Title: DRS15265-LT-154 (5/20)
Category: Bill Draft

General Assembly of North Carolina	Session 2003

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
S	D
SENATE DRS15265-LT-154  (5/20)

Short Title:	Funds for University Capital Needs. | (Public)
Sponsors: | Senator Garrou.
Referred to: |

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the board of governors of the university of north carolina to fund capital needs at Winston‑Salem state university and to establish the center for design innovation.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of five million four hundred sixty‑five thousand dollars ($5,465,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year for Winston‑Salem State University.  The funds shall be used to acquire land and to acquire space in the Piedmont Triad Research Park for research laboratories and office space for the Department of Life Sciences at Winston‑Salem State University.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year to establish the Center for Design Innovation as a component for the National Design Institute proposed by the North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston‑Salem State University, Forsyth Technical Community College, North Carolina A&T State University, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Guilford Technical Community College.  The Center for Design Innovation shall be located in the Piedmont Triad Research Park and shall be established through a collaborative effort of Winston‑Salem State University, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and Forsyth Technical Community College.  The Center shall provide design‑focused training opportunities for residents and businesses in the Piedmont Triad area and shall provide university and community college faculty with design expertise with a means by which to interact and consult with each other, with State and local agencies, and with the private sector.
SECTION 3.   This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.

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