PUBLIC LAW 28-149

 

MINA'BENTE OCHO NA LIHESLATURAN GUÅHAN

2006 (SECOND) Regular Session

 

Bill No. 266 (EC)

As amended in the

Committee of the Whole.

 

Introduced by:                                                    Committee on Calendar                                 

by request of I Maga'lahen Guåhan,

                                                                                    the Governor of Guam, in accordance

                                                                                    with the Organic Act of Guam.

 

                                   

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE GUAM PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, UNIVERSITY OF GUAM, GUAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE, GUAM EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CORPORATION (KGTF) AND THE GUAM PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007; TO ESTABLISH THE ESTIMATED GOVERNMENT OF GUAM REVENUES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO ADDRESS CONTINUING DEBT SERVICE; TO AUTHORIZE I MAGA’LAHEN GUÅHAN TO ISSUE GOVERNMENT OF GUAM GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFINANCING CERTAIN GENERAL FUND OBLIGATIONS AND FINANCING CERTAIN CAPITAL EXPENSE ITEMS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THE GUAM PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE UNIVERSITY OF GUAM; AND ESTABLISHING MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATIONAL PROVISIONS.

 

            BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF GUAM:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

            Section 1.  Short Title.  This Act shall be known as the "Educational Appropriations Act of 2007".  Except as otherwise provided herein, the appropriations made by this Act shall be available to pay for obligations incurred on or after October 1, 2006, but no later than September 30, 2007.  If any appropriation of this Act is found to violate federal law, all other portions shall remain valid. 

            Section 2.  Estimated Revenues for Fiscal Year 2007. I Liheslaturan Guåhan, the Guam Legislature, adopts the following revenue estimate for Fiscal Year 2007.  Said estimates are the basis for the appropriations in this Act.

 

I.          GENERAL FUND REVENUES                                         AMOUNT         

            A.  TAXES                   

                  Income Tax                                                                                    

                  Corporate                                                                            $  72,351,905

      Individual                                                                             $  43,485,645

      Withholding Taxes, Interest and Penalties                  $188,644,496

      Provision for Tax Refund and EITC                             ($75,600,000)

TOTAL INCOME TAXES                                                            $228,882,046

                  Gross Receipts Tax                                                             $162,565,341

      Other Taxes                                                                                        $3,054,447

                  TOTAL TAXES                                                                    $394,501,834

            B.   FEDERAL SOURCES                                                            $57,961,358

                   Federal Income Tax Collection (Section 30 Funds);                    

       Immigration Fees and Indirect Cost

            C.   USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY                                  $906,895

            D.   LICENSES, FEES AND PERMITS                                $1,643,484

E.   DEPARTMENT CHARGES                                           $1,334,351   

            TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE                                $456,347,922

II.         SPECIAL FUND REVENUES

            A.   Air Pollution Control Special Fund                              $     221,182

B.   Chamorro Land Trust Operations Fund                               492,266

C.   Corrections Revolving Fund                                            1,539,134

            D.   Customs, Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection

                   Services Fund                                                                          8,167,484

            E.   Enhanced 911 Emergency Reporting System Fund   2,082,787

F.   Environmental Health Fund                                               497,710

            G.   Guam Contractors License Board Fund                             334,901

H.   Guam Environmental Trust Fund                                       191,812

            I.    Guam Highway Fund                                                               15,324,872

J.   Guam Plant Inspection and Permit Fund                              44,507

            K.   Healthy Futures Fund                                                              10,665,466

            L.   Interim Transition Coordinating Committee Fund

                        (RTB Stock Redemption)                                                     1,813,068

            M.   Judiciary Building Fund                                                                  20,000

N.   Land Survey Revolving Fund                                              950,000

O.   Manpower Development Fund                                           148,485

P.   Police Services Fund                                                                   370,084

Q.   Professional Engineers, Architects and

       Land Surveyors Board Fund                                             201,825

R.   Public Recreation Services Fund                                      154,717

S.   Safe Streets Fund                                                                        236,000

T.   School Lunch/SAE/Child Nutritional Meal

       Reimbursement Fund                                                               6,500,000

U.   Solid Waste Operations Fund (Tipping Fees)       5,822,582

V.   Street Light Fund                                                                      3,912,927

W.   Territorial Education Facilities Fund                 20,280,840     

X.   Tourist Attraction Fund                                                            23,100,000

Y.   Water Protection Fund                                                                   54,242

            Z.   Water Research and Development Fund                               79,518

            TOTAL SPECIAL FUND REVENUE                               $103,206,409

III.      FEDERAL MATCHING GRANTS-IN-AID

            Federal Grants-In-Aid Requiring Local Match:

