HB0035 - School capital construction-emergency assistance.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0185 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0035
School capital construction-emergency assistance.
Sponsored by: Joint Education Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to school capital
construction; modifying
2 emergency assistance provided under the
school capital
3 construction program; establishing an
emergency contingency
4 account; providing an appropriation; and
providing for an
5 effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9
Section 1. W.S.
21-15-107(g)(iv) and 21-15-111(h) and
10 by creating a new subsection (q) are amended to read:
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12
21-15-107. Statewide standards for
school building
13 and
facility adequacy; capital construction advisory group;
14 adequacy
assessment; determination of building
15 deficiencies;
annual reporting requirements.
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(g) On or before October 1 of each year, the state
2 superintendent shall report to members of the
joint
3 education interim committee and the joint
appropriations
4 interim committee, to the extent practicable at
a joint
5 meeting the following information:
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(iv) A list of applications for emergency
8 assistance and the disposition of those
applications
9 including
expenditures from the emergency contingency
10 account within
the school capital construction account
11 under W.S.
21-15-111(q).
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13 21-15-111. State capital construction assistance.
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(h) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of this
16 section, the state superintendent shall promulgate
rules
17 under which a school district may submit an
application for
18 capital construction assistance where an emergency
exists
19 such that the ability of a district to provide
educational
20 programs required by law is substantially impacted and
21 assistance
under W.S. 21-15-110 is not sufficient. The
22 state superintendent shall forward the application to the 23
governor and
joint education interim committee review
the
24 application and
determine if he finds that:(i) an
emergency
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1 exists with respect to
the adequacy of school facilities
2 such that the ability of a district to provide
educational
3 programs required by law is immediately and
substantially
4 impacted;(ii) The emergency occurred or was discovered
5
under circumstances
that made it impractical to submit an 6
application
under subsection (b) of this section for a 7
project
to address it;(iii) Due to the immediate and 8
substantial
impact caused by the emergency,and
no
9 reasonable alternative exists to address it
other than
10 state capital
construction emergencyassistance.
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12 (q) Upon a finding that
an emergency exists under
13 subsection (h) of this section, the state superintendent
14 shall in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated
15 by the state superintendent under this subsection, make
16 expenditures from the emergency contingency account within
17 the school capital construction account for emergency
18 assistance to the applicant district. Expenditures from
19 the contingency account pursuant to this subsection shall
20 be limited to the acquisition or use of facilities, the
21 acquisition of equipment, facility repairs, additional
22 operating expenses incurred in providing temporary measures
23 and other responses to the emergency situation including
24 necessary investigative and qualified contract assistance
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1 expenses incurred by the state superintendent, to enable
2 the district to provide educational programs required by
3 law on a temporary basis until such time as permanent
4 action can be taken to address building adequacy.
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6 Section 2. W.S. 21-15-111(m)(iv) and
(n)(iii) is
7 repealed.
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9 Section
3. Five
hundred thousand dollars
10 ($500,000.00) is appropriated from the school capital
11 construction account to the emergency contingency
account
12 established under W.S. 21-15-111(q), as amended by
section
13 1 of this act.
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15 Section 4. This act is effective
immediately upon
16 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become
law
17 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
18 Constitution.
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20 (END)
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