.m. this 19th day of June, 2020