Bill Text: AZ SB1119 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: School district buildings; demolition; requirements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-02-29 - House read second time [SB1119 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2024-SB1119-Engrossed.html
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Senate Engrossed
school district buildings; demolition; requirements |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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SENATE BILL 1119 |
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An Act
providing for the demolition of school buildings.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Demolition of school buildings; notice; objection; delayed repeal; definition
A. Notwithstanding sections 41-5721 and 41-5741, Arizona Revised Statutes, and subject to the requirements of this section, a school district may use school district monies to demolish or cause the demolition of an unsound school building under its jurisdiction without first applying to the division.
B. Before a school district governing board may demolish or cause the demolition of a school building pursuant to subsection A of this section, the school district governing board must submit to the division notice of the proposed demolition and evidence of each of the following:
1. The school building has outlived its useful life, has been condemned or is structurally unsafe.
2. Demolition of the school building will not reduce pupil square footage.
3. Demolition of the school building will not cause the school district to no longer meet the minimum school facility adequacy standards prescribed in section 41-5711, Arizona Revised Statutes.
C. Not later than ninety days after the division receives a notice and supporting evidence pursuant to subsection B of this section, the division may object in writing to the proposed demolition only if the division determines that the proposal will either reduce pupil square footage or cause the school district to no longer meet the minimum school facility adequacy standards prescribed in section 41-5711, Arizona Revised Statutes. The division may request additional information or records necessary to determine whether to object to the proposed demolition. The ninety-day time period for the division to review the proposal and make a determination is tolled from the date that the division requests additional information from the school district until the date the school district complies with the request.
D. If the division objects pursuant to subsection C of this section, the school district may not demolish or cause the demolition of the school building without first receiving written approval from the school facilities oversight board established by section 41-5701.02, Arizona Revised Statutes. If the division does not object to the proposed demolition before the ninety-first day after receiving a notice and supporting evidence pursuant to subsection B of this section, the division shall:
1. Update the database of school facilities described in section 41-5702, Arizona Revised Statutes, to reflect the demolition of the school building.
2. Remove the square footage computations that represent the building from the computation of the school district's square footage for the purposes of sections 41-5711 and 41-5741, Arizona Revised Statutes.
E. Any notice of a proposed demolition submitted pursuant to subsection B of this section must be submitted to the division on or before December 31, 2026.
F. This section is repealed from and after December 31, 2027.
G. For the purposes of this section, "division" means the division of school facilities established within the department of administration by section 41-5701.01, Arizona Revised Statutes.
