Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-67
LOC 67
CPA Field Rehabilitation
Messrs. Hedlund, Knapik, Ross and Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section xx the following new section:
SECTION XX. Section 2 of chapter 44B, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by removing the definition of "Rehabilitation" and "Preservation" and "Historic Resources" and inserting the following paragraphs:
"Rehabilitation," capital improvements or the making of extraordinary repairs to historic resources, open spaces, lands for recreational use and community housing, for the purpose of making such historic resources, open spaces, lands for recreational use and community housing functional for their intended use, including but not limited to improvements to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other federal, state or local building or access codes. With respect to historic resources, rehabilitation shall comply with the Standards for Rehabilitation stated in the United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties codified in 36 C.F.R. Part 68. With respect to land for recreational use, rehabilitation shall include the replacement of playground equipment and other capital improvements to the land or the facilities thereon which make the land or the related facilities more functional for the related recreational use.
"Preservation," protection of personal or real property from injury, harm or destruction.
"Historic Resources," a building, structure, vessel, real property, document or artifact that is listed on the state register of historic places or has been determined by the local historic preservation commission to be significant in the history, archaeology, architecture or culture of a city or town.
"Support of Community housing", shall include, but not be limited to, programs that provide grants, loans, rental assistance, security deposits, interest-rate write downs or other forms of assistance directly to individuals and families who are eligible for community housing, or to housing, for the purpose of making housing affordable.
"Maintenance", incidental repairs which neither materially add to the value of the property nor appreciably prolong the property's life, but keeps the property in a condition of fitness, efficiency, and/or readiness.
"Capital Improvement", reconstruction or alteration to, or of, real property that: (1) materially adds to the value of the real property, or appreciably prolongs the useful life of the real property; (2) becomes part of the real property or is permanently affixed to the real property so that removal would cause material damage to the property or article itself; and (3) is intended to become a permanent installation or is intended to remain there for an indefinite period of time.