P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
P Dennert
P Wismer
P Juhnke
P Bolin
P Romkema
P Dryden
P White
P Carson, Vice-Chair
P Wink, Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Representative Dean Wink.
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 22, 2011
Moved by: Dennert
Second by: Carson
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Moved by: Dryden
Second by: Juhnke
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 152: require that any reduction in the general fund levies of a school district only
account for increases in the taxable valuation of property and to revise the property
tax levies for the general fund of a school district.
13-13-79. At the same time that foundation program state aid is distributed to school districts pursuant to §§ 13-13-10.1 to 13-13-41, inclusive, the secretary of the Department of Education shall distribute funds to sparse school districts by multiplying the result of the calculation in either subdivision 13-13-78(2) or subdivision 13-13-78(3) by seventy-five percent of the per student allocation as defined in § 13-13-10.1. However, no sparse school district may receive a sparsity benefit in any year that exceeds one hundred twenty-three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars. If the appropriation is insufficient to fully fund all sparse school districts as per the calculation in either subdivision 13-13-78(2) or subdivision 13-13-78(3), each eligible district shall receive a prorata
share of the total appropriated amount. "
Section 2. There is hereby transferred from the public buildings fund established in § 5-15-29.2
the balance of the fund on July 1, 2011, to the state-wide maintenance and repair fund established
in § 5-14-30 to construct the facilities described in section 1 of this Act.
Section 3. There is hereby appropriated the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or
so much thereof as may be necessary, in other fund expenditure authority to the Bureau of
Administration to construct the facilities described in section 1 of this Act.
Section 4. The design and construction of the addition authorized in this Act shall be under the
general supervision of the Bureau of Administration as provided in chapter 5-14. The commissioner
of the Bureau of Administration shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to
pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section 5. For the purposes of this Act, the term, gross square footage, means the sum of all areas on all floors of a building included within the outside faces of the building's exterior walls, including floor penetration areas, however insignificant, for circulation and shaft areas that connect one floor to another as computed by physically measuring or scaling measurements from the outside faces of exterior walls, disregarding cornices, pilaster, buttresses, etc., which extend beyond the wall faces. The term includes excavated basement area; mezzanines, penthouses, and attics; garages; multiple floor parking structures; enclosed porches, inner or outer balconies whether walled or not, if the balconies are utilized for operational functions; and corridors whether walled or not, if the corridors are within the outside face lines of the building, to the extent of the roof drip line and the footprints of stairways, elevator shafts, and ducts on each floor through which the corridors pass. The term does not include open areas such as unenclosed parking lots, playing fields, courts, and light wells, clear span areas not exceeding three feet in height, or portions of upper floors eliminated by rooms or
lobbies that rise above single-floor height.
Section 6. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing
public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval."