Authority: Title 23, Chapter 5.3, Code of Virginia.

A. Out of this appropriation, $222,000 the first year and $222,000 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 D of this Item.

B. Included in Item 296, paragraph C 3 of this act is $610,062 from the general fund and $14,045 in nongeneral funds the first year and $491,500 from the general fund and $14,045 in nongeneral funds the second year to support the debt service on bonds issued by the Virginia College Building Authority to finance equipment.

C. This appropriation authorizes Christopher Newport University to charge students a technology service fee in conformity with § 4-2.01 c of this act. This appropriation includes $145,988 the first year and $145,988 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.

D. 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 $22,200 the first year and $62,160 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: