GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

 

 

SESSION LAW 1998-140

HOUSE BILL 1502

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE FINANCING OF CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS OF THE CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The purpose of this act is (i) to authorize the construction by certain constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina General Administration, of the capital improvements projects listed in the act for the respective institutions, and (ii) to authorize the financing of these projects with funds available to the institutions from gifts, grants, receipts, self-liquidating indebtedness, or other funds, or any combination of these funds, but not including funds appropriated from the General Fund.

Section 2.  The capital improvements projects, and their respective costs, authorized by this act to be constructed and financed as provided in Section 1 of this act, are as follows:

1.         Appalachian State University

Renovation of Welborn Cafeteria                                           $6,159,700

 

2.         East Carolina University

West End Dining Hall                                                                 7,410,300

 

3.         North Carolina A & T State University

Residence Hall Improvements                                                   5,000,100

 

4.         North Carolina State University

Centennial Campus Buildings, Improvements for

      Tenants Use                                                                            2,862,600

 

5.         The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Medical Biomolecular Research Building, Phase II              30,045,500

Renovations and Addition to the Frank Porter

      Graham Student Union                                                        13,287,300

Addition to Beard Hall                                                                8,414,200

Institute of Government Parking Deck                                      1,548,500

 

6.         The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Addition to the Barnhardt Student Activity Center                   5,772,800

 

7.         The University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Improvements to Athletic Facilities                                          4,481,600

 

8.         Western Carolina University

Work Force Development Center                                             7,499,800.

 

Section 3.  At the request of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina 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 cost of, or a change in the method of funding the projects authorized by this act.  In determining whether to authorize a change in cost or funding, the Director of the Budget may consult with the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.

Section 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 3rd day of September, 1998.

s/   Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

s/   Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

s/   James B. Hunt, Jr.

Governor

 

Approved 2:00 p.m. this 14th day of September, 1998