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Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
Filed: 10/21/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1595
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1595 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-40 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-40)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects; |
| 8 | | green projects. The Capital
Development Board shall exercise |
| 9 | | general supervision over school construction
projects financed |
| 10 | | pursuant to this Article. School districts, however, must be |
| 11 | | allowed to choose the architect and engineer for their school |
| 12 | | construction projects, and no project may be disapproved by the |
| 13 | | State Board of Education or the Capital Development Board |
| 14 | | solely due to a school district's selection of an architect or |
| 15 | | engineer.
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| 16 | | With respect to those school construction projects for |
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| 1 | | which a school district first applies for a grant on or after |
| 2 | | July 1, 2007, the school construction project must receive |
| 3 | | certification from the United States Green Building Council's |
| 4 | | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building |
| 5 | | Rating