Authority: Title 23, Chapter 5, Code of Virginia.

A. Out of the amounts for Higher Education Research, $596,649 $477,549 the first year and $596,649 $477,549 the second year from the general fund shall be made available as administrative support for the operation of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab), subject to paragraph I of this Item.

B. Out of this appropriation, $387,600 the first year and $387,600 the second year from the general fund is designated for the costs to lease and equip space for activities related to technology transfer, research, and graduate work, subject to paragraph I of this Item.

C. Included in Item 296, paragraph C 3 of this act is $1,782,373 from the general fund and $134,606 in nongeneral funds the first year and $1,488,059 from the general fund and $134,606 in nongeneral funds the second year to support the debt service on bonds issued by the Virginia College Building Authority to finance equipment.

D. It is the intent of the General Assembly that at such time as there is a building addition or improvements to the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at The College of William and Mary in Virginia, adequate and sufficient space be provided in such addition or improvement to house the offices of the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council, an agency of the Commonwealth currently located in the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of The College of William and Mary in Virginia.

E. Out of this appropriation, $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the second year from the general fund is designated to support the Virginia Writing Project, subject to paragraph I of this Item.

F. This appropriation authorizes The College of William and Mary in Virginia to charge its students a technology service fee in conformity with § 4-2.01 c of this act. This appropriation includes $380,268 the first year and $380,268 the second year from nongeneral funds. The fee charged resident undergraduate students each year shall not exceed one percent of the total of resident undergraduate tuition and required fees charged in FY 1998. The fee charged nonresident undergraduate students shall not exceed three percent of the total of nonresident undergraduate tuition and required fees charged in FY 1998. The fee charged graduate and professional students shall not exceed three percent of the total of graduate and professional tuition and required fees charged in FY 1998.

G.1. Out of this appropriation, $825,000 the first year and $825,000 the second year from the general fund is provided for the costs of a multi-year implementation of new administrative computing systems.

2. Out of the Higher Education Equipment Trust Fund allocation for The College of William and Mary, $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the second year is provided for hardware and software for the implementation of new administrative computing systems.

H. Out of this appropriation, $198,000 the first year and $150,000 the second year from nongeneral funds is provided for a cooperative endeavor with the Hampton Roads Economic Development Partnership.

I. It is the intent of the Governor and the General Assembly that direct general fund support of special purpose research and public service centers and projects in higher education not be continued indefinitely and that institutions of higher education secure nongeneral fund support of such activities. General fund reductions of $139,296 the first year and $153,425 the second year from research and public service activities shown below reflect the expectation that additional private and other nongeneral funds be solicited to augment nongeneral fund support: