ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation for design costs related to the new Lincoln Hall at Northern State University, and to declare an emergency.

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

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of $1,500,000 to the Board of Regents to contract for design, architectural, and engineering services of the new Lincoln Hall at Northern State University, as authorized by the Legislature in section 1 of chapter 199 of the 2022 Session Laws.

Section 2. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.

Section 3. The Executive Director of the Board of Regents shall approve vouchers and the state auditor draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.

Section 4. 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.

An Act to make an appropriation for design costs related to the new Lincoln Hall at Northern State University, and to declare an emergency.