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HB0005 • 2021

School buildings major maintenance.

AN ACT relating to school finance; providing for the reduction of funding for school capital construction projects if necessary; limiting district expenditure of major maintenance payments for safety and security needs as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Sel Sch Fac
Last action
2021-04-07
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text was not provided in the official source material, so additional details could not be verified beyond the given excerpt.

School Building Maintenance Rules

This act sets rules about how schools can use money for building maintenance and limits funding for construction projects if necessary.

What This Bill Does

  • Reduces funding for school construction projects if there is not enough money in the account.
  • Limits how schools can spend money on safety and security needs for buildings.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School districts that receive funds for building maintenance and construction.

Terms To Know

Capital Construction Account
A special fund used to pay for school buildings and facilities.
Effective Date
The date when a new law starts working.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act only applies during the period from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022.
  • It does not specify what happens after this time frame ends.

Bill History

  1. 2021-04-07 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2021-03-22 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2021-01-12 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education

  4. 2021-01-12 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2020-12-11 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
21LSO-0171
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0171
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0005

School buildings major maintenance.

Sponsored by: Select Committee on School Facilities

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to school finance; providing for the reduction of funding for school capital construction projects if necessary; limiting district expenditure of major maintenance payments for safety and security needs as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

For the period beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2022, if the sum of the actual revenues and transfers to the school capital construction account under 2020 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 80, Section 300, including any amendments enacted during the 2021 general
session to that section, are less than the appropriations from the school capital construction account, the governor shall use his authority under W.S. 9-2-1005(b)(ii) to reduce the appropriations for projects authorized under 2020 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 80, Section 313, including any amendments enacted during the 2021 general session to that section, to equal the sum of actual revenues and transfers to the school capital construction account.

Section 2.

Notwithstanding 2020 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 80, Section 2, Section 027, footnote 1, including any amendments enacted during the 2021 general session to that footnote, for the period beginning on the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2022, a district shall not expend any funds distributed under W.S. 21-15-109(b) on school building and facility safety and security needs.

Section 3.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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