Public Act 098-0623
 
SB1595 EnrolledLRB098 09057 HLH 39193 b

    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by
changing Section 5-40 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 230/5-40)
    Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects;
green projects. The Capital Development Board shall exercise
general supervision over school construction projects financed
pursuant to this Article. School districts, however, must be
allowed to choose the architect and engineer for their school
construction projects, and no project may be disapproved by the
State Board of Education or the Capital Development Board
solely due to a school district's selection of an architect or
engineer.
    With respect to those school construction projects for
which a school district first applies for a grant on or after
July 1, 2007, the school construction project must receive
certification from the United States Green Building Council's
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building
Rating System or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes
Green Building Rating System or must meet green building
standards of the Capital Development Board and its Green
Building Advisory Committee. With respect to those school
construction projects for which a school district applies for a
grant on or after July 1, 2009, the school construction project
must receive silver certification from the United States Green
Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design Green Building Rating System unless all of the following
are met:
        (1) the application submitted can be categorized as a
    capital need prioritized under item (1) of Section 5-30 of
    this Law;
        (2) the renovation or replacement school construction
    project is less than 40% replacement cost, or the project
    has been granted a waiver by the Capital Development Board
    in consultation with the State Board of Education in
    accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to this Law;
        (3) the school construction project is located in a
    county that borders the Mississippi River with a population
    of more than 33,000 and less than 34,000, according to the
    2010 decennial census;
        (4) the school district for which the school
    construction grant will be issued has no more than 1,100
    students, with the relevant school facility housing no more
    than 700 students;
        (5) the facilities for which the school construction
    grant will be used have been condemned as of July 23, 2012;
    and
        (6) the application for the school construction grant
    has been approved prior to the effective date of this
    amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 95-416, eff. 8-24-07; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 1/7/2014