CHAPTER 131
HB 1593-FN-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION
15Feb2006… 0667h
2006 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1593-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to the construction of high school athletic fields in the town of Bedford.
SPONSORS: Rep. Scanlon, Hills 18; Rep. Graham, Hills 18; Rep. Hawkins, Hills 18
This bill authorizes the Bedford school district to receive school building aid grant funds for construction of the high school athletic fields on land owned by the town of Bedford.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2006… 0667h
06-2382
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to the construction of high school athletic fields in the town of Bedford.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
131:1 School Building Aid; Amount of Annual Grant. Amend RSA 198:15-b, I to read as follows:
I.(a) The amount of the annual grant to any school district duly organized, any city maintaining a school department within its corporate organization, any cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1, any receiving district operating an area school as defined in RSA 195-A:1, or any receiving district providing an education to pupils from one or more sending districts under a contract entered into pursuant to RSA 194:21-a or RSA 194:22, shall be a sum equal to 30 percent of the amount of the annual payment of principal on all outstanding borrowings of the school district, city, cooperative school district, joint maintenance agreement, or receiving district, heretofore or hereafter incurred, for the cost of construction or purchase of school buildings and school administrative unit facilities, or for the cost of acquiring, developing, or renovating any municipally-owned land, buildings, or facilities to be used for school district purposes, to the extent approved by the department of education, provided that any school district may receive an annual grant in the amount of 40 percent for the construction of an educational administration building for a school administrative unit, and provided that the amount of the annual grant in the case of a cooperative school district, joint maintenance agreement, a receiving district operating an area school, or any receiving district providing an education to pupils from one or more sending districts under a contract entered into pursuant to RSA 194:21-a or RSA 194:22, shall be 40 percent plus 5 percent for each pre-existing district in excess of 2 and each sending district in excess of one, and provided further that no cooperative school district, joint maintenance agreement, or receiving district operating an area school, shall receive an annual grant in excess of 55 percent.
(b) For any municipally-owned land, buildings, or facilities for which school building aid is granted under this subdivision, the following shall apply:
(1) A school district, a city maintaining a school department within its corporate organization, a cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1, a receiving district operating an area school as defined in RSA 195-A:1, or a receiving district providing an education to pupils from one or more sending districts under a contract entered into pursuant to RSA 194:21-a or RSA 194:22, shall have first priority in the use of such land, buildings, or facilities for 10 years or the life of any bond or note issued to provide funds for such land, buildings, or facilities, whichever is greater.
(2) The cost of any proposed renovation project shall be less than the cost of a new acquisition for the same purpose.
(3) In the absence of a bond or note or upon the expiration of any bond or note issued to provide funds for land, buildings, or facilities, the principal parties shall enter into an agreement on how such land, buildings, or facilities are to be used.
131:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: May 19, 2006
Effective: May 19, 2006