SB0250sam002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 3/15/2005

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 250

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 250 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Capital Development Board Act is amended by changing Sections 3 and 10.04 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3105/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 773)

Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Board" means the Capital Development Board.

"State agency" means and includes each officer, department, board, commission, institution, body politic and corporate of the State including the Illinois Building Authority, school districts, and any other person expending or encumbering State or federal funds by virtue of an appropriation or other authorization by the General Assembly or federal authorization or grant. Except as otherwise expressly authorized by the General Assembly, the term does not include the Department of Transportation, the Department of Natural Resources, or Environmental Protection Agency, except as respects buildings used by the Department or Agency for its officers, employees, or equipment, or any of them, and for capital improvements related to such buildings. Nor does the term include the Illinois Housing Development Authority, the Illinois Finance Authority or the St. Louis Metropolitan Area Airport Authority.

"School District" means any school district or special charter district as defined in Section 1-3 of "The School Code", approved March 18, 1961, as amended, or any administrative district, or governing board, of a joint agreement organized under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code.

"LEED" means Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

"LEED green building rating system" means the self-certifying, consensus-based, green building rating system promulgated by the United States Green Building Council that operates by evaluating a building's environmental performance as to sustainable site planning, improving energy efficiency, conserving materials and resources, embracing indoor environmental quality, and safeguarding water. For purposes of this Act, "LEED green building rating system" refers to the LEED version in use on February 1, 2005.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

(20 ILCS 3105/10.04) (from Ch. 127, par. 780.04)

Sec. 10.04. Construction and repair of buildings; green building.

(a) To construct and repair, or contract for and supervise the construction and repair of, buildings under the control of or for the use of any State agency, as authorized by the General Assembly. To the maximum extent feasible, any construction or repair work shall utilize the best available technologies for minimizing building energy costs as determined through consultation with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Community Affairs.

(b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Board shall initiate a series of training workshops across the State to increase awareness and understanding of green building techniques and the LEED green building rating system. The workshops shall be designed for relevant State agency staff, construction industry personnel, and other interested parties.

The Board shall identify no less than 3 and no more than 5 construction projects to serve as case studies for using the LEED green building rating system. Consideration shall be given for a variety of representative building types in different geographic regions of the State to provide additional information and data related to the green building design and construction process. The Board shall report its findings to the General Assembly following the completion of the case study projects and in no case later than December 31, 2008.

The Board shall establish a Green Building Advisory Committee to assist the Board in determining guidelines for which State construction and major renovation projects should be developed to LEED green building standards (or a hybrid version thereof). The guidelines should take into account the size and type of buildings, financing considerations, and other appropriate criteria. The guidelines must take effect within 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and are subject to Board approval or adoption. In addition to using the LEED green building rating system (or a hybrid version thereof) in the building design process, the Committee shall consider the feasibility of requiring certain State construction projects to be LEED certified.

This subsection (b) of this Section is repealed on January 1, 2009.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; revised 12-6-03.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2006.".