HF 825

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/22/2013 01:48pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; modifying health and safety revenue uses;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.57, subdivisions 6, 6a.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.57, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Uses of health and safety revenue.

Health and safety revenue may be used
only for approved expenditures necessary for the correction of fire and life safety hazards;
design, purchase, installation, maintenance, and inspection of fire protection and alarm
equipment; purchase or construction of appropriate facilities for the storage of combustible
and flammable materials; inventories and facility modifications not related to a remodeling
project to comply with lab safety requirements under section 121A.31; inspection, testing,
repair, removal or encapsulation, and disposal of asbestos-containing building materials;
cleanup and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls; cleanup and disposal of hazardous and
infectious wastes; cleanup, removal, disposal, and repairs related to storing heating fuel or
transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, as defined in section
296A.01; correction of occupational safety and health administration regulated hazards;
indoor air quality inspections, investigations, and testing; mold abatement; upgrades or
replacement of mechanical ventilation systems to meet American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers standards and State Mechanical Code;
design, materials, and installation of local exhaust ventilation systems, including required
make-up air for controlling regulated hazardous substances; correction of Department of
Health Food Code violations; correction of swimming pool hazards excluding depth
correction; playground safety inspections, repair of unsafe outdoor playground equipment,
and the installation of impact surfacing materials; bleacher repair or rebuilding to comply
with the order of a building code inspector under section 326B.112; testing and mitigation
of elevated radon hazards; lead testing; copper in water testing; cleanup after major
weather-related disasters or flooding; reduction of excessive organic and inorganic levels
in wells and capping of abandoned wells; installation and testing of boiler backflow
valves to prevent contamination of potable water; vaccinations, titers, and preventative
supplies for bloodborne pathogen compliance; costs to comply with the Janet B. Johnson
Parents' Right to Know Act; automated external defibrillators and other emergency
plan equipment and supplies specific to the district's emergency action plan; deleted text begin and deleted text end health,
safety, and environmental management costs associated with implementing the district's
health and safety program including costs to establish and operate safety committees, in
school buildings or property owned or being acquired by the district new text begin ; and demolition,
repair, replacement, and installation of new equipment and structural remodeling related
to violence prevention and facility security, including public announcement systems and
emergency communication devices new text end . Testing and calibration activities are permitted for
existing mechanical ventilation systems at intervals no less than every five years.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.57, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:

Subd. 6a.

Restrictions on health and safety revenue.

Notwithstanding subdivision
6, health and safety revenue must not be used:

(1) to finance a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other
deferred payments agreement;

(2) for the construction of new facilities, remodeling of existing facilities, or the
purchase of portable classrooms;

(3) for interest or other financing expenses;

(4) for energy-efficiency projects under section 123B.65, for a building or property
or part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration or for
a purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education;

(5) for replacement of building materials or facilities including roof, walls, windows,
internal fixtures and flooring, nonhealth and safety costs associated with demolition of
facilities, structural repair or replacement of facilities due to unsafe conditions, deleted text begin violence
prevention and facility security, deleted text end new text begin or new text end ergonomics deleted text begin , or public announcement systems and
emergency communication devices deleted text end ; or

(6) for building and heating, ventilating and air conditioning supplies, maintenance,
and cleaning activities. All assessments, investigations, inventories, and support
equipment not leading to the engineering or construction of a project shall be included in
the health, safety, and environmental management costs in subdivision 8, paragraph (a).

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new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2015 and later.
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