05 LC 33
0506
Senate
Bill 179
By:
Senators Hamrick of the 30th and Kemp of the 46th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 50-27-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to definitions relative to the lottery for education, so as to remove capital
outlay projects from inclusion in the educational purposes and programs for
which lottery proceeds may be used; to provide for related matters; to provide
for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 50-27-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions relative to the lottery for education, is amended by striking
paragraphs (3), (7), and (8) in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(3)
'Capital
outlay projects' means the acquisition, construction, installation,
modification, renovation, repair, extension, renewal, replacement, or
rehabilitation of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, facilities, or
other improvements and the acquisition, installation, modification, renovation,
repair, extension, renewal, replacement, rehabilitation, or furnishing of
fixtures, machinery, equipment, computers, software, laboratories, furniture,
textbooks, and reference material or other property of any nature whatsoever
used on, in, or in connection with educational
facilities.
Reserved."
"(7)
'Educational
facilities' means land, structures, and buildings owned or operated by and
through the board of regents, the State Board of Education, the Department of
Technical and Adult Education, or by any city, county, or independent school
system within this state; provided, however, that a public road or highway
leading to an educational facility shall not be considered an educational
facility.
Reserved.
(8)
'Educational purposes and programs' means
capital
outlay projects for educational
facilities; tuition grants, scholarships,
or loans to citizens of this state to enable such citizens to attend colleges
and universities located within this state, regardless of whether such colleges
and universities are owned or operated by the board of regents or to attend
institutions operated under the authority of the Department of Technical and
Adult Education; costs of providing to teachers at accredited public
institutions who teach levels K-12, personnel at public postsecondary technical
institutes under the authority of the Department of Technical and Adult
Education, and professors and instructors within the University System of
Georgia the necessary training in the use and application of computers and
advanced electronic instructional technology to implement interactive learning
environments in the classroom and to access the state-wide distance learning
network; costs associated with repairing and maintaining advanced electronic
instructional technology; voluntary pre-kindergarten; and an education shortfall
reserve."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective January 1, 2007, only if there is approved at the
2006 general election a constitutional amendment to remove capital outlay
projects from inclusion in the educational purposes and programs for which
lottery proceeds may be used. If such a constitutional amendment is not so
ratified at the 2006 general election, this Act shall not become
effective.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.