1st Sub. H.B. 72
         UTAH SCHOOL SEISMIC HAZARD INVENTORY

House Committee Amendments

Amendment 1 February 18, 2010 12:01 PM



Representative Larry B. Wiley proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Lines 64 through 65 :    

             64          (ii) one member from the public or private sector appointed from a list of at least two
             65      names submitted by the
{   Utah Division of Facilities Construction and Management   }        state superintendent of public instruction       ; and


2.    Page 4, Line 107 :    

             107          (ii) last significant
  seismic related       improvement;


3.    Page 4, Line 110 :    

             110          (e) a copy of any structural or seismic evaluation
{   conducted   }        or summary of seismic or structural evaluations completed       .


4.    Page 4, Line 111 :    

             111          (2) As funding
{   allocated by the Public School Seismic Safety Committee   }        appropriated to the State Board of Education       allows, each


5.    Page 4, Lines 113 through 114 :    

             113          (a) conduct a seismic safety rapid visual screening of each facility used by the school
             114      district or charter school
  that has not been evaluated       in accordance with federal guidelines        or a more detailed seismic structural evaluation       ;


6.    Page 5, Lines 128 through 143 :    

             128          (5)
{   (a)   } The State Board of Education shall reimburse school districts and charter

             129      schools for the costs of complying with this section from funds appropriated for that purpose.
             130          
{   (b) If reimbursement requests from school districts and charter schools exceed

             131      available funds, the State Board of Education shall proportionately reduce the allocation for
             132      each reimbursement request to match the level of available funds.
             133          (c) (i) If reimbursement requests from school districts and charter schools are less than
             134      available funds, the State Board of Education, after consultation with the Public School
             135      Seismic Safety Committee, shall allocate any remaining funds for additional evaluations of
             136      buildings that receive a score on the building's evaluation score worksheet that is below the


             137      threshold score established by the committee.
             138          (ii) If additional evaluations are funded pursuant to Subsection (5)(c)(i), the State
             139      Board of Education, after consultation with the Public School Seismic Safety Committee, shall
             140      require that the additional evaluations be performed using a nationally recognized standard.
             141          (iii) The State Board of Education may require matching funds as a condition of
             142      funding any additional evaluations.  
}

             143          (6) The Public School Seismic Safety Committee shall report to the Education Interim


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