BILL NUMBER: SB 252	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Denham

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to amend Section 17582 of the Education Code, relating to
school facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 252, as introduced, Denham. School facilities: district
deferred maintenance fund.
   Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district
to establish a restricted fund to be known as the district deferred
maintenance fund, for the purpose of major repair or maintenance of
school facilities including, among other things, major repair or
replacement of electrical systems.
   This bill would define the term "electrical" for these purposes
and other related provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 17582 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   17582.  (a) The governing board of each school district may
establish a restricted fund to be known as the "district deferred
maintenance fund" for the purpose of major repair or replacement of
plumbing, heating, air conditioning, electrical, roofing, and floor
systems, the exterior and interior painting of school buildings, the
inspection, sampling, and analysis of building materials to determine
the presence of asbestos-containing materials, the encapsulation or
removal of asbestos-containing materials, the inspection,
identification, sampling, and analysis of building materials to
determine the presence of lead-containing materials, the control,
management, and removal of lead-containing materials, and any other
items of maintenance approved by the State Allocation Board. Funds
deposited in the district deferred maintenance fund may be received
from any source whatsoever, and shall be accounted for separately
from all other funds and accounts and retained in the district
deferred maintenance fund for purposes of this section.  The
term "school building" as used in this article includes a facility
that a county office of education is authorized to use pursuant to
Article 3 (commencing with Section 17280) of Chapter 3  .
   (b) Funds deposited in the district deferred maintenance fund
shall only be expended for maintenance purposes as provided pursuant
to subdivision (a).
   (c) The governing board of each school district shall have
complete control over the funds and earnings of funds once deposited
in the district deferred maintenance fund, provided that no funds
deposited in the district deferred maintenance fund pursuant to
subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 17584 may be expended by the
governing board for any purpose except those specified in subdivision
(a) of this section. 
   (d) As used in this article:  
   (1) "School building" includes a facility that a county office of
education is authorized to use pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with
Section 17280) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.5 of Division 1 of Title 1.
 
   (2) "Electrical" includes internal connections for education
technology wiring. Internal connections are components located at the
applicant site that are necessary to transmit information to
classrooms, publicly accessible rooms of a library, and eligible
administrative areas or buildings. Internal connections include
connections within, between, or among instructional buildings that
comprise a school campus or library branch, but do not include
services that extend beyond the school campus or library branch. The
components must be necessary to transmit information all the way to
individual classrooms or public areas of a library.