            A.  Agriculture                                                                                $560,565

            B.  Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency   237,600

            C.  Guam Election Commission                                             700,000

            D.  Guam Police                                                                                           546,918

            E.  Integrated Services for Individuals with Disabilities   2,052,208

            F.  Judiciary of Guam                                                                        311,926

G.  Labor                                                                                                        33,100

H.  Law (AG)                                                                                 4,205,679

            I.  Military Affairs                                                                               839,150

            J.  Public Health and Social Services                                 22,346,660

            K.  University of Guam                                                        1,508,000

            TOTAL FEDERAL MATCHING GRANTS-IN-AID  $33,341,806

            REVENUE SUMMARY:

            TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE                             $456,347,922

            TOTAL SPECIAL FUND REVENUE                               $103,206,409

            TOTAL FEDERAL MATCHING GRANTS-IN-AID $ 33,341,806

            GRAND TOTAL                                                           $592,896,137

Section 3.  Debt Service. The following are continuing appropriations for debt service requirements:

  1. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

      BOND 1993 SERIES A

      (TEFF)                                                                                                  $10,598,839

  1. LIMITED OBLIGATION

      HIGHWAY REFUNDING

      BOND 2001 SERIES A

      (GHF)                                                                                                   $ 6,026,863

  1. LIMITED OBLIGATION

      (SECTION 30) BONDS 2001

      SERIES A (SECTION 30

      FUNDS)                                                                                                $ 9,822,208

  1. 2002 SHORT TERM

      FINANCING (SECTION 30

      FUNDS)                                                                                                $ 1,281,818

  1. LIMITED OBLIGATION

      INFRASTRUCTURE

      IMPROVEMENT BONDS,

     1997 SERIES A (TAF)                                                                             $ 7,255,789

          TOTAL DEBT SERVICE                                                         $34,985,517


CHAPTER II.

 Part I – Guam Public School System

Section 1.           Guam Public School System Operations Fund.  §52101 of Chapter 52 of Division 2 of Title 11 of the Guam Code Annotated is hereby repealed and reenacted to read: 

“Chapter 52

§52101. Creation of the Guam Public School System Operations Fund.  (a) There is hereby created, separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, a fund known as the ‘Guam Public School System Operations Fund’. This fund shall not be commingled with the General Fund and shall be kept in a separate bank account to be in the name of the Guam Public School System (GPSS). The amount appropriated by I Liheslaturan Guåhan to the Guam Public School System for its annual operations shall be deposited in the Guam Public School System Operations Fund to cover the operational expenses of the Guam Public School System and any use associated with the Guam Public School System, as determined in the Guam Public School System budget in accordance with Title 10 GCA Chapter 3, by the Guam Education Policy Board or the laws of Guam. The Superintendent of Education shall conduct public hearings at the public schools prior to the submission of the budget to the Guam Education Policy Board in order to address each school’s individual budgetary requirements.

(b)  The Superintendent of Education shall create and submit to the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan, I Maga’lahen Guåhan and the Director of Administration projected schedules of monthly cash disbursements for each school, division and program, by expenditure category, for the fiscal year.  Such projected disbursements shall not exceed the total amount appropriated by I Liheslaturan Guåhan for the purpose of such appropriation. The Public Auditor shall approve the schedules.

(c) Thirty (30) days after the Public Auditor approves the cash disbursement schedules, the Superintendent of Education shall certify and submit to the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan, I Maga’lahen Guåhan, the Director of Administration and the Public Auditor, a revised budget document, in the format of the FY 2007 Budget Call forms of the Bureau of Budget and Management Research, including appropriations necessary to comply with Title 1 GCA §715 Item 12 (a) through (n), that shall reflect all adjustments to the detailed  breakdown contained in the original GPSS budget submission to I Liheslaturan Guåhan, to be consistent with the amounts allocated for each school and division in the GPSS projected cash disbursement schedules prepared by the Superintendent and approved by the Public Auditor.  All quantities and items must be adjusted accordingly.  The revised budget document will be a guide for every school, division and program, as well as I Liheslaturan Guåhan, I Maga’lahen Guåhan and the Public Auditor, to ensure that appropriated funds are used for the purposes intended. The revised budget document shall be posted, in its entirety, on the GPSS website and shall be updated each quarter.  Penalties imposed for non-compliance with reporting requirements shall apply to this requirement.

(d)        The Director of Administration shall deposit, on the last day of each month, a sum equal to the amount required by the projected schedules of cash disbursements  prepared by the Superintendent, into the Guam Public School System Operations Fund, except that the Director of Administration for the first (1st) month of the fiscal year, on the first (1st) Friday of October, shall make a deposit equal to the amount required for the first (1st) month of the fiscal year, as reflected in the Guam Public School System’s projected monthly schedules of cash disbursements, from the prior month’s General Fund revenue collections. The Director of Administration shall, on the first (1st) day of each month, transfer to the Guam Public School System all funds held in the Guam Public School System Operations Fund, except that for the first (1st) month of Fiscal Year 2007, on October 15, 2006, the Director of Administration shall transfer all funds contained in the Guam Public School System Operations Fund to the Guam Public School System.

