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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4313
Introduced 12/27/2005, by Rep. Carolyn H. Krause SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and maintain a program to certify energy-efficient appliances. Provides that, under the program, the Department must identify which appliances qualify as certified energy-efficient appliances and must identify the average first-year kilowatt hours saved, or the equivalent for other fuel saved, by the use of the appliance. Requires the Department to post this information in its Internet website. Effective immediately.
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LRB094 16310 RSP 51558 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by adding Section 605-347 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-347 new)
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| Sec. 605-347. Certification of energy-efficient |
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| appliances. |
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| (a) Before December 31, 2006, the Department must establish |
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| and maintain a program to certify energy-efficient appliances. |
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| (b) For the purpose of this Section, an "energy-efficient |
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| appliance" means any clothes washer, clothes dryer, water |
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| heater, refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, appliance designed |
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| to heat or cool a dwelling, or other major household appliance |
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| that, according to the standards set forth under the federal |
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| Energy Guide, has premium energy-efficient characteristics. |
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| (c) Under this program, the Department must identify which |
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| appliances qualify as certified energy-efficient appliances |
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| and must identify the average first-year kilowatt hours saved, |
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| or the equivalent for other fuel saved, by the use of the |
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| appliance. |
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| (d) The Department must post, on its Internet website, a |
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| list of each certified energy-efficient appliance and the |
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| average first-year kilowatt hours saved, or the equivalent for |
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| other fuel saved, by the use of that appliance.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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