Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964 [PAGE 842]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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I. Acts Relating to the Operating and Capital Budgets of the University Senate Bill 1025. Appropriates $168,890,681 to provide for the operation of the University during the biennium of 1963-65: From the General Revenue Fund $153 390 681 From the University Income Fund 15 500 000 House Bill 965. Appropriates $192,000 for operation of the Institution of Tuberculosis Research. Senate Bill 1177. Declares certain building projects to be in the public interest pursuant to the Illinois Building Authority Act. Included are the following University of Illinois projects: Equipment for buildings constructed from Universities Building Fund $ 4 799 500 Land acquisition Urbana-Champaign 1 000 200 Planning funds to complete architectural studies for Congress Circle 900 000 Civil Engineering Building 4 216 000 Veterinary Medicine Clinic 4 000 000 $ 14 915 700 Senate Bill 1226. Appropriates $5,108,840 to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois from the General Revenue Fund for permanent improvements: Remodeling, rehabilitation, and modernization of existing buildings $ 2 900 000 Improvements to protect life and property 258 840 Extension of utilities 1 950 000 Senate Bill 1221. Reappropriates $74,400,000 from the Universities Building Fund to the Board of Trustees for capital improvements started in 1961-63. Includes new items of $2,000,000 for an addition to the Biology Building and $3,000,000 for an addition to the East Chemistry Building. Senate Bill 1233. Appropriates sums to various State Agencies to pay rentals to the Illinois Building Authority. Included was $1,790,000 for the University of Illinois. II. Other Legislation House Bill 137. Amends Sections 2 and 8 of the Fair Employment Practices Act. Provides that "employer" includes and means the state of Illinois and any political subdivision. Provides for oral argument before the Commission on review. House Bill 665. Prohibits the sale of alcoholic liquor within 1,500 feet of the campus of any state university. Exempts places of business selling beer only, which are in operation on the effective date of the act. House Bill 735. Appropriates $80,000 to the Department of Agriculture to study the treatment and control of diseases of swine and livestock. Authorizes the Director of Agriculture to establish a swine disease control committee and requires the department to arrange for such research to be carried on and conducted by the College of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Illinois. House Bill 829. Amends the School Code to increase the number of teachers scholarships awarded per high school. Increases number of county scholarships from one to two per county. Provides for the use of both types of scholarships at any of the state universities. House Bill 842. Changes various provisions in the University of Illinois Retirement System Act including an increase in the maximum retirement annuity from 60 to 70 per cent, for those persons beyond age sixty with thirty-four or more years of service. T h e increase is at the rate of \T/$ per cent for each year of employment beyond age sixty.