Texas Capital Expenditures -- SSTI Weekly Digest -- 6/15/01

Science, Engineering, and Technology-Related Capital Appropriations in Texas 77 HB 653:

$14,960,000 to replace a science building wing at Texas A&M University – Commerce;

$34 million to construct a classroom and laboratory facility and for construction of the Harte Research Center at Texas A&M University --Corpus Christi;

$21,620,000 for a science building at Texas A&M International University;

$10,030,000 to build an engineering building at Texas A&M University – Galveston;

$17 million to construct a health science building and for library renovation at Texas A&M University – Texarkana;

$16,635,945 for a new science building at the University of Texas – Arlington;

$26,010,000 to construct a life and health science and education facility at the University of Texas at Brownsville;

$12,750,000 to construct a biomedical and health sciences research center at the University of Texas at El Paso;

$22,950,000 to construct a science building on the main campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio;

$20,910,000 to construct an engineering, sciences, and technology building and make other physical plant improvements at the University of Texas at Tyler;

$20 million to renovate and expand research facilities at the University of Texas medical branch at Galveston;

$11,513,250 to construct a biomedical research center addition for the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler;

$20 million to construct a new basic sciences research building for the University of Texas M D. Anderson Cancer Center;

$51 million to construct science and engineering research and classroom facilities at the University of Houston;

$52,933,750 to construct a science building at the University of North Texas and to develop the campus and facilities of the University of North Texas at Dallas;

$27.5 million to construct a new biotechnology center and school of public health building at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth;

$23,647,000 to construct an experimental science research facility at Texas Tech University;

$66,882,525 for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to construct a clinical and research facility in the City of Lubbock and to construct facilities to support the center's educational programs in the city of El Paso;

A portion of the $79 million authorized for Texas Southern University will be used to finance the construction of a science building;

$3.4 million to construct a facility for a learning resource center and distance learning center at Texas State Technical College--Harlingen;

$3.4 million to renovate the industrial technology center at Texas State Technical College--Waco;

$2,295,000 to construct a transportation technologies building at Texas State Technical College--West Texas.

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