Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. In accordance with the provisions of Section 36(B)(2) and (3), Article III, Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and Section 11-11-320(C) and (D) of the 1976 Code, there is appropriated from the monies available in the Capital Reserve Fund for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 the following amounts:
(1) H63 - Department of Education
School Bus Lease or Purchase $ 17,000,000
(2) H03 - Commission on Higher
Education
Out of State Veteran Tuition
Reimbursement-Colleges $ 7,000,000
(3) H51 - Medical University of South
Carolina
Children's Hospital $ 1
(4) H59 - State Board for Technical and
Comprehensive Education
ReadySC $ 4,249,000
(5) J02 - Department of Health and
Human Services
Telemedicine $ 2,000,000
(6) D10 - State Law Enforcement Division
New Laboratory Facility $ 1
(7) D10 - State Law Enforcement Division
Vehicles $ 900,000
(8) K05 - Department of Public Safety
Law Enforcement Vehicles $ 1,000,000
(9) K05 - Department of Public Safety
Body Armor Replacement $ 800,000
(10) K05 - Department of Public Safety
Supply Warehouse Roof
Replacement $ 250,000
(11) P16 - Department of Agriculture
Consumer Protection Equipment $ 1,000,000
(12) P28 - Department of Parks,
Recreation and Tourism
Welcome Center Facility
Management $ 1
(13) Y14 - State Ports Authority
Georgetown Port
Maintenance Dredging $ 2,600,000
(14) U12 - Department of Transportation
Facility Maintenance and
Renovation $ 870,000
(15) County Transportation Fund
Capital Expenditures
Road Maintenance $ 47,144,208
$ 84,813,211
SECTION 2. (A) Of the funds appropriated above in Section 1, Item (2) to the Commission on Higher Education for Out of State Veteran Tuition Reimbursement-Colleges, the Office of State Treasurer is directed to establish a fund, separate and distinct from the general fund and all other funds, entitled the College and University Out of State Veteran Tuition Differential Reimbursement Fund. Any funds appropriated in this act for this purpose must be deposited into the fund and interest accrued by the fund must remain in the fund.
(B) The purpose of the fund is to reimburse public institutions of higher learning, as defined in Section 59-103-5 of the 1976 Code, for revenue loss resulting from the provisions of Section 59-112-50(C). By March 1, 2016, a public institution of higher learning seeking a reimbursement from this fund must submit an application to the Commission on Higher Education to receive a reimbursement from the fund. The total reimbursement to a public institution may not exceed the difference between the amount the institution would have charged but for Section 59-112-50(C), and the amount the institution actually charged. The Commission on Higher Education may require any proof it determines necessary to verify the veracity of the application.
(C) By June 15, 2016, the Commission on Higher Education must distribute the funds to those institutions that have applied pursuant to subsection (B). In the event that the total requested and verified reimbursements exceed the amount in the fund, the distribution to each public institution shall be reduced pro rata based on the institution's amount of verified reimbursements compared to the total amount of verified reimbursements of all institutions.
SECTION 3. Funds appropriated above in Section 1, Item (14) to the Department of Transportation shall be used to fund the Orangeburg District Office Building Renovation, Clarendon County Maintenance Complex Construction, SHEP Greenville/Spartanburg Office Construction, and Lexington Maintenance Complex Construction.
SECTION 4. The Comptroller General shall post the appropriations contained in SECTION 1 of this joint resolution as provided in Section 11-11-320(D) of the 1976 Code. Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to SECTION 1 of this joint resolution may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes.
SECTION 5. This joint resolution takes effect thirty days after the completion of the 2014-2015 Fiscal Year in accordance with the provisions of Section 36(B)(3)(a), Article III, Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and Section 11-11-320(D)(1) of the 1976 Code. /
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