schools; excess utilities;
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Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology |
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Committee on Appropriations |
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As Passed the House |
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HB 2521 amends current statute relating to school district finance by capping the amount that may be budgeted for excess utilities costs to that of FY 2001-02.
HB 2521 passed the committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology unamended.
A school district may budget for costs that are exempt from the Revenue Control Limit, the base revenue control limit plus the transportation revenue control limit. Excess utilities are direct operational costs of heating, cooling, water, electricity, telephone communications and sanitation fees that exceed a base amount. This base amount is calculated by increasing or decreasing the utilities cost for the base year of 1984-1985 by the percentage change in the combined Revenue Control Limit and Capital Outlay Revenue Limit from the budget year. A district may expend from the excess utility budget category only after it has expended the full amount budgeted in the base utility lines of the budget.
If a school district’s expenditures exceed the budgeted amount for excess utilities, the school district notifies the county school superintendent who will then estimate the additional amount necessary from the primary property taxes and levy the appropriate amount.
Proposition 301 placed an expiration date of FY 2008-09 on the school excess utilities.
· Establishes that the amount budgeted for excess utility costs in any fiscal year may not exceed the amount budgeted in the FY 2001-02.
· Makes technical and conforming changes.
HB 2521 passed the committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology unamended.
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45th Legislature
Second Regular Session 2 March
22, 2002
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