Bill Text: IA SSB1073 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the duties and powers of the boards of directors of the area education agencies to purchase, lease, or lease-purchase facilities and property or buildings without state board approval.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-27 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SSB1073 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB1073-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1073
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
duties
and
powers
of
the
boards
of
1
directors
of
the
area
education
agencies
to
purchase,
lease,
2
or
lease-purchase
facilities
and
property
or
buildings
3
without
state
board
approval.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
273.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
An
area
education
agency
established
under
this
chapter
3
is
a
body
politic
as
a
school
corporation
for
the
purpose
4
of
exercising
powers
granted
under
this
chapter
,
and
may
sue
5
and
be
sued.
An
area
education
agency
may
hold
property
and
6
execute
purchase
agreements
within
two
years
of
a
disaster
as
7
defined
in
section
29C.2,
subsection
4
,
and
lease-purchase
8
agreements
pursuant
to
section
273.3,
subsection
7
,
and
9
if
the
lease-purchase
agreement
exceeds
ten
years
or
the
10
purchase
price
of
the
property
to
be
acquired
pursuant
to
a
11
purchase
or
lease-purchase
agreement
exceeds
twenty-five
is
12
seventy
thousand
dollars
or
greater
,
the
area
education
agency
13
shall
conduct
a
public
hearing
on
the
proposed
purchase
or
14
lease-purchase
agreement
and
receive
approval
from
the
area
15
education
agency
board
of
directors
and
the
state
board
of
16
education
or
its
designee
before
entering
into
the
agreement.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
273.3,
subsection
7,
Code
2021,
is
amended
18
to
read
as
follows:
19
7.
Be
authorized
to
lease,
purchase,
or
lease-purchase,
20
subject
to
the
approval
of
the
state
board
of
education
or
21
its
designee
and
to
receive
by
gift
and
operate
and
maintain
22
facilities
and
buildings
necessary
to
provide
authorized
23
programs
and
services.
However,
a
lease
for
less
than
ten
24
years
and
with
an
annual
cost
of
less
than
twenty-five
seventy
25
thousand
dollars
does
not
require
the
approval
of
the
state
26
board.
The
state
board
shall
not
approve
a
lease,
purchase,
27
or
lease-purchase
until
the
state
board
is
satisfied
by
28
investigation
that
public
school
corporations
within
the
area
29
do
not
have
suitable
facilities
available.
A
purchase
of
30
property
that
is
not
a
lease-purchase
may
be
made
only
within
31
two
years
of
a
disaster
as
defined
in
section
29C.2,
subsection
32
4
,
and
subject
to
the
requirements
of
this
subsection
.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
relates
to
the
authority
of
a
board
of
directors
of
2
an
area
education
agency
to
purchase,
lease,
or
lease-purchase
3
property,
facilities,
or
buildings
necessary
to
provide
4
authorized
programs
and
services.
Such
a
purchase,
lease,
or
5
lease-purchase
must
be
approved
by
the
state
board
of
education
6
unless
the
lease
is
for
less
than
10
years
and
the
annual
cost
7
of
the
lease
is
less
than
$25,000.
The
bill
increases
the
8
amount
requiring
state
board
approval
from
$25,000
to
$70,000
9
or
greater.
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