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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5851

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Smith, DeJarnatt and Bailey

Read first time 2/10/89 and referred to Committee on  Education.

AN ACT Relating to school buildings; adding a chapter to Title 28A RCW; and making an appropriation.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The emergency school building  fund is established in the custody of the state treasurer.  Moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter, moneys received as repayment of loans made pursuant to this chapter, and gifts or grants made for the purposes of this chapter shall be deposited in the emergency school building fund.  Disbursements from the fund shall be on authorization of the superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee.  The fund is subject to the allotment procedure provided under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for disbursements.  The superintendent may expend funds from the emergency school building fund when, in the judgment of the superintendent, the funds are necessary to meet a school housing emergency.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     For purposes of this chapter, "school housing emergency" means the occurrence of an unexpected event that renders all or a portion of a school building unoccupiable and necessitates the acquisition of portable buildings to house displaced students and staff.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     The superintendent shall have the authority to:

          (1)  Make loans to school districts from the emergency school building fund for the purposes of acquiring, transporting, and making operational portable buildings required to meet a school housing emergency; and

          (2)  Adopt rules in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW to implement this chapter, including rules that establish the particular school housing emergencies for which a loan may be made.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     Loans made to a school district for a school housing emergency under this chapter shall be:

          (1)  Interest-free; and

          (2)  Repaid in full by the school district on or before the close of the fifth school year following the school year during which the district received the loan, unless the period of repayment is extended by the superintendent for good cause.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.     The sum of one million dollars or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the emergency school building fund.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6.     Sections 1 through 4 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 28A RCW.