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