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SCHOOL BONDING FOR SEISMIC PURPOSES

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2012 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Gage Froerer

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Senate Sponsor: J. Stuart Adams

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill imposes requirements on a school district regarding the use of bond proceeds.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    requires a school district to use a portion of the proceeds of a general obligation
             13      bond issued after May 8, 2012, to conduct or update a seismic safety evaluation of a
             14      school district building constructed before 1975; and
             15          .    provides that a school district is not required to conduct or update a seismic safety
             16      evaluation of a building constructed before 1975 if the school district performed a
             17      seismic safety evaluation on the building within 25 years of May 8, 2012.
             18      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      ENACTS:
             24          53A-18-107, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             26      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             27          Section 1. Section 53A-18-107 is enacted to read:
             28          53A-18-107. Requirement to use bond proceeds for seismic safety evaluations.
             29          (1) If a school district issues a general obligation bond pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 14,


             30      Local Government Bonding, after May 8, 2012, the school district shall use a portion of the
             31      bond proceeds to:
             32          (a) except as provided in Subsection (3), conduct or update a seismic safety evaluation
             33      of each school district building:
             34          (i) constructed before 1975; and
             35          (ii) used by the school district as a school; and
             36          (b) provide a copy of a seismic safety evaluation prepared under Subsection (1)(a) to
             37      the Utah Seismic Safety Commission created in Section 63C-6-101 .
             38          (2) A seismic safety evaluation conducted under Subsection (1) shall be conducted by a
             39      licensed structural engineer familiar with seismic codes.
             40          (3) A school district is not required to conduct or update a seismic safety evaluation of
             41      a building as required in Subsection (1)(a) if the school district performed a seismic safety
             42      evaluation or study on the building within 25 years of May 8, 2012.


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