Authority: §§ 23-114 through 23-131, Code of Virginia and Chapter 440, Acts of Assembly of 1991.

A. Out of this appropriation shall be expended an amount estimated at $869,882 from the general fund and $436,357 from nongeneral funds the first year and $869,882 from the general fund and $436,357 from nongeneral funds the second year for the educational telecommunications project to provide graduate engineering education, subject to a plan approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

B. Out of this appropriation, $225,294 from the general fund and $250,813 from nongeneral funds the first year and $225,294 from the general fund and $250,813 from nongeneral funds the second year is designated to support the Educational and General portion of the debt service for the coal-fired facility, as approved in Item D-6.1, Chapter 459, Acts of Assembly of 1991.

C. Out of this appropriation, $450,000 the first year and $450,000 the second year from the general fund is designated to support the Marion duPont Scott Equine Center of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

D. Out of this appropriation, $175,000 and one position the first year and $175,000 and one position the second year from the general fund is designated for the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, subject to paragraph K of this Item.

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 K of this Item.

F. Out of this appropriation, $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the second year from the general fund is designated to support continuing education activities at the Reynolds Homestead, subject to paragraph K of this Item.

G. Included in Item 296, paragraph C 3 of this act is $8,828,274 from the general fund and $415,254 nongeneral funds the first year and $7,133,296 from the general fund and $415,254 nongeneral funds the second year to support the debt service on bonds issued by the Virginia College Building Authority to finance equipment.

H. Out of this appropriation, $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the second year from the general fund is designated to support the research activities of the Virginia Water Resources Center, subject to paragraph K of this Item.

I. Out of this appropriation, $512,013 the first year and $512,013 the second year from the general fund is designated to support one position for tobacco research for medicinal purposes. Of this amount, $100,000 and two positions in each year will be used to support field tests at sites in Blackstone and Abingdon.

J. This appropriation authorizes Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to charge students a technology service fee in conformity with § 4-2.01 c of this act. This appropriation includes $1,089,666 the first year and $1,089,666 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.

K. 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 $165,000 the first year and $238,750 $208,750 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: