§302A 1504 - School level minor repair and maintenance account.

     §302A‑1504  School‑level minor repair and maintenance account.  (a)  The department shall establish a school-level minor repair and maintenance account for the use by each public school that shall not exceed $25,000 each per school.  The account shall be comprised of funds appropriated out of the school-level minor repairs and maintenance special fund pursuant to section 302A‑1504.5 for school-level minor repairs and maintenance and shall not be used for any other purpose, nor shall any other funds be deposited into the account.

     (b)  Funds in the account shall be expended at the direction of the school principal to contract for minor repairs and maintenance.  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, special funds appropriated for this purpose that are unencumbered at the close of each fiscal year in the account shall not lapse until June 30 of the first fiscal year of the next fiscal biennium.  The department shall submit:

     (1)  A report to the director of finance, ninety days after the close of each fiscal year, which shall be prepared in the form prescribed by the director of finance and shall identify the total amount of funds in the account that shall carry over to the next fiscal year; and

     (2)  A copy of this report to the legislature at least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 2001, c 311, §4 and c 316, §3(2); am L 2002, c 16, §22; am L 2006, c 245, §2]