Sponsor Statement for Senate Bill 226

State Affairs Committee Substitute

Required Preventive Maintenance Programs

SB 226 requires that every agency and school district have in place a preventive maintenance program prior to it being able to receive any funding for deferred maintenance, renovation or replacement funds from the state.

The preventive maintenance plan would include:

• a computerized maintenance management program, or other organized preventive maintenance program
• energy management,
• custodial care,
• training of facility managers and employees, and
• renewal and replacement schedules.

The Deferred Maintenance Task Force determined that the best way to prevent a reoccurrence of deferred maintenance was be proactive in maintenance. It recommended that the carrot for accomplishing this goal was withholding funds identified as needed by the Task Force until the preventive maintenance programs are in place and working.

Section 1 requires school districts and regional education attendance areas must have preventive maintenance programs in place prior to receiving maintenance or construction funds. The district is required to provide evidence to the Department of Education that the plan is in place and operating

Section 2 requires that a municipality must have a preventive maintenance program in place before it draws any state funds. The municipality is required to provide evidence of the preventive maintenance program to the Department of Administration.

Section 3 requires that an unincorporated community must have a preventive maintenance program in place before it can receive capital matching grant programs. The unincorporated community is required to provide evidence of the preventive maintenance program to the Department of Community and regional affairs.

Section 4 provides for an effective date of July 1, 1999.