HB0026 • 2023

School facilities-appropriations.

AN ACT relating to appropriations for K-12 school facilities; modifying the required budget recommendation from the select committee on school facilities; clarifying the legislature's ability to appropriate one (1) sum for design and construction for each project; clarifying reporting requirements; and providing for an effective date.

Budget Education

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Sel Sch Fac
Last action: 2023-02-15
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide specific details on reporting requirements or enforcement of fund transfers.

School Facilities Appropriations Act

This law modifies budget recommendations for K-12 school facilities and clarifies that the legislature can allocate a single sum of money for both design and construction phases.

What This Bill Does

Modifies the required budget recommendation from the select committee on school facilities to ensure separate amounts are requested by project phase (planning, design, and construction) for K-12 capital construction projects.
Clarifies that the Legislature can appropriate a single sum of money for both the design and construction phases of K-12 schools.

Who It Names or Affects

K-12 school districts needing new or improved facilities
The State Construction Department responsible for budget recommendations
Legislators who allocate funding for K-12 schools

Terms To Know

budget recommendation: A suggested plan for how money should be spent on school projects.
project phase: Different stages of a project, such as planning, design, and construction.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify the exact amount of funding for each project.
It is unclear how often detailed reports will be required from the State Construction Department.

Bill History

2023-02-15 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 15
2023-02-15 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0014
2023-02-14 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0014
2023-02-13 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0014
2023-02-13 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0014
2023-02-13 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 22-9-0-0-0
2023-02-09 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-02-08 Senate
S COW:Passed
2023-02-08 Senate
S Placed on General File
2023-02-08 Senate
S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2023-01-31 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
2023-01-27 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2023-01-20 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 49-12-1-0-0
2023-01-19 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-01-18 House
H COW:Passed
2023-01-17 House
H Placed on General File
2023-01-17 House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2023-01-10 House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
2023-01-06 House
H Received for Introduction
2022-12-09 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 23LSO-0126
Bill No.:

HB0026

Effective:

7/1/2023

LSO No.:

23LSO-0126

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0014

Chapter No.:

15

Prime Sponsor:

Select Committee on School Facilities

Catch Title:

School facilities-appropriations.

Subject:

Budget requests and appropriations for K-12 school facilities.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act modifies the budget recommendation to be submitted to the Select Committee on School Facilities by the State Construction Department for K-12 school facilities to ensure the State Construction Department is required to request budgets by project phase for K-12 capital construction.

This act expressly permits the Legislature to appropriate a single sum for the design and construction of K-12 schools.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0126

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0026

ENROLLED ACT NO. 14,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session

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

Section 1
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W.S. 21
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15
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119(c) and 28
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11
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301(c)(iv) are amended to read:

21
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15
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119.

Commission budget and funding recommendations.

(c)

Budgets submitted by the commission under subsection (a) of this section
and recommended by the select committee on school facilities under W.S. 28
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11
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301
shall be attached to specified projects for the applicable budget period
, which projects shall be referred to as

planning
and
shall separately identify amounts for
design phase projects and construction phase projects.

With the approval of the governor, the department may transfer up to fifteen percent (15%) of the total funds appropriated between project phases. Any modification of
appropriation
expenditures between project phases shall be reported to the select committee in accordance with W.S. 28
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11
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301(c)(iv). Additionally, the commission may for any budget period specify amounts within its budget which are recommended to cover inflation, unanticipated costs, off
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site infrastructure costs and other such contingency or special project costs provided the additional costs are reported and approved in accordance with W.S. 28
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11
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301(c)(iv).
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the legislature from making one (1) appropriation for both the design and construction phases for a project.

28
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11
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301.

Appointment of members; powers and duties; related duties of school facilities commission.

(c)

The state construction department shall:

(iv)

Using accepted accounting standards, account for all funds appropriated by the legislature for each fiscal period and not less than four (4) times during each fiscal year, report expenditures of appropriated amounts and separately identify and report any expenditures which are modified from those amounts specified within the proposed budget submitted to the select committee under W.S. 21
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15
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119. Any
such
modification of expenditures of legislative appropriations
pursuant to W.S. 21
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15
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119(c) shall be separately identified and reported to the select committee,
shall be executed only upon the express approval and authorization of the school facilities commission, shall be within the sole authority of the commission and shall not be delegated by the commission.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk