FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the renovation and construction of an addition to Harding Hall on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. The Board of Regents may contract for the renovation and construction of an addition to Harding Hall, on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, with furnishings and equipment including heating, air conditioning, plumbing, water, sewer, electric facilities, sidewalks, parking, landscaping, architectural and engineering services, asbestos abatement, and other services or actions as may be required to accomplish the project for an estimated cost not to exceed twelve million dollars, subject to permitted adjustments pursuant to section 3 of this Act.
    Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from the higher education facilities fund allocable to South Dakota State University for the purposes of maintenance and repair to address the portion of the project that would otherwise involve maintenance and repair projects, the sum of three million three hundred thousand dollars ($3,300,000), or so much thereof as may be

necessary; the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, from other funds derived from tuition; and the sum of three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($3,700,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, together with additional sums received pursuant to section 4 of this Act, to cover the remaining estimated cost, 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 2015 values. The Board of Regents may adjust the cost estimates to reflect inflation as measured by the Building Cost Index reported by the Engineering News Record, additional expenditures required to comply with regulations adopted after the effective date of this Act, or federal funds received pursuant to section 4 of this Act.
    Section 4. The Board of Regents may accept and expend any funds obtained for the project authorized in this Act from donations, federal sources, or any other external sources, all of which comprise a special fund for the benefitted project; and all money deposited into that fund are hereby appropriated to the projects authorized by this Act, subject to the limitations stated in sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of this Act.
    Section 5. The administration of the design and construction of the projects 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.