SECTIONS 84660 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 84660

84660. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the
interests of the people of the State of California to ensure that the
facilities of the California Community Colleges are repaired and
maintained on a timely basis in order to provide for the safe
utilization of these facilities as well as providing for the
prevention of further structural damage resulting in more costly
repairs. The Legislature recognizes that in many community college
districts high operating costs and limited district revenues have
combined to restrict the ability of community college districts to
provide for the periodic maintenance and timely repair of community
college facilities.
It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that
funds be allocated pursuant to the requirements of this chapter to
provide for the deferred maintenance and special repair of community
college facilities. However, the Legislature recognizes that there
may not be sufficient revenues in future years to provide an annual
appropriation for the program provided by this chapter. Therefore,
nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create an annual state
obligation to fund this program.
(b) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
shall adopt rules and regulations for the allocation of funds
authorized by this chapter for the deferred maintenance and special
repair of community college facilities. The adopted rules and
regulations shall establish criteria for the ranking of requests for
funding by community college districts for funds allocated pursuant
to this chapter. The adopted rules and regulations shall require
districts to prepare and submit to the board of governors a five-year
maintenance plan which includes plans for preventative as well as
deferred maintenance in order to be eligible for state funding of
deferred maintenance. The adopted rules and regulations shall require
recipient districts to provide an amount of district funds equal to
the amount of state funds to be allocated for facility deferred
maintenance and special repair as a condition for the receipt of
state funding, subject to a complete or partial waiver of this
requirement by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges based upon a review of the financial condition of the
district.
For the purpose of this chapter, "deferred maintenance and special
repair" means unusual, nonrecurring work to restore a facility to a
safe and continually useable condition for which it was intended.
(c) No community college district shall receive funds pursuant to
this chapter unless the district expends at least 1/2 percent of its
current operating budget for ongoing maintenance.
(d) The board of governors may, pursuant to subdivision (b),
increase the percentage specified in subdivision (c).
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds received by
districts pursuant to this chapter supplement, not supplant, district
deferred maintenance funds.