Budget bills include Mid-Missouri projects

Lincoln University would get more than $4 million from one of the budget bills the state Senate passed Wednesday and sent back to the House.

And the State Technical College of Missouri, Linn, would get more than $1 million.

Both schools would get money for foundation repairs and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) repairs.

LU's money - a total of $4,039,140 - also would be used for electrical, mechanical, plumbing system and roof repairs on campus buildings.

State Tech's funds - a total of $1,071,984 - also would be used for parking lot repairs and door and window replacements.

One of the three bills the Senate sent back to the House re-appropriates money that lawmakers originally passed last year.

That bill - House Bill 17 - would continue the funding for:

• Completion of the design for, and construction of, the new Fulton State Hospital - $198 million total (the project already is underway).

• Capitol Complex renovations and repairs - $50 million.

• Replacement of the Highway Patrol's garage at the Troop F headquarters in eastern Jefferson City, which was destroyed along with several vehicles by an early morning fire on April 8, 2014 - $4.140 million from Gaming Commission and Transportation department funds.

Budget Director Linda Luebbering said the reappropriation doesn't include $390,000 in general revenue funds that currently are being withheld by Gov. Jay Nixon, because "the project can be completed" without that money.

• Maintenance and repairs in the attorney general's portion of the Broadway State Office Building - $2,445,851.

House Bill 18 includes:

• Building repair and electrical replacements at the Missouri Lottery Commission headquarters in southern Jefferson City - $1,473,719.

• Renovating House hearing room spaces in the Capitol - $500,000.

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