1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; providing funding for
1.3 	new technology investments at the University of
1.4 	Minnesota; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
 1.7 	$7,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $14,000,000 in fiscal
1.8 	year 2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the Board of
1.9 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for investments in a new
1.10 	finance system, core functions of high-performance national
1.11 	research networks, accelerated document imaging efforts, a
1.12 	strategic data storage system, classrooms, and new advising and
1.13 	portal systems.