AMENDMENT FOR SENATE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE ENGROSSED BILL
183mb

___________________ moved that SB 183 be amended as follows:


    On the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee engrossed bill, delete the previously adopted amendment (183ma).

    On page 1, line 11, after "project" insert "for an estimated cost of fifty-five million dollars, subject to permitted adjustments pursuant to section 3 of this Act".

    On page 1, after line 11, insert:

"    Section 2. There is hereby appropriated for the purposes authorized in this Act the sum of fifty-one million dollars ($51,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, in other fund expenditure authority and one dollar ($1), or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the general fund, together with any additional sums received pursuant to section 4 of this Act, and permitted adjustments pursuant to section 3 of this Act.

    Section 3. The cost estimates contained in this Act have been stated in terms of 2017 values. The Board of Regents may adjust such cost estimates to reflect the inflation as measured by the Building Cost Index, reported by the Engineering News Record and additional expenditures required to comply with regulations adopted after the effective date of this Act, or additional sums received pursuant to section 4 of this Act. However, any adjustments to construction cost estimates for the project may not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the estimated project construction cost stated in section 1 of this Act.

    Section 4. The Board of Regents may accept, transfer, and expend any funds obtained for the projects authorized in this Act from federal sources, donations, or any other external sources, all of which comprise a special fund for the benefitted project. All moneys deposited into that fund are hereby appropriated to the projects authorized by this Act, subject to limitations stated in sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of this Act.

    Section 5. The administration of the design and construction of the project authorized in this Act shall be under the general charge and supervision of the Bureau of Administration as provided in chapter 5-14.

    Section 6. The executive director of the Board of Regents shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.".