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SF0016 • 2007
AN ACT relating to school facilities; clarifying expenditures of major maintenance payments for district enhancements; accordingly clarifying reporting requirements; and providing for an effective date.
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3rd reading • HARSHMAN
Plain English: Adopted, Corrected 3rd reading by HARSHMAN
Standing Committee • COE
Plain English: Failed Standing Committee by COE
Assigned Chapter Number - 190
Governor Signed SEA0067
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 67
S President Signed SEA No. 0067
Assigned Number SEA0067
H Adopted SF0016JC01
S Adopted SF0016JC01
H Appointed JCC01 Members
S Appointed JCC01 Members
S Did Not Concur
H Passed 3rd Reading
Amendment Adopted
H Amendments Adopted
H Passed 2nd Reading
H Passed CoW
H Placed on General File
H04 Recommended Do Pass
H Introduced and Referred to H04
H Received for Introduction
S Passed 3rd Reading
S Passed 2nd Reading
S Passed CoW
Amendment Failed
S Placed on General File
S04 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
S Introduced and Referred to S04
S Received for Introduction
Bill Number Assigned
2007 General Session Summary for SF0016 Bill No.: SF0016 Drafter: DRN LSO No.: 07LSO-0204 Effective Date: 7/1/2007 Enrolled Act No.: SEA0067 Chapter No.: Prime Sponsor: Select Committee on School Facilities Catch Title: School facilities-enhancement maintenance-2. Subject: Major maintenance payments allowed for facility enhancements. Summary/Major Elements: Clarifies use of that portion of district major maintenance payments which may be expended for major maintenance needs not specified in a district's facility plan, including expenditure for maintenance of district enhancements; Law existing prior to this enactment allows up to 10% of major maintenance payments for any school year to be expended upon maintenance of enhancements provided the district's needs as specified within its facility plan are being addressed; Under the enacted law, this 10% allowance may be accumulated and carried over into subsequent years provided the amount is reported within the district's annual major maintenance report to the School Facilities Commission.
WORKING DRAFT ORIGINAL SENATE FILE NO. 0016 ENROLLED ACT NO. 67, SENATE FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2007 GENERAL SESSION AN ACT relating to school facilities; clarifying expenditures of major maintenance payments for district enhancements; accordingly clarifying reporting requirements; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming : Section 1. W.S. 21 ‑ 15 ‑ 109(f) is amended to read: 21 ‑ 15 ‑ 109. Major building and facility repair and replacement payments; computation; square footage allowance; use of payment funds; accounting and reporting requirements. (f) Notwithstanding subsection (e) of this section, a district may expend up to ten percent (10%) of the amount distributed during any school year under subsection (b) of this section for major building and facility repair and replacement needs of the district which are not specified in the district's facility plan, including expenditures for maintenance of district enhancements. Expenditures shall be made under this subsection only after the district's building and facility repair and replacement needs specified in its facility plan have been addressed in accordance with subsection (e) of this section and the commission has approved the district's proposed expenditures under this subsection. Effective for the July 1, 2007 payment under this section and each payment thereafter, amounts not expended for purposes of this subsection during any school year may be accumulated by a district and earmarked within the separate account established under subsection (e) of this section for expenditure under this subsection in subsequent school years, provided the unexpended amount during any school year to be accumulated does not exceed ten percent (10 % ) of the amount distributed to the district under subsection (b) of this section for that school year. Each district shall include expenditures under this subsection and any amounts accumulated from year-to-year under this subsection within the annual report required under subsection (e) of this section. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit or limit the application of subparagraph (c)(i)(D) of this section in computing a district's building and facility gross square footage for purposes of determining payment amounts under this section. If any school district exceeds expenditure limitations prescribed by this subsection or fails to comply with expenditure levels for facility adequacy needs identified within its facility plan, the payments for that district in the immediately succeeding year shall be reduced by the excess expenditure amount including any excess expenditure of amounts accumulated under this subsection . Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2007. (END) Speaker of the House President of the Senate Governor TIME APPROVED: _________ DATE APPROVED: _________ I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate. Chief Clerk 1