A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the board of governors of the university of north carolina for faculty and research staff at the energy production infrastructure center at the university of north carolina at charlotte.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year and the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to be allocated to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for its Energy Production Infrastructure Center.  The funds appropriated by this section shall be used to hire 14 senior faculty and 24 research support staff to develop programs in the following targeted hiring areas:  electrical power, including alternative energy, power plant engineering, and power system infrastructure.  The Center will help meet the increasing demand for engineers in the energy field created by an aging workforce and industry growth.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.