The Senate passed their proposed 2010 supplemental capital budget late this afternoon with a vote of 32-16.

The capital budget passed today includes language put forth by Sen. Fraser to provide $125,000 to Evergreen to complete a feasibility study on the College’s Biomass Gasification Project.

In addition, the Senate’s proposed capital budget:

• Reduces appropriations for debt limit bonds by $139 million.
• The reduction of $139 million is a combination of reducing new appropriations for the 2009-11 biennium by $73 million and the reappropriation authority for projects authorized in the prior biennia by $66 million.
• Avoids exceeding the 9 percent constitutional debt limit.
• Captures $48 million in savings for major higher education construction projects from competitive bids received for these projects.
• Provides $36 million in funding for the replacement of Balmer Hall at the University of Washington.
• Places greater reliance on Evergreen’s local funds, including the school trust and a portion of student tuition.

Senate Bill 6364, the Senate’s capital budget, was amended on the Senate floor to allow for several technical corrections in the bill. 

The bill now goes to the House for further consideration.