(SB 35)
Board of Regents appropriation for Cottonwood Research Station.
Section
1.
The Board of Regents may contract to replace the manager's dwelling with an
appropriate residential structure with a garage at the Cottonwood Research Station, located near
Cottonwood in Haakon County.
Section
2.
There is hereby appropriated one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000), or so
much thereof as may be necessary, from other funds to the Board of Regents for the purposes of
this Act.
Section
3.
The Board of Regents may accept, transfer, and expend any funds obtained for these
purposes from federal sources, gifts, and contributions, or any other source, all of which shall be
deemed appropriated to the purposes of this Act.
Section
4.
The Board of Regents may sell, exchange, demolish, or otherwise dispose of the
existing multi-story wood frame dwelling located at the Cottonwood Research Station.
Section
5.
The design and construction of the replacement dwelling shall be under the general
charge and supervision of the Bureau of Administration as provided in chapter 5-14.
Section
6.
The commissioner of the Bureau of Administration and 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
7.
The Board of Regents shall comply with Bureau of Administration procedures for
bid letting and acceptance in chapter 5-18. However, if bids submitted from private parties exceed
the amount appropriated in this Act, the board may consider purchase of a structure under the
South Dakota Housing Development Authority's program for prison inmate-constructed housing.