FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to increase estimated cost for certain construction projects and to declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That section 1 of chapter 109 of the 1998 Session Laws be amended to read as follows:

     It being declared to be in the public interest, the South Dakota Building Authority may contract for the construction, completion, furnishing, equipping, and maintaining of renovation projects at the Civil/Mechanical Engineering Building, the McLaury Building, and the Mineral Industries Building at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, Pennington County, and of a renovation project and an addition to the Crothers Engineering Hall at the South Dakota State University in Brookings, Brookings County, including heating, air conditioning, plumbing, water, sewer, electric facilities, architectural and engineering services, asbestos abatement, acquisition of lands on behalf of the Board of Regents for the use and benefit of South Dakota State University, site preparation and the construction of sidewalks and driveways and landscaping the grounds of that facility, and such other services as may be required to accomplish the purposes of this Act, all at the estimated cost of seven eight million five one hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000) ($8,100,000) . The Building Authority may

finance the same, including the issuance of revenue bonds, in accordance with this section and chapter 5-12. In no event may the Building Authority issue bonds for more than five million eighty thousand dollars ($5,080,000).
     Section  2.  Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.