Bill Text: GA SB178 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Education; advance funding, exceptional growth, low-wealth capital outlay grants; embed/extend a sunset date
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2009-05-11 - Veto V11 [SB178 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SB178-Engrossed.html
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Senate
Bill 178
By:
Senators Moody of the 56th, Hill of the 4th and Weber of the 40th
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 10 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to capital outlay funds under the "Quality Basic
Education Act," so as to embed and extend a sunset date of June 30, 2011, for
provisions relating to advance funding, exceptional growth, and low-wealth
capital outlay grants; to amend an Act approved May 6, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p.
288), an Act approved April 9, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 148), and an Act approved
April 22, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 400), relating to the automatic repeal of
provisions relating to advance funding, exceptional growth, and low-wealth
capital outlay grants; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
10 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to capital outlay funds under the "Quality Basic Education
Act," is amended by revising subsection (h) of Code Section 20-2-260, relating
to capital outlay funds generally, as follows:
"(h)
A local school system may receive state capital outlay funds for one
construction project under the advance funding category to meet educational
facilities needs due to the following:
(1)
Extraordinary growth of student population in excess of the capacity of existing
facilities;
(2)
Destruction of or damage to educational facilities by fire or natural disaster,
limited by the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of this Code
section;
(3)
Replacement of educational facilities which have been certified as hazards to
health or safety;
(4)
Projects, in priority order, which would otherwise require more than three years
of the combined annual entitlement and required local participation amounts,
estimated in accordance with the total entitlement intended for authorization by
the State Board of Education; and
(5)
Projects for consolidation of schools across local school system lines which
have costs that exceed the combined annual entitlements of the participating
local school systems. Such projects shall meet, with the exception of paragraph
(2) of this subsection, the following conditions to qualify for advanced
funding:
(A)
The local school systems have specifically requested funding under this
subsection prior to submission of the annual budget request for the state board
to the General Assembly;
(B)
Annual entitlements accrued under subsection (g) of this Code section have
offset any advanced funding previously granted, except that no more than three
years of combined entitlements of the participating local school systems shall
be required to offset advance funding for consolidation projects pursuant to
paragraph (5) of subsection (e) of this Code section;
(C)
The projects to be funded are not in addition to projects funded for local
school systems under the provisions of subsection (g) of this Code section in a
given year; and
(D)
The required local participation and all other procedural requirements of this
Code section are met.
This
subsection shall be automatically repealed on June 30,
2011."
SECTION
2.
Said
part is further amended in Code Section 20-2-260, relating to capital outlay
funds generally, by adding a new paragraph to subsection (j) to read as
follows:
"(7)
This subsection shall be automatically repealed on June 30,
2011."
SECTION
3.
Said
part is further amended in Code Section 20-2-262, relating to low-wealth capital
outlay grants to local school systems, by adding a new subsection to read as
follows:
"(e)
This Code section shall be automatically repealed on June 30,
2011."
SECTION
4.
(1)
An Act approved May 6, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 288), is amended by repealing
Section 1 of such Act in its
entirety.
(2) An Act approved April 9, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 148), is amended by repealing Section 21 of such Act in its entirety.
(2) An Act approved April 9, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 148), is amended by repealing Section 21 of such Act in its entirety.
SECTION
5.
(1)
An Act approved May 6, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 288), is amended by repealing
Section 2 of such Act in its
entirety.
(2) An Act approved April 9, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 148), is amended by repealing Section 23 of such Act in its entirety.
(3) An Act approved April 22, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 400), is amended by striking in its entirety Section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section 2 to read as follows:
(2) An Act approved April 9, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 148), is amended by repealing Section 23 of such Act in its entirety.
(3) An Act approved April 22, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 400), is amended by striking in its entirety Section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section 2 to read as follows:
"SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval
and shall
be automatically repealed on June 30,
2002."
SECTION
6.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.