1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; appropriating money to
1.3 	the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota
1.4 	for research support.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$20,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $15,000,000 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 research support.
1.10 	The funding base for this initiative in fiscal years 2008 and
1.11 	2009 is $15,000,000 each year.