1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to education; increasing the base budget of 
  1.3             the Minnesota state colleges and universities; 
  1.4             appropriating money. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.7      $85,000,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $85,000,000 in fiscal 
  1.8   year 1999 is appropriated from the general fund to the board of 
  1.9   trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities as an 
  1.10  increase to the system's base appropriation for instruction. 
  1.11     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.12     Section 1 is effective July 1, 1997.