School capital construction-constitutional amendment.

WORKING DRAFT
2016
State of Wyoming
16LSO-0315
Introduced
1.2

Senate

JOINT RESOLUTION
NO.

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School capital construction-constitutional amendment.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Meier, Bebout, Case, Coe, Driskill and Hicks and Representative(s) Allen, Edwards, Eklund, Jennings, Loucks, Miller, Reeder and Zwonitzer, Dv.

A JOINT RESOLUTION

for

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution by creating a new section authorizing the legislature to require school districts to impose a special tax on property within the school district for the purpose of construction and maintenance of public school facilities, requiring voter approval of the facilities and limiting the legislature's capital obligation.

BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting separately, concurring therein:

Section 1.

The following proposal to amend Wyoming Constitution, Article
15, by creating a new Section 21
is proposed for submission to the electors of the State of
Wyoming at the next general election for approval or rejection to become valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a majority of the electors at the election:

Article 15, Section 21.

School district levy for construction of public schools.

Notwithstanding
any other provision of
this
c
onstitution,
the legislature may
require
the board
of
trustees of an individual
school district
to levy a special tax on the property of the school district
as a condition
to receive
state funds
for the construction and maintenance of
public school
s
located within a school district
.
The legislature may further condition rec
eipt of state funds under this s
ection for the construction of new public school facilities on approval of the proposed project by the qualified electors of the
school
district on a ballot proposition describing the proposed facility's educational suitability and adequacy as compared to existing state standards.
In no event shall the
state's obligation to provide funding for the construction and maintenance of public school facilities exceed the amount necessary to supplement the district's special tax levy in order for the
facilities to meet current facility standards and educational suitability requirements adopted by the state
.

Section 2.

That the Secretary of State shall endorse the following statement on the proposed amendment:

The adoption of this amendment would
allow the legislature
to
impose
requirements on school districts as a condition to receiving
any state funds for
the construction
and
maintenance of
public school facilities
located within the
school district
and would include
the ability to

require school districts
impose a special tax to fund a portion of the cost
necessary
to maintain
and
construct public school facilities located within a school district
and to
require
voter approval for the construction of any new proposed public school facilities within a school district
.

The
adoption of this
amendment
would
also
limit
the
state
's obligation for
the construction and maintenance of
public school
facilities
to the
amount necessary to supplement
the school district's special tax levy for
the
facility

to meet current facility
standards and educational suitability requirements
adopted by the state.

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