Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1436 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW .
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb1436
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 1436
8	8	F1 5lr3240
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10	10	By: Delegate Miller
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2025
12	12	Assigned to: Appropriations
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Public School Construction – Projections and Funding – Inflationary 2
19	19	Adjustments 3
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21	21	FOR the purpose of requiring the Interagency Commission for School Construction to 4
22	22	include a certain inflation adjustment in projections of school construction and 5
23	23	capital improvement needs in its submission to the Capital Debt Affordability 6
24	24	Committee and the Governor; clarifying the intent of the General Assembly 7
25	25	regarding funding for public school construction; and generally relating to public 8
26	26	school construction projections and funding. 9
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28	28	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
29	29	Article – Education 11
30	30	Section 5–304(a)(1) 12
31	31	Annotated Code of Maryland 13
32	32	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
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34	34	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 15
35	35	Article – State Finance and Procurement 16
36	36	Section 8–108, 8–112(a), (b), and (c)(3), and 8–113 17
37	37	Annotated Code of Maryland 18
38	38	(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19
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40	40	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 20
41	41	Chapter 32 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022, as amended by Chapter 354 21
42	42	of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2024 22
43	43	Section 4 23
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45	45	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 24
46	46	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 25
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48	48	Article – Education 26 2 HOUSE BILL 1436
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52	52	5–304. 1
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54	54	(a) (1) (i) The Interagency Commission shall prepare projections of school 2
55	55	construction and capital improvement needs for submission to the Capital Debt 3
56	56	Affordability Committee under § 8–112(c)(3) of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 4
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58	58	(ii) The projections shall be prepared in accordance with the 5
59	59	regulations adopted by the Interagency Commission under § 5–303 of this subtitle. 6
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61	61	(III) 1. THE PROJECTIONS SHALL INCLUDE AN 7
62	62	INFLATIONARY ADJUSTM ENT USING A COST OF CONSTRUCTION INFLATI ON INDEX. 8
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64	64	2. IN ADDITION TO PROVID ING THE PROJECTIONS TO 9
65	65	THE CAPITAL DEBT AFFORDABILITY COMMITTEE, THE INTERAGENCY COMMISSION 10
66	66	SHALL PROVIDE THE PR OJECTIONS TO THE GOVERNOR FOR CONSIDERATION WHEN 11
67	67	SETTING THE ANNUAL A LLOCATION OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDS I N THE 12
68	68	CAPITAL BUDGET . 13
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70	70	Article – State Finance and Procurement 14
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72	72	8–108. 15
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74	74	There is a Capital Debt Affordability Committee in the Executive Department. 16
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76	76	8–112. 17
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78	78	(a) The Committee shall review on a continuing basis the size and condition of 18
79	79	the State tax supported debt as well as other debt of State units, including the University 19
80	80	System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and the 20
81	81	Baltimore City Community College. 21
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83	83	(b) On or before October 20 of each year, the Committee shall submit to the 22
84	84	Governor and the General Assembly the Committee’s estimate of the total amount of new 23
85	85	State debt that prudently may be authorized for the next fiscal year. 24
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87	87	(c) In making the estimate, the Committee shall consider: 25
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89	89	(3) capital improvement and school construction needs during the next 5 26
90	90	fiscal years, as projected by the Interagency Commission on School Construction; 27
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92	92	8–113. 28
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94	94	On or before November 1 of each year, after considering the current estimate of the 29
95	95	Committee, the Governor shall determine: 30
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99	99	(1) the total authorizations of new State debt that the Governor considers 1
100	100	advisable for the next fiscal year; and 2
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102	102	(2) the preliminary allocation of new State debt for: 3
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104	104	(i) general construction projects; 4
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106	106	(ii) school construction projects; and 5
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108	108	(iii) other special projects. 6
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110	110	Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2022, as amended by Chapter 354 of the Acts of 2024 7
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112	112	SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the General 8
113	113	Assembly that: 9
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115	115	(1) beginning in fiscal year 2023, within the current debt affordability 10
116	116	guidelines, the State should provide at least $450,000,000 each year for public school 11
117	117	construction in order to maintain a relatively stable number of funded projects in the 12
118	118	Capital Improvement Program; and 13
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120	120	(2) the annual goal established under item (1) of this section: 14
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122	122	(i) should be recalculated: 15
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124	124	1. WITH AN INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT THAT USES A 16
125	125	COST OF CONSTRUCTION INFLATION INDEX ; AND 17
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127	127	2. prior to the Public School Facilities Priority Fund being 18
128	128	funded; and 19
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130	130	(ii) does not include funding provided for public school construction 20
131	131	through the Built to Learn Program. 21
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133	133	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 22
134	134	1, 2025. 23