GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 2000-168
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The purpose of this act is (i) to authorize the construction by The University of North Carolina, 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 of the State.
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
New Dining Hall - Supplement $ 9,569,744
Steam Distribution/Return System-Reconstruction $ 3,109,200
2. East Carolina University
Diabetes Building - Planning $ 500,000
West End Dining Hall - Supplement $ 5,089,700
3. North Carolina School of the Arts
Technology Infrastructure - Residence Halls $ 1,000,000
4. North Carolina State University
Expansion of Parking Facilities $ 9,000,000
Centennial Campus Infrastructure $18,780,000
Centennial Campus Tenant Upfits $ 6,750,000
5. The University of North Carolina at Asheville
New Residence Hall - Supplement $ 3,720,800
6. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center $ 9,000,000
7. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Alumni Center $ 3,300,000
8. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Parking Deck $11,000,000
9. The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Dining Hall Addition $ 750,000.
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. G.S. 116-189(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4) The word 'institution'
shall mean each of the institutions enumerated in G.S. 116-2, and the
University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill Health Care
System, and the University of North Carolina General Administration."
Section 5. G.S. 116-189(5) is amended as follows:
"(5) The word
"project" shall mean and shall include any one or more buildings or
facilities for (i) the housing, health, welfare, recreation and convenience of
students, (ii) the housing of faculty, (iii) adult or continuing education,
(iv) revenue-producing parking decks or structures, and (v) education,
research, patient care and community services at the University of North
Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill, of any size or type approved by the Board
and the Director of the Budget and any enlargements, improvements or additions
so approved of or to any such buildings or facilities now or hereafter
existing, including, but without limiting the generality thereof, dormitories
and other student, faculty and adult or continuing education housing, dining
facilities, student centers, gymnasiums, field houses and other physical
education and recreation buildings, structures and facilities, infirmaries and
other health care buildings, structures and facilities, academic facilities for
adult or continuing education, and necessary land and interests in land,
furnishings, equipment and parking facilities. Any project comprising a building
or buildings for student activities or adult or continuing education or any
enlargement or improvement thereof or addition thereto may include, without
limiting the generality thereof, facilities for services such as lounges,
restrooms, lockers, offices, stores for books and supplies, snack bars,
cafeterias, restaurants, laundries, cleaning, postal, banking and similar
services, offices, rooms and other facilities for guests and visitors and
facilities for meetings and for recreational, cultural and entertainment
activities. The word 'project' shall mean and shall include any one or
more buildings, structures, or facilities of any size or type now or hereafter
existing for (i) the housing, health, welfare, recreation, and convenience of
students, (ii) the housing of faculty, (iii) academic, research, patient care,
and community services, and (iv) parking at an institution or institutions,
that has been approved by the Board and the Director of the Budget and any
improvements or additions so approved to any such buildings, structures, or
facilities, including, but without limiting the generality thereof, dormitories
and other student, faculty, and adult or continuing education housing, dining
facilities, student centers, gymnasiums, field houses and other physical
education and recreation buildings, infirmaries and other health care
buildings, academic facilities, furnishings, equipment, parking facilities, and
necessary land and interest in land. Any project may include, without
limiting the generality thereof, facilities for services such as lounges,
restrooms, lockers, offices, stores for books and supplies, snack bars,
cafeterias, restaurants, laundries, cleaning, postal, banking and similar
services, rooms and other facilities for guests and visitors, and facilities
for meetings and for recreational, cultural, and entertainment activities."
Section 6. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of July, 2000.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 9:55 a.m. this 2nd day of August, 2000