BILL NUMBER: SB 243	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wyland

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2013

   An act to amend Section 17070.15 of the Education Code, relating
to school facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 243, as introduced, Wyland. School facilities.
   Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998,
requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to applicant school
districts, prescribed per-unhoused-pupil state funding for
construction and modernization of school facilities, and defines
various terms for purposes of those provisions.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
   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 17070.15 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   17070.15.  The following terms, wherever used or referred to in
this chapter, shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless
a different meaning  appears   is apparent
 from the context:
   (a) "Apportionment" means a reservation of funds for the purpose
of eligible new construction, modernization, or hardship approved by
the board for an applicant school district.
   (b) "Attendance area" means the geographical area serving an
existing high school and those junior high schools and elementary
schools included therein.
   (c) "Board" means the State Allocation Board as established by
Section 15490 of the Government Code.
   (d) "Committee" means the State School Building Finance Committee
established pursuant to Section 15909.
   (e) "County fund" means a county school facilities fund
established pursuant to Section 17070.43.
   (f) "Department" means the Department of General Services.
   (g) "Fund" means the applicable 1998 State School Facilities Fund,
the 2002 State School Facilities Fund, or the 2004 State School
Facilities Fund, established pursuant to Section 17070.40.
   (h) "Good repair" has the same meaning as specified in subdivision
(d) of Section 17002.
   (i) "Modernization" means any modification of a permanent
structure that is at least 25 years old, or in the case of a portable
classroom, that is at least 20 years old, that will enhance the
ability of the structure to achieve educational purposes.
   (j) "Portable classroom" means a classroom building of one or more
stories that is designed and constructed to be relocatable and
transportable over public streets, and with respect to a single story
portable classroom, is designed and constructed for relocation
without the separation of the roof or floor from the building and
when measured at the most exterior walls, has a floor area not in
excess of 2,000 square feet.
   (k) "Property" includes all property, real, personal or mixed,
tangible or intangible, or any interest therein necessary or
desirable for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
   (  l ) "School building capacity" means the capacity of a
school building to house pupils.
   (m) "School district" means a school district or a county office
of education. For purposes of determining eligibility under this
chapter, "school district" may also mean a high school attendance
area.