NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1038

SENATE BILL 7

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, AGENCIES, AND DEPARTMENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  This Act shall be known as the Capital Improvement Appropriation Act of 1961.

Sec. 2.  The funds appropriated by this Act are for the purposes of construction of buildings, acquiring sites therefor if necessary, acquiring and installing equipment at the institutions, departments, and agencies of the State, hereinafter mentioned.

Sec. 3.  The funds appropriated by this Act to provide for Capital Improvements, by Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of this Act, shall be disbursed for the purposes provided in this Act upon warrants drawn by the State Disbursing Officer, which warrants shall not be drawn for any State institution, department, or agency until a requisition has been approved by the Director of the Budget and which requisition shall be approved only after full compliance with the Executive Budget Act, Article 1 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. Any officer of the State or executive head of any institution, or any director, trustee, or commissioner in any State institution, department, or agency to which an appropriation is made under the provisions of this Act who votes for or aids in spending more money for any improvement for his institution, department, or agency than is appropriated therefor, may be removed from office by the Governor. Any additional moneys which may be received by means of a grant or grants from the United States of America or any agency or department thereof or from any other source to aid in financing the cost of any of the improvements herein referred to, may be placed by the State Treasurer in the same fund or in a separate fund and, to the extent permitted by the terms of such grant or grants, shall be disbursed in the same manner and for the purposes mentioned in this Act.

Sec. 4.  There is appropriated out of the General Fund the sum of one million eight hundred sixty thousand two hundred dollars ($1,860,200) for the use of the State institutions, departments, and agencies to provide for CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT projects according to the following schedule:

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Department of Administration...................................................                                        $1,000,000

      1.   Legislative Building, finish offices, equipment,

            landscaping and voting machine....................................                   $1,000,000

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EDUCATION

East Carolina College..............................................................                                               37,000

      1.   Laundry Equipment......................................................                          13,000

      2.   Replace Equipment in two Science Laboratories...........                          24,000

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The Agricultural and Technical College.....................................                                               36,500

      1.   Engineering Equipment and Renovation to

            Graham Building..........................................................                          36,500

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Elizabeth City State Teachers College......................................                                               48,000

      1.   Renovation of Administration Building and Expansion

            of Dining Hall and Kitchen...........................................                          48,000

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Fayetteville State Teachers College..........................................                                               22,000

      1.   Four all‑weather Tennis Courts....................................                          22,000

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NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECREATION

Kerr Reservoir Development Commission................................                                               91,700

      1.   Community Building, Bullocksville Park........................                          25,000

      2.   Central Wash Houses for Camping Areas, Nutbush

            Bridge, Satterwhite Point, Bullocksville and Warren

            County........................................................................                          11,000

      3.   Tent Camp Area, Satterwhite Point..............................                          19,100

      4.   Maintenance Workshop, Satterwhite Point...................                          10,400

      5.   Park Rangers Residence, Satterwhite Point..................                            8,500

      6.   Improvement of Grounds and Parking Areas................                            3,000

      7.   Picnic Shelter, Warren County.....................................                            4,700

      8.   Sales and Service Building at Flemingtown Road

            Marina........................................................................                          10,000

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Fort Raleigh Historic National Site...........................................                                     $      125,000

      1.   Purchase of Land.........................................................                $      125,000

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AGRICULTURE

Department of Agriculture........................................................                                             500,000

      1.   Purchase of Raleigh Farmers Market............................                        500,000

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Sec. 5.  There is appropriated out of the Highway Fund the sum of two million two hundred thirty‑one thousand two hundred dollars ($2,231,200) for the use of the Department of Motor Vehicles, State Prison Department, and the State Highway Commission to provide for CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT projects according to the following schedule:

 

PUBLIC SAFETY AND REGULATION

Department of Motor Vehicles.................................................                                        $   907,900

      1.   Warehouse and Radio Shop — Raleigh Station............                $        71,000

      2.   Additions and Alterations — Troop Headquarters

            Buildings, Salisbury, Greensboro, Greenville and

            Asheville......................................................................                        278,000

      3.   Three Steel Radio Towers — Raleigh, Greensboro

            and Salisbury...............................................................                        244,500

