HB-5660, As Passed House, May 25, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5660

                                                                             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:

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

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

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

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

5   state, or a political subdivision of this state.                            

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

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

8   lease for 50 years without securing the privilege of removing the           

9   school.                                                                     

10      (3) The governing board of a public school  district  shall                 

1   not design or build a school building to be used for                        

2   instructional or noninstructional school purposes or design and             

3   implement the design for a school site unless the design or                 

4   construction is in compliance with  Act No. 306 of the Public               

5   Acts of 1937, being sections 388.851 to 388.855a of the Michigan            

6   Compiled Laws 1937 PA 306, MCL 388.851 to 388.855a.  The                   

7   superintendent of public instruction has sole and exclusive                 

8   jurisdiction over the review and approval of plans and                      

9   specifications for the construction, reconstruction, or                     

10  remodeling of school buildings used for instructional or                    

11  noninstructional school purposes and, subject to subsections (4),           

12  (5), and (6), of site plans for those school buildings.                     

13  (4) Subject to subsection (6), the governing board of a                     

14  public school shall not build or expand a school building on a              

15  site without first submitting a site plan to the local zoning               

16  authority for review as provided under this subsection.  Not                

17  later than 60 days after receiving the site plan, the local                 

18  zoning authority shall respond to the governing board with either           

19  a written notice that the local zoning authority concurs with the           

20  site plan or with written suggested changes to the site plan.  If           

21  the local zoning authority does not respond to the governing                

22  board with either of these options, the governing board shall be            

23  considered to have received a written notice of concurrence from            

24  the local zoning authority.  If there are written suggested                 

25  changes, then not later than 45 days after receiving the written            

26  suggested changes, the governing board shall respond to the local           

27  zoning authority with a revised site plan that incorporates the             

1   changes or with an explanation of why the changes are not being             

2   made.                                                                       

3       (5) If the governing board of a public school receives or is                

4   considered to have received a written notice of concurrence from            

5   a local zoning authority under subsection (4), the governing                

6   board shall submit the site plan and the written notice of                  

7   concurrence to the superintendent of public instruction and may             

8   proceed with the building or expansion.  Subject to subsection              

9   (6), if the governing board of a public school does not receive a           

10  written notice of concurrence from a local zoning authority under           

11  subsection (4), all of the following apply:                                 

12      (a) The governing board shall submit the site plan to the                   

13  superintendent of public instruction and shall provide a copy of            

14  the site plan to the local zoning authority together with written           

15  notice that the site plan has been submitted to the                         

16  superintendent of public instruction.  The superintendent of                

17  public instruction shall approve or disapprove the site plan and            

18  notify the governing board of the decision within 30 days after             

19  the governing board submits the site plan.                                  

20      (b) The governing board shall not proceed with the building                 

21  or expansion unless the site plan is approved by the                        

22  superintendent of public instruction.                                       

23      (c) Not later than 10 days after receiving the notice under                 

24  subdivision (a), the local zoning authority may submit comments             

25  to the superintendent of public instruction and the governing               

26  board concerning its objections to the site plan.                           

27  (d) The superintendent of public instruction has sole and                   

House Bill No. 5660 (H-2) as amended May 25, 2004

1   exclusive jurisdiction over the review and approval of the site             

2   plan.                                                                       

3       (6) Subsections (4) and (5) apply only as follows:                          

4       (a) Subsections (4) and (5) apply to school building                        

5   construction and expansion only for the 3-year period beginning             

6   on the effective date of the amendatory act that added                      

7   subsections (4) and (5).                                                    

8       (b) Subsections (4) and (5) apply only to a public school                   

9   that is eligible for qualification of bonds under the school bond           

10  loan fund program established under 1961 PA 108, MCL 388.951 to             

11  388.963.                                                                    

12      (c) Subsections (4) and (5) apply to expansion [             ]

13  of a school building only if the expansion [             ] will             

14  result in the square footage of the school building being                   

15  increased by at least 20%.                                                  

16      (d) Subsections (4) and (5) do not apply to temporary                       

17  structures or facilities that are necessary due to unexpected               

18  enrollment increases and that are used for not more than 2                  

19  years.                                                                      

20      (7) A local zoning authority shall not charge a governing                   

21  board a fee for the process prescribed under subsections (4) and            

22  (5) that exceeds [$250 for an applicable administrative review or $1500

23  for total costs incurred by a local zoning authority] under subsections (4)

24  and (5) for the specific project involved.                                  

25      (8) As used in subsections (4) to (6), "school building"                    

26  means any structure or facility used for instructional or                   

27  noninstructional school purposes and includes an athletic field             

House Bill No. 5660 (H-2) as amended May 25, 2004

1    or facility.

[(9) As used in subsections (4) to (8), “local zoning authority” means the zoning authority for the jurisdiction in which the construction or expansion of a school is to occur.]