ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

Article 1 added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec. 4.

§§ 17070.10–17070.99 · 42 sections

§ 17070.10 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998.
§ 17070.15 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless a different meaning appears from the context: (a) “Apportionment” means…
§ 17070.20 The Director of General Services shall administer this chapter and shall provide assistance to the board as it requires.
§ 17070.25 The department shall first publish applications for funding under this chapter by November 4, 1998, and shall be prepared to receive and expeditiously act upon…
§ 17070.30 The State Allocation Board is continued in existence for the purpose of this chapter. The members of the board and the Members of the Legislature meeting with…
§ 17070.33 (a) The board shall adopt guidelines for use by districts by June 30, 1999, to achieve measurable reductions in the costs of school facilities construction.…
§ 17070.35 (a) In addition to all other powers and duties as are granted to the board by this chapter, other statutes, or the California Constitution, the board shall do…
§ 17070.40 (a) (1) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to be known as the 1998 State School Facilities Fund. All money in the fund, including any money…
§ 17070.41 Creation of 2016 State School Facilities Fund. (a) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be known as the 2016 State School Facilities Fund.…
§ 17070.42 (a) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be known as the 2024 State School Facilities Fund. All money in the fund, including any money…
§ 17070.43 (a) A county school facilities fund is hereby established in the county treasury within each county for each school district in the county. (b) The board may…
§ 17070.45 This chapter shall not be construed to change the powers and duties of the State Department of Education or the Department of General Services with respect to…
§ 17070.46 (a) For projects funded under this chapter, the following state agencies are deemed not to be the lead agency for the purposes of the California Environmental…
§ 17070.50 The board shall not apportion funds to any school district, unless the applicant school district has certified to the board that the services of any architect,…
§ 17070.51 (a) If any certified eligibility or funding application related information is found to have been falsely certified by school districts, architects, or design…
§ 17070.52 (a) The State Department of Education shall include in its application for new construction plan approval developed pursuant to the authority established in…
§ 17070.53 (a) The Office of Public School Construction shall report to the board and the Legislature by March 1, 2015, on efforts to streamline and speed up the award of…
§ 17070.54 (a) As a condition of participating in the school facilities program, a school district shall submit to the department a five-year school facilities master…
§ 17070.55 Upon request of any school district, the State Department of Education shall provide assistance in the evaluation and utilization of existing school facilities…
§ 17070.59 For purposes of determining the points used to compute the required matching funds from local sources applied pursuant to Sections 17072.30 and 17074.16, the…
§ 17070.60 Funding decisions made by the board shall not, in themselves, make the board liable for any tort, breach of contract, or any other action for damages caused by…
§ 17070.63 (a) The total funding provided under this chapter shall constitute the state’s full and final contribution to the project and for eligibility for state…
§ 17070.65 From any moneys in one of the funds established pursuant to Section 17070.40, as appropriate, and approved for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the board…
§ 17070.70 (a) Title, including, but not limited to, any leasehold interest as set forth in subdivision (c), to all property acquired, constructed, or improved with funds…
§ 17070.71 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 17070.70, new construction or modernization funded pursuant to this chapter may be upon real property leased to…
§ 17070.73 (a) A school district may claim the entire pupil attendance of a charter school that is physically located within its geographical jurisdiction, within the…
§ 17070.75 (a) The board shall require the school district to make all necessary repairs, renewals, and replacements to ensure that a project is at all times maintained…
§ 17070.755 A priority for the use of funds in the restricted account established pursuant to Section 17070.75, shall be to ensure that facilities, including, but not…
§ 17070.76 Notwithstanding Section 17070.75, for the 2003–04 fiscal year, the board shall only require a school district to deposit into the account established pursuant…
§ 17070.766 Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 17070.75, for the 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 fiscal years,…
§ 17070.77 (a) For each project funded after January 1, 2002, the board shall require the applicant school district governing board to certify, as part of the school…
§ 17070.80 (a) All school facilities purchased or newly constructed pursuant to this chapter for use, in whole or in part, by pupils who are individuals with exceptional…
§ 17070.85 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a lien recorded on school district property that has been imposed pursuant to Section 16019 or 17030 shall be…
§ 17070.87 New construction and modernization applications submitted before October 31, 2024, shall be processed and apportioned in accordance with this chapter, as it…
§ 17070.90 As a part of its application, a school district shall certify that it has considered the feasibility of the joint use of land and facilities with other…
§ 17070.95 As a part of its application for large construction and modernization projects, a school district shall certify, in consultation with the career technical…
§ 17070.955 In conjunction with an application of a school district for any construction or modernization project, and as a condition of the district receiving funds for…
§ 17070.96 As part of its application for funding under this chapter, a school district shall certify that it has considered the feasibility of using designs and…
§ 17070.965 On or after January 1, 2015, the board shall not approve funding for incentive grants to promote the use of designs and materials in new construction and…
§ 17070.97 The board shall require the school district to insure against public liability or property damage in connection with any facility constructed or modernized…
§ 17070.98 A school district that does not have employees who possess adequate construction management experience may contract for the provision of construction…
§ 17070.99 (a) The board shall conduct an evaluation on the cost of new construction and modernization of small high schools in conjunction with the pilot program…