H1408B1605A01209 DMS:MAC 06/21/23 #90 A01209
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1408
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE TOPPER
Printer's No. 1605
Amend Bill, page 1, line 11, by inserting after "program,"
for building condition assessments,
Amend Bill, page 3, line 2, by inserting after "2604-J"
, 2605-J
Amend Bill, page 13, by inserting between lines 5 and 6
Section 2605-J. Building condition assessments.
(a) Duties of department.--
(1) The department shall develop guidelines for school
entities to [voluntarily] report information related to
school building safety, inventory and condition. The
guidelines shall include a building condition assessment to
be [voluntarily] completed every [10] five years for school
entities that includes, but is not limited to, a projection
of costs to maintain and renovate existing school buildings.
(2) The department shall post completed building
condition assessments on the department's publicly accessible
Internet website.
[(3) The department shall provide additional points
under the funding rubric contained in section 2604-J(d) for
grants applied for by school entities that complete building
condition assessments.]
(b) Completion incentive.--A school entity that completes a
building condition assessment shall [receive a 2% increase above
the amount calculated under section 2606-J. The department shall
develop a process, in coordination with the application process
in section 2602-J, for awarding an enhanced reimbursement for
completing a building condition assessment] be eligible to
receive a grant under section 2604-J and reimbursement under
section 2606-J.
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