(e)  Before releasing the appropriation allotment to any government entity other than the Guam Public School System or from any other appropriation, the Director of the Bureau of Budget and Management Research shall first ensure that the Director of Administration has deposited the monthly cash requirement of the Guam Public School System into the Guam Public School System Operations Fund.

(f)  Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing I Liheslaturan Guåhan from making additional appropriations to the Guam Public School System. I Maga’lahen Guåhan’s transfer authority shall not apply to this or any other appropriation to the Guam Public School System, except that I Maga’lahen Guåhan may transfer funds into the Guam Public School System to the extent permitted by law. I Maga’lahen Guåhan may transfer to the Guam Public School System funds in excess of the amounts appropriated to the Guam Public School System herein if he determines that an emergency has created a need for such a transfer.”

Section 2.           Appropriations to the Guam Public School System for Fiscal Year 2007.  The amounts, in the subsections below, totaling One Hundred Eighty-four Million Three Hundred Forty-six Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-six Dollars ($184,346,466) are from the following Funds, and for the following purposes, to the Guam Public School System for Fiscal Year 2007: 

(a)        Guam Public School System Operations Fund Appropriation.  Pursuant to §§52101 and 52102 of Chapter 52, Division 2 of Title 11 Guam Code Annotated, as amended by this Act, the sum of One Hundred Seventy-two Million Nine Hundred Fifty-seven Thousand Eight Hundred Four Dollars ($172,957,804), which is inclusive of such sums as are necessary for the  implementation of salary adjustments for locally funded teacher positions pursuant to Public Law 28-36, as amended by Section 26 of Part I of Chapter II of Public Law 28-68, based on the fourteen percent (14%) teacher salary adjustments recommended by the Department of Administration: and which is also inclusive of a sum not exceeding One Million Ninety-eight Thousand Three Hundred Forty-five Dollars ($1,098,345) for software, training, system conversion services, consulting and project management, hardware servers, hardware storage peripherals and hardware redundancy systems in the implementation of the Guam Public School System Student Management System, is appropriated from the General Fund to the Guam Public School System Operations Fund for Fiscal Year 2007.  This appropriation shall be expended in accordance with the approved cash disbursement schedules mandated by this Act.

(b)        Interscholastic Sports Fund.  For Fiscal Year 2007, the sum of Five Hundred Nine Thousand Two Hundred Forty-six Dollars ($509,246) is appropriated from the Healthy Futures Fund to the Interscholastic Sports Fund within the Guam Public School System to fund Interscholastic Sports Programs.  Expenditure of these funds shall comply with Title 17 GCA §7108.                                                                                  

                        (c)        Health and Physical Education Activities.  For Fiscal Year 2007, the sum of Three Hundred Twenty-four Thousand Four Hundred Sixteen Dollars ($324,416) is appropriated from the Healthy Futures Fund to the Guam Public School System for Health and Physical Education programs, intramural sports, and similar activities. 

            (d)        Y Kuentan Salappe’Prinsepat (Principals’ Fund).  

                        (1)  The sum of Five Hundred Fifty-five Thousand Dollars ($555,000) is appropriated from the General Fund to the Guam Public School System for the Principals’ Fund for Fiscal Year 2007.  The amount appropriated herein shall be allocated per student to each school, based on the student population of each school at the end of the prior school year; provided that no school shall receive less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000).  Notwithstanding §§10101 and 10102 of Title 17 GCA, each principal shall use the proceeds he receives to develop and implement a program to protect his school from vandalism.  Every principal shall coordinate with his school’s Parent Teacher Organization and submit an anti-vandalism program to the Superintendent for approval.

(2) Any unreleased and unexpended appropriations made by Section 5 of Part I of Chapter II of Public Law 28-68 may be expended in Fiscal Year 2007.

(e)           School Nutritional Meals.  Up to Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,500,000) is appropriated from the School Lunch/SAE/Child Nutritional Meal Reimbursement Fund to the Guam Public School System for non-personnel operating expenses incurred in accordance with the established guidelines for said programs.

            (f)            Appropriation to the Guam Public School System for Summer School.  For Fiscal Year 2007, there is hereby appropriated such sums as are necessary from the Summer School Fund established pursuant to §6119 of Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Division 1 of Title 17 Guam Code Annotated, to the Guam Public School System to fund the operations of the 2007 Summer School Program.  The Superintendent of Education shall