HOUSE BILL No. 4687


     May 1, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Bishop, Gosselin, Kuipers and Richardville and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   by amending section 1263 (MCl 380.1263), as amended by 1990 PA

   159.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1263.  (1) The board of a school district shall not

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      build a school upon a site without having prior title in fee to

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      the site, a lease for not less than 99 years, or a lease for not

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      less than 50 years from the United States government, or this

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      state, or a political subdivision of this state.

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           (2) The board of a school district shall not build a frame

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      school on a site for which it does not have a title in fee or a

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      lease for 50 years without securing the privilege of removing the

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      school.




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           (3) The board of a school district shall not design or build

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      a school building to be used for instructional or

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      noninstructional school purposes or design and implement the

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      design for a school site unless the design or construction is in

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      compliance with  Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1937, being

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      sections 388.851 to 388.855a of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1937

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      PA 306, MCL 388.851 TO 388.855A.  The superintendent of public

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      instruction has sole and exclusive jurisdiction over the review

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      and approval of plans and specifications for the construction,

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      reconstruction, or remodeling of school buildings used for

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      instructional or noninstructional school purposes and of site

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      plans for those school buildings.

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           (4) THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

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      A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY SHALL NOT BUILD A NEW SCHOOL OR ACQUIRE A

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      SITE FOR A NEW SCHOOL UNLESS THE BOARD OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS

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      AGREED UPON AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WITH THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH

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      THE SITE IS LOCATED.  THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN SHALL SPECIFY THE

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      INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO ENSURE ADE-

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      QUATE ACCESS AND SERVICES FOR THE SCHOOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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      AND SHALL INCLUDE A PLAN FOR FINANCING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.  THE

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      INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ADDRESSED MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED

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      TO, ROADS, WATER, AND SEWER.













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