04/22/1993 01:35 PM House FIN

  HB 83     An Act making  appropriations for construction and                 
            major maintenance of schools; and providing for an                 
            effective date.                                                    
                                                                               
            HB  83   was   held  in   Committee  for   further                 
            discussion.                                                        
  HOUSE BILL 83                                                                
                                                                               
       "An  Act  making  appropriations  for construction  and                 
       major  maintenance of  schools;  and providing  for  an                 
       effective date."                                                        
                                                                               
  Co-Chair MacLean MOVED  work draft for  CS HB 83 (FIN),  #8-                 
  GH1060\U dated 4/22/93 as the  version before the Committee.                 
  There being NO OBJECTION, it was adopted.                                    
                                                                               
  Co-Chair  MacLean provided  the  Committee with  an Election                 
  District Spreadsheet [Attachment #7] indicating the total HB
 allocation of $186,780.6 million  dollars which was moved                 
  from  the  capital  budget.    Co-Chair MacLean  provided  a                 
  sectional analysis of the work draft.                                        
                                                                               
  Mr.  Guiley  stated  that Section  2  would  distribute $145                 
  million dollars  from the  Educational Facility  Maintenance                 
  and Construction  Fund to  the School  Construction to  fund                 
  school  construction projects  which are categorized  in the                 
  Department's current safety list.                                            
                                                                               
  Section 3 of  the bill  distributes $20.813 million  dollars                 
  from the Educational  Facility Maintenance and  Construction                 
  Fund to  the new major maintenance grant fund established by                 
  HB 82 to be  distributed for grant projects in  the category                 
  III  and  IV,  the  protection   of  structure  and  upgrade                 
  projects.                                                                    
                                                                               
  Representative Brown MOVED  adding language to Page  2, Line                 
  18,  deleting "and"  and  inserting,  "district wide  school                 
  design,  construction  and  technology".   Co-Chair  MacLean                 
  OBJECTED.    She  stated  that  technology was  included  in                 
  renovations.   Mr. Guiley noted that an allowable expense to                 
  a school  project is the  "technology" to wire  the building                 
  and also the purchase of equipment.                                          
                                                                               
  Representative Parnell  asked if the word  "renovations" had                 
  been included  in  the  bill.   Mr.  Guiley  responded,  any                 
  projects  related to  school  construction, renovation,  and                 
  modification   can  include   new  equipment  used   in  the                 
  classroom.  The scope of the grant application will  dictate                 
  the use of the funds allowable  under the grant to determine                 
  the use of dollars for specific projects.                                    
  Representative Brown WITHDREW  THE MOTION.   There being  NO                 
                                                                               
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  OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                
                                                                               
  CS HB 83 (FIN) was HELD in Committee for further discussion.