Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
Filed: 3/18/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4919
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4919, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Government Buildings Energy Cost Reduction | ||||||
6 | Act of 1991 is amended by adding Section 30 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 3953/30 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 30. Real-time pricing for electricity in State | ||||||
9 | buildings. | ||||||
10 | (a) The Interagency Energy Conservation Committee shall | ||||||
11 | study the feasibility of establishing a real-time pricing pilot | ||||||
12 | program at at least 2 State-owned or State-leased buildings in | ||||||
13 | order to assess the potential savings in energy consumption for | ||||||
14 | the State. | ||||||
15 | (b) Historic buildings that are listed on the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Register of Historic Places, established pursuant to Section 6 |
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1 | of the Illinois Historic Preservation Act, are exempt from the | ||||||
2 | requirements of this Section. | ||||||
3 | (c) The Interagency Energy Conservation Committee shall | ||||||
4 | include its recommendations for implementing real-time pricing | ||||||
5 | in State-owned or State-leased buildings in its annual | ||||||
6 | assessment report to the Governor and General Assembly. | ||||||
7 | (d) For purposes of this Section, "real-time pricing" has | ||||||
8 | the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 16-102 of | ||||||
9 | the Public Utilities Act. | ||||||
10 | (e) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that | ||||||
11 | may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head | ||||||
12 | under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to | ||||||
13 | make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions | ||||||
14 | of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, | ||||||
15 | however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to | ||||||
16 | implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
17 | the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to | ||||||
18 | the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House | ||||||
19 | and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the | ||||||
20 | General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
21 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
22 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
23 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
24 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
25 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
26 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of |
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1 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
2 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
3 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
4 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
6 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
7 | jurisdiction of the Governor.
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
9 | 2008.".
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