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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                            Senator Carole Migden, Chair

                                           1297 (Evans)
          
          Hearing Date:  8/25/05          Amended: 8/15/05
          Consultant:  Bob Franzoia       Policy Vote: Ed 8-1
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          BILL SUMMARY: AB 1297 would do the following:
          - Authorize school districts to use funding in their restricted  
          account for maintenance of facilities for repairs or renovations  
          to prevent poor indoor air quality in school facilities.
          - Authorize the use of deferred maintenance funding for repairs  
          or renovations to prevent poor indoor air quality conditions in  
          school facilities.
          - Require school districts to ensure that facilities have  
          heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC) that  
          meet requirements set forth in the Labor Code.
          - Require school districts to use district employees or  
          contractors with specified expertise to maintain HVAC systems
          The latter two provisions would impose state mandated local  
          programs.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions               2005-06     2006-07    2007-08    Fund
           State mandated local         $500      $1,000   $1,000    
          General*
          program (HVAC systems)       
                                                          
          * Counts toward meeting the Proposition 98 minimum funding  
          guarantee
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          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE.  AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED.
          
          There is no information at this time regarding the additional  
          costs to ensure that school facilities have HVAC systems that  
          meet minimum requirements set forth in the Labor Code in order  
          to prevent students from being exposed to poor indoor air  
          quality.  If this provision is intended to require all HVAC  
          systems out of compliance either in general, or specifically as  
          it relates to indoor air quality, to be upgraded or replaced,  










          the costs would be extraordinary.  Further, if this provision  
          was determined to be a true mandate (as opposed to an eligible  
          deferred maintenance cost pursuant to Section 2 of the bill),  
          the state would bear 100 percent of the costs.  Finally,  
          districts would incur costs to certify district employees or to  
          utilize certified contractors to maintain HVAC systems.

          As proposed to be amended, the bill would require that districts  
          certify employees or utilize certified contractors to inspect  
          HVAC systems.  (All other provisions of the bill would be  
          deleted.)  There are approximately 1,000 school districts in the  
          state.  If each incurred costs of $1,000 to certify its  
          employees, or to contract for the inspections, costs could be up  
          to $1,000,000 annually.