HB4622ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Daniel Didech

Filed: 3/4/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4622

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4622 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local School District Mandate Note Act.

Section 5. Local school district mandate note. Every bill that imposes or could impose a mandate on local school districts, upon the request of any member, shall have prepared for it, before second reading in the house of introduction, a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated fiscal and operational impact of those mandates on local school districts.

Section 10. Preparation. The sponsor of each bill for which a request under Section 5 has been made shall present a copy of the bill with the request for a local school district mandate note to the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall prepare and submit the note to the sponsor of the bill within 5 calendar days. After a request under Section 5 has been made and before the State Board of Education submits the note to the sponsor of the bill, local school districts may, through a website maintained by the State Board of Education, submit explanatory statements that may include a reliable estimate of the anticipated fiscal, operational, and other impacts of the proposed mandate on the local school district. The State Board of Education shall develop and maintain a website to accept submissions from local school districts under this Section. The note submitted to the sponsor of the bill under this Section shall only include the submissions from local school districts. Nothing in this Section shall impose any responsibility on the State Board of Education except to develop and maintain a website, accept submissions from local school districts, and submit a note to the sponsor of the bill containing the submissions from local school districts.

Section 15. Requisites and contents. The note shall be factual, brief, and concise and it shall include the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the long term effect of the measure on local school districts. If, after careful investigation, it is determined that an effect is not ascertainable, the note shall contain a statement to that effect, setting forth the reasons why no ascertainable effect can be given.

Section 20. Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the note with regard to the merits of the measure for which the note is prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be noted.

Section 25. Appearance of State officials and employees in support or opposition of measure. The fact that a local school district mandate note is prepared for any bill shall not preclude or restrict the appearance before any committee of the General Assembly of any official or authorized employee of the State Board of Education, or any other impacted State agency, who desires to be heard in support of or in opposition to the measure.".