An Act to authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a year-round rodeo practice facility on the campus of South Dakota State University, together with equipment and furnishings, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. The Board of Regents may contract for the design and construction of a year-round rodeo practice facility, with indoor and outdoor arenas, offices and classrooms, boarding stables, and a storage shed for feed and equipment, on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, together with furnishings and equipment, including heating, air conditioning, plumbing, water, sewer, electric facilities, sidewalks, parking, landscaping, architectural and engineering services, and other services or actions as may be required to accomplish the project, for a total construction cost of up to $10,000,000.

Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of $6,000,000 and appropriated the sum of $4,000,000 in other fund expenditure authority for the purposes authorized in section 1 of this Act.

Section 3. The Board of Regents may accept, transfer, and expend any monies obtained for the project from federal sources, donations, or any other external sources, all of which comprise a special fund for the benefitted project, but the board may only expend monies up to the limit prescribed in section 1 of this Act.

Section 4. The administration of the design and construction of the project authorized in this Act shall be under the general charge and supervision of the Bureau of Administration as provided in chapter 5-14.

Section 5. The executive director of the Board of Regents shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.

Section 6. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.

Section 7. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.