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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT | |
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Introduced By: Senators Metts, Jabour, P Fogarty, Pichardo, and Crowley | |
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Date Introduced: February 07, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Finance | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 16-7-44.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-7 entitled |
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"Foundation Level School Support" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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16-7-44.1. Program restrictions. -- Housing aid shall not be provided for the purchase |
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of furniture, fixtures and equipment except in the case of a project to construct a new school or |
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new school addition that is also supported by a general obligation or lease revenue bond. Housing |
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aid shall not be provided for projects supported by capital lease agreements that: (1) are not lease |
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purchase agreements; (2) do not demonstrate a direct benefit to the school nor are located on |
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school property; and (3) do not exclude all non-capital costs such as maintenance costs prior to |
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the request for reimbursement. Housing aid shall not be provided to cover the costs of |
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"remediation" as defined in subdivision 23-19.14-3(1) and undertaken pursuant to chapter 23- |
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19.14 in connection with any project. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 16-9 of the General Laws entitled "School Funds and Property" is |
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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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16-9-4.2. Prohibition against siting schools on toxic waste sites. – No new school |
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building or addition to an existing school building shall be constructed and no new school facility |
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may be housed in an existing building that is leased for school purposes if the proposed new |
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construction, addition or existing building is located on: |
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(1) Any portion of a parcel of property where more than three (3) cubic yards of |
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hazardous or solid waste were disposed; or |
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(2) Any portion of a parcel of property formerly used for industrial or manufacturing |
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purposes that is presently contaminated by hazardous materials that were likely utilized in |
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connection with those purposes, at levels that exceed the method 1 residential direct exposure |
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criteria or other residential exposure standards established by the department of environmental |
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management. |
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SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would prohibit housing aid from being used in the costs of remediation and it |
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would also prohibit siting schools on toxic waste sites. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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