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, $161,761 from the general fund and $250,813 from nongeneral funds the first year and $161,761 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, $141,750 and one position the first year and $141,750 and one position the second year from the general fund is designated for the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research.

E. Out of this appropriation, $15,000 the first year and $15,000 the second year from the general fund is designated to support continuing education activities at the Reynolds Homestead.

F. Out of this appropriation, $84,375 the first year and $84,375 the second year from the general fund is designated to support the research activities of the Virginia Water Resources Center.

G. 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.

H. Out of this appropriation, the expenditure of $2,517,901 the first year and $976,551 the second year from the general fund and $657,842 the first year and $1,315,685 the second year from nongeneral funds to address base operating needs and student enrollment, improve degree completion, and expand research capacity is contingent upon the passage into law of the provisions contained in Enactment Nos. 2, 3 and 5 of Part 5 of introduced House Bill 30/Senate Bill 30 of the 2004 Session. The allotment of these funds is subject to the purposes and conditions described in Item 135, paragraph D.

I. This appropriation includes $403,250 in the first year from the general fund to support the university's participation in the Mid-Atlantic Terascale Partnership. These funds shall be used to gain access to advanced national communication networks for computation-intensive research through collaborative efforts among the participating institutions. The expenditure of these funds is contingent upon the passage into law of the provisions contained in Enactment Nos. 2, 3 and 5 of Part 5 of introduced House Bill 30/Senate Bill 30 of the 2004 Session. The allotment of these funds is subject to approval of expenditure plans by the Secretary of Education.