SB2778

The board must still authorize the employee by resolution, and the employee must have a bond equal to the amount required for the district treasurer. An expenditure above $50,000 must still be presented to and approved by the board before payment. Exactly $50,000 does not exceed this particular threshold, but the act does not remove other applicable spending, contracting or oversight requirements. It changes the payment-approval provision, not the district’s total budget or a general purchasing limit. Final law, section 1.

The new rule applies only to purchases made on or after September 1, 2025. Purchases made earlier remain governed by the former law. It is the purchase date, not simply the date an old bill is paid, that the transition provision uses. Final law, section 2.

The sole indexed floor amendment, offered by Representative Oliverson, proposed allowing qualifying districts to provide preventive health services such as immunizations, screenings and checkups, with county approval for districts in counties below 60,000 people. The House first rejected it, then reconsidered and adopted it on May 23. The Senate refused concurrence; the conference committee returned to the Senate version and removed that addition. The conference text and final law contain only the payment-threshold change and its timing rules, so the preventive-care proposal did not become part of SB2778. Amendment text; Amendment disposition; History and journal references; Versions and conference report; Final law.

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Districts using the authorized-employee arrangement can process more payments without the board approval required by this particular dollar threshold. That may reduce administrative delays, while moving more payment responsibility to the authorized employee. The act does not establish actual savings, require a board to delegate payment authority or eliminate the employee’s bond requirement. Final law.

All four posted fiscal notes anticipate no state fiscal implication and no significant local-government fiscal implication. The May 27 conference note, also posted for the enrolled version, supplies no dollar estimate of savings and no new funding. Conference fiscal note.