1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to higher education; funding academic 
  1.3             initiatives and investments at Minnesota state 
  1.4             colleges and universities; appropriating money.  
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.7      Subdivision 1.  [MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
  1.8   UNIVERSITIES.] The sum in this section is appropriated from the 
  1.9   general fund to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state 
  1.10  colleges and universities for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 for the 
  1.11  purposes specified in subdivision 2.  The appropriation in this 
  1.12  section is in addition to any base appropriations for 
  1.13  instructional and noninstructional expenditures.  This 
  1.14  appropriation is added to the Minnesota state colleges and 
  1.15  universities' base appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005.
  1.16     Subd. 2.  [POST-SECONDARY INITIATIVES.] $256,000,000 is 
  1.17  appropriated for inflation, the quality initiatives in the MnSCU 
  1.18  system, the competitive funding initiative, repair and 
  1.19  replacement expenses of system facilities, purchase of 
  1.20  instructional equipment, and funding for nonresident, 
  1.21  nonreciprocity students for the 2002 and 2003 fiscal biennium.