      4.   Office Building — Elkin...............................................                          52,400

      5.   Office Building — Lenoir.............................................                          52,400

      6.   Office Building — Morehead City................................                          52,400

      7.   Office Building — Mount Airy.....................................                          52,400

      8.   Office Building — Henderson......................................                          52,400

      9.   Office Building — Gastonia..........................................                          52,400

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CORRECTION

State Prison Department..........................................................                        923,000

      Less: Funds Provided by Prison Enterprises.......................                        800,000        123,000

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      1.   Renovate Hendersonville Unit......................................                        115,000

      2.   Six‑inch Water Main to Henderson County Unit...........                          34,000

      3.   One‑Hundred‑Man Segregation Unit...........................                        375,000

      4.   Education Building — Caledonia Prison.......................                          54,000

      5.   Six 75‑man Cell Blocks...............................................                        345,000

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HIGHWAYS

State Highway Commission......................................................                                       $  1,200,300

      1.   Truck Weighing Stations (4).........................................                   $   120,000

      2.   Division Shop — Durham............................................                        159,800

      3.   Harnett County Maintenance Yard...............................                          68,500

      4.   Bridge Maintenance Yard — Monroe..........................                          21,000

      5.   District Engineer's Office — Shelby..............................                          33,000

      6.   Truck Shed — Newton...............................................                          16,000

      7.   Truck Shed — Lincolnton............................................                            8,000

      8.   Barracks and Headquarters — Watauga County..........                          21,000

      9.   District and Resident Engineer's Office —

            Elizabeth City..............................................................                          48,300

      10. Maintenance and Equipment Building and Service

            Station — Manteo.......................................................                          22,000

      11. District Engineer's Office — Rockingham.....................                          30,400

      12. District Engineer's Office — Nashville..........................                          30,400

      13. Maintenance Facilities — Division 14...........................                          42,000

      14. Division Shop — Asheville...........................................    $189,600

            Less: Estimated Sale Value of existing buildings............        65,000     124,600

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      15. Maintenance Headquarters Building —

            Williamston..................................................................                            9,300

      16. Repair Sub‑shop — Manteo........................................                          46,000

      17. Testing Laboratory......................................................                        400,000

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Sec. 6.  There is appropriated out of the Prison Enterprises Fund the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) to provide for part of the costs of CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT projects as detailed under State Prison Department in Section 5 of this Act.

Sec. 7.  There is appropriated out of the Enterprises Account of the University of North Carolina the sum of one million nine hundred forty thousand two hundred dollars ($1,940,200) to provide for CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT projects according to the following schedule:

EDUCATION

University of North Carolina Enterprises................................                                          $  1,940,200

      1.   Addition to Heating Plant and Steam Piping

            System.....................................................................                      $ 1,380,200

            Less: Voted Bond Bill Appropriation.........................    $690,000        690,200

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      2.   Plant and Utilities — Improvements...........................                        1,250,000

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Sec. 8.  There is appropriated out of the Wildlife Resources Fund the sum of two hundred twenty-two thousand two hundred fifty‑four dollars ($222,254) to provide for CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT projects according to the following schedule:

 

NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECREATION

Wildlife Resources Commission............................................                                          $     222,254

      1.   Additional Facilities—Armstrong Creek Fish

            Hatchery..................................................................                      $     36,000

      2.   Purchase of Land......................................................                           178,254

      3.   Purchase of Fishing Access Areas.............................                               8,000

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Sec. 9.  The Director of the Budget is authorized and empowered to make transfers and changes between appropriations made in this Act, within the appropriations made to each agency, to provide changes to permit completion of the projects as described in the appropriations. Upon application of the governing body of a spending agency of the State, the Director of the Budget, when recommended by the Advisory Budget Commission is empowered to authorize transfers and changes from appropriations made in this Act, but within the appropriations made to each agency, to provide for needed projects for which no specific appropriations have been made.

Sec. 10.  The several institutions and departments of the State are fully authorized and empowered to make application or applications to any agency or agencies of the United States of America for grants‑in‑aid for the construction of the several purposes mentioned in this Act and to receive and expend the same in accordance with the terms of such grants and in conformity with the laws of this State. The Governor, or such agency or persons as may be designated by him, is fully authorized and empowered to make applications to and receive such grants‑in‑aid as may be made by any agency or agencies of the United States of America for the construction and renovation of buildings, and equipping the same, and the improvements referred to in this Act.

Sec. 11.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 12.  This Act shall be effective upon and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1961.