Mr. President:
The Education Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 71, SCHOOL
DISTRICT AMENDMENTS, by Senator C. Walker, with the following amendments:
under
Margaret Dayton
Voting: 3-1-4
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allocation of school district property;
. modifies the required content of an inventory that an existing district is
required to provide;
. requires transition teams to consider the value of school buildings and
associated property in making the allocation of other existing district property;
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. requires an existing school district to make money available to
a
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the
remaining district and the
new district,
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Other Special Clauses:
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None
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This bill provides an immediate effective date.
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a new school district, to elect] date
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(i) prepare an inventory of the existing district's
assets
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(A) property, both tangible and intangible, real and personal;
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district and the new district in accordance with Subsection (4)(c)(ii)[.];
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(II) prepare a written report detailing how the existing district's property
is
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, assets, and liabilities are
to be
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allocated, including:
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(Bb) the school district board of the new district.
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(ii) Subject to Subsection (4)(c)(iii), all property [of]
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the allocation date, both tangible and intangible, real and personal, shall be allocated
between
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(D) any money made available for the use of the new district under Subsection
(5);
(E) the appraised or agreed value of school buildings and associated property
allocated to the remaining district and the new district under Subsection
(4)(c)(iii)(A);
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[(D)]
(E)
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(F)
any other factors that the transition teams consider relevant
in dividing the
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(5) (a) Within 30 days after the canvass date, the existing district shall make
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for the
new district's
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use
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:
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of the remaining district and the new
district, as provided in this Subsection (5).
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(i) $2,500,000, if the balance of the existing district's fund used for school
district
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operations is $5,000,000 or more on the allocation date; or
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(ii) 50% of the balance of the existing district's fund used for school district
operations,
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if the balance of that fund on the allocation date is less than $5,000,000.
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(b) The
made
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under
Subsection (5)(a)
available to the
remaining district and the
new district
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under Subsection (5)(a):
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proportionately based on student population.
(c) The money made available under Subsection (5)(a):
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(i) shall be used to further the purposes of this part; and
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(ii) may be accessed and spent by:
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(A) before July 15 of the year following the creation election date:
(Aa) the legislative bodies of all municipalities in the area of the remaining
district; and
(Bb) the legislative body of the county in which the remaining district is located,
if the remaining district includes one or more unincorporated areas of the county;
and
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(I)
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(II) for the existing district:
(Aa)
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legislative body's designee, if the new district is located entirely within the boundary of a
single
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city; or
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(II)
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(Bb)
the legislative bodies of all interlocal agreement participants or
the legislative
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bodies' designee, if the new district was created as a result of an interlocal agreement
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Subsection (2);
or
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and
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(B)
the school district board of the new school district,
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on or after July 15
of the year
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following the creation election date
.
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:
(I) for the remaining district, the school district board of the remaining district;
and
(II) for the new district, the school district board of the new district.
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(6) (a) The existing district shall transfer title or, if applicable, partial title of
property
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(ii) the school district board of the new district.
If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill
takes effect upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional
time limit of Utah Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's
signature, or in the case of a veto, the date of veto override.
Respectfully,
Committee Chair
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Bill Number
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SB0071