BILL REQ. #:  S-1042.1 

Read first time 02/04/13.   Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

     AN ACT Relating to the allocation of one-half of one percent of original public school construction for equipment and technology purposes; amending RCW 28A.335.210; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 28A.335.210 and 2006 c 263 s 327 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall allocate, as a nondeductible item, out of any moneys appropriated for state assistance to school districts for the original construction of any school plant facility the amount of one-half of one percent of the appropriation ((to be expended by)) as follows:
     (a) The board of directors of a school district may, by properly executed resolution, request that the superintendent of public instruction allocate the state construction funds for the acquisition of instruction-related equipment and technology systems in the school plant facility; or
     (b) The Washington state arts commission may expend such funds for the acquisition of works of art. The works of art may be placed in accordance with Article IX, sections 2 and 3 of the state Constitution on public lands, integral to or attached to a public building or structure, detached within or outside a public building or structure, part of a portable exhibition or collection, part of a temporary exhibition, or loaned or exhibited in other public facilities. The Washington state arts commission shall, in consultation with the superintendent of public instruction, determine the amount to be made available for the purchase of works of art under this section, and payments therefor shall be made in accordance with law. The designation of projects and sites, selection, contracting, purchase, commissioning, reviewing of design, execution and placement, acceptance, maintenance, and sale, exchange, or disposition of works of art shall be the responsibility of the Washington state arts commission in consultation with the superintendent of public instruction and representatives of school district boards of directors. The superintendent of public instruction and the school district board of directors of the districts where the sites are selected shall have the right to:
     (((1))) (i) Waive its use of the one-half of one percent of the appropriation for the acquisition of works of art before the selection process by the Washington state arts commission;
     (((2))) (ii) Appoint a representative to the body established by the Washington state arts commission to be part of the selection process with full voting rights;
     (((3))) (iii) Reject the results of the selection process;
     (((4))) (iv) Reject the placement of a completed work or works of art on school district premises if such works are portable.
     (2) Rejection at any point before or after the selection process shall not cause the loss of or otherwise endanger state construction funds available to the local school district. Any works of art rejected under this section shall be applied to the provision of works of art under this chapter, at the discretion of the Washington state arts commission, notwithstanding any contract or agreement between the affected school district and the artist involved. In addition to the cost of the works of art the one-half of one percent of the appropriation as provided in this section shall be used to provide for the administration, including conservation of the state art collection, by the Washington state arts commission and all costs for installation of the work of art. For the purpose of this section, "building" shall not include sheds, warehouses, or other buildings of a temporary nature.
     ((The executive director of the arts commission, the superintendent of public instruction, and the Washington state school directors' association shall appoint a study group to review the operations of the one-half of one percent for works of art under this section.))

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   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 takes effect immediately.