1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education finance; appropriating
1.3 	money to the Board of Regents of the University of
1.4 	Minnesota and Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State
1.5 	Colleges and Universities.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
 1.8 	$17,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.9 	Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and
1.10 	Universities for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005.  This
1.11 	appropriation is added to appropriations in Laws 2003, chapter
1.12 	133, article 1, section 3.

1.13 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; BOARD OF REGENTS.
 1.14 	$17,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.15 	Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the fiscal
1.16 	year ending June 30, 2005.  This appropriation is added to
1.17 	appropriations in Laws 2003, chapter 133, article 1, section 4,
1.18 	subdivision 2.

1.19 	Sec. 3. TRANSFER.
 1.20 	$35,000,000 is transferred from the budget reserve in the
1.21 	general fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152,
1.22 	subdivision 1a, to the general fund.

1.23 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.24 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.