SF 1350

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to higher education; appropriating money to
the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Total appropriation. new text end

new text begin $667,586,000 in
fiscal year 2006 and $651,612,000 in fiscal year 2007 are
appropriated to the Board of Regents of the University of
Minnesota for the purposes specified in this section.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Operations and maintenance. new text end

new text begin $587,062,000 the
first year and $586,088,000 the second year are appropriated
from the general fund for operations and maintenance. Of this
appropriation, the legislature estimates that instructional
expenditures will be $....... in the first year and $....... in
the second year.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Health care access fund. new text end

new text begin $2,157,000 is
appropriated each year from the health care access fund for
primary care education initiatives.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Special appropriation. new text end

new text begin $78,367,000 the first
year and $63,367,000 the second year are appropriated from the
general fund as provided in paragraphs (a) to (d).
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new text begin (a) new text end [AGRICULTURE AND EXTENSION SERVICE.] new text begin $50,625,000 each
year is for the Agricultural Experiment Station, Minnesota
Extension Service. Any salary increases granted by the
university to personnel paid from the Minnesota extension
appropriation must not result in a reduction of the county
responsibility for the salary payments. During the biennium,
the university shall maintain an advisory council system for
each experiment station. The advisory councils must be broadly
representative of the range in size and income distribution of
farms and agribusiness and must not disproportionately represent
those from the upper half of the size and income distributions.
The university must continue to provide for the rapid
agricultural response fund and sustainable and organic
agricultural initiatives, including but not limited to, the
alternative swine systems program.
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new text begin (b) new text end [HEALTH SERVICES.] new text begin $19,929,000 the first year and
$4,929,000 the second year are for the rural physicians
associates program, the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, health
sciences research, dental care, and the Biomedical Engineering
Center. $15,000,000 the first year is for the Mayo/University
partnership.
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new text begin (c) new text end [INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.] new text begin $1,387,000 each year is for
the geological survey and the talented young mathematics program.
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new text begin (d) new text end [SYSTEM SPECIALS.] new text begin $6,426,000 each year is for general
research, student loans matching money, industrial relations
education, Natural Resources Research Institute, Center for
Urban and Regional Affairs, Bell Museum of Natural History, and
the Humphrey exhibit.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Academic health center. new text end

new text begin The appropriation to
the Academic Health Center under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
297F, is anticipated to be $21,594,000 the first year and
$21,379,000 in the second year.
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