GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 657

HOUSE BILL 491

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE FINANCING, WITHOUT APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, OF CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS OF THE CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS AT CHAPEL HILL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The purpose of this act is to authorize construction, by certain constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill, of the capital improvements projects listed herein for each institution, and to authorize the financing of these said capital improvements projects with funds available to the institutions and the Hospitals from gifts, grants, receipts, self-liquidating indebtedness, or other funds, or any combination of such funds, but not including funds appropriated from the General Fund of the State.

Sec. 2.  The projects hereby authorized to be constructed and financed as provided in Section 1 of this act are as follows:

(1)       East Carolina University

a.         Old Cafeteria Renovation                                         5,124,300

(2)       North Carolina A & T State University

a.         Renovation of Five Residence Halls                       6,915,900

(3)       North Carolina State University at Raleigh

a.         Campus Wide Telecommunications System          4,893,200

(4)       The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -

            Academic Affairs

a.         Renovations to the Carolina Inn                               9,124,200

b.         Parking Deck for New School of

            Business Administration                                           5,239,300

c.         Additions and Renovations - Van Hecke -

            Wettach Building                                                       8,788,300

(5)       The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -

            Health Affairs

a.         Health Affairs Parking Deck

            Number Two                                                            13,940,500

(6)       The University of North Carolina

            at Greensboro

a.         Central Campus Parking Structure                           7,511,700

(7)       The University of North Carolina Hospitals

            at Chapel Hill

a.         Chiller Plant                                                               3,849,500

Sec. 3.  At the request of The University of North Carolina Board of Governors and upon determining that it is in the best interest of the State to do so, the Director of the Budget may authorize an increase or decrease in the scope of or a change in the method of funding for any project authorized by this act.  In making a determination of whether to authorize a change in scope or funding, the Director of the Budget may consult with the Advisory Budget Commission.  In no event may appropriations from the General Fund be used for a project authorized by this act.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of July, 1991.

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James C. Gardner

President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives