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