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                          HOUSE BILL 2099

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Silver, Foreman, Horn, Robertson, Radcliff, Skinner, D. Schmidt, Pennington, Sterk, Campbell, Blanton, Smith, Hickel, Pelesky, Elliot, Beeksma, Sehlin, Johnson, Cooke, Benton, Thompson, L. Thomas, Honeyford and Huff

Read first time 04/23/95. 

Funding common school construction.

    AN ACT Relating to common school construction funding; amending 1994 c 308 s 74 (uncodified); making appropriations; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The sum of two hundred ten million dollars is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1995, from the general fund to the common school construction fund for the purposes under RCW 28A.515.320.

    Sec. 2.  1994 c 308 s 74 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

FOR THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

    Common schools:  Design and construction (94‑2‑001)

    The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:

    (1) Not more than $106,000,000 from this appropriation and the appropriation for common school construction in Substitute Senate Bill No. 6244 combined may be obligated in fiscal year 1994 for school district project design and construction.

    (2) A maximum of $1,250,000 may be expended for direct costs of state administration of school construction funding.

    (3) A maximum of $630,000 may be expended for three full-time equivalent field staff with construction or architectural experience to assist in evaluation of project requests and reviewing information reported by school districts and certifying the building condition data submitted by school districts.

    (4) A maximum of $75,000 is provided solely for development of an automated state inventory and facility condition management data base.  This data base shall utilize information obtained through implementation of the new priority system developed in the 1991-93 biennium and periodic updating.

    (5) Projects approved for state assistance by the state board after the effective date of this section, in which new construction will be in lieu of modernization of an existing instructional facility or space, shall receive state assistance only if the district certifies that the existing facility or space will not be used for instructional purposes, and that the facility or space will be ineligible for any future state financial assistance.  Further, if the district does return the facility or space to instructional purposes, the district shall become ineligible for state construction financial assistance for a period of at least five years as determined by the state board of education.  The state board shall adopt regulations to implement this subsection.

           Appropriation:

               Common School Constr Fund....... $  ((180,879,000))

390,879,000

               St Bldg Constr Acct............. $       41,821,000

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                    Subtotal Appropriation..... $  ((222,700,000))

432,700,000

               Prior Biennia (Expenditures).... $                0

               Future Biennia (Projected Costs) $                0

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                         TOTAL................. $  ((222,700,000))

432,700,000

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

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