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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 250
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 250 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Capital Development Board Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 10.04 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 3105/10.04) (from Ch. 127, par. 780.04)
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7 | Sec. 10.04. Construction and repair of buildings; green | ||||||
8 | building.
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9 | (a) To construct and repair, or contract for and supervise | ||||||
10 | the
construction and repair of, buildings under the control of | ||||||
11 | or for the use
of any State agency, as authorized by the | ||||||
12 | General Assembly. To the maximum
extent feasible, any | ||||||
13 | construction or repair work shall utilize the best
available | ||||||
14 | technologies for minimizing building energy costs as | ||||||
15 | determined
through consultation with the Department of | ||||||
16 | Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Community Affairs . | ||||||
17 | (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
18 | of the 94th General Assembly, the Board shall initiate a series | ||||||
19 | of training workshops across the State to increase awareness | ||||||
20 | and understanding of green building techniques and green | ||||||
21 | building rating systems. The workshops shall be designed for | ||||||
22 | relevant State agency staff, construction industry personnel, | ||||||
23 | and other interested parties.
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24 | The Board shall identify no less than 3 construction |
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1 | projects to serve as case studies for achieving certification | ||||||
2 | using nationally recognized and accepted green building | ||||||
3 | guidelines, standards, or systems approved by the State. | ||||||
4 | Consideration shall be given for a variety of representative | ||||||
5 | building types in different geographic regions of the State to | ||||||
6 | provide additional information and data related to the green | ||||||
7 | building design and construction process. The Board shall | ||||||
8 | report its findings to the General Assembly following the | ||||||
9 | completion of the case study projects and in no case later than | ||||||
10 | December 31, 2008.
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11 | The Board shall establish a Green Building Advisory | ||||||
12 | Committee to assist the Board in determining guidelines for | ||||||
13 | which State construction and major renovation projects should | ||||||
14 | be developed to green building standards. The guidelines should | ||||||
15 | take into account the size and type of buildings, financing | ||||||
16 | considerations, and other appropriate criteria. The guidelines | ||||||
17 | must take effect within 3 years after the effective date of | ||||||
18 | this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and are | ||||||
19 | subject to Board approval or adoption. In addition to using a | ||||||
20 | green building rating system in the building design process, | ||||||
21 | the Committee shall consider the feasibility of requiring | ||||||
22 | certain State construction projects to be certified using a | ||||||
23 | green building rating system. | ||||||
24 | This subsection (b) of this Section is repealed on January | ||||||
25 | 1, 2009.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; revised 12-6-03.)
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27 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
28 | 1, 2006.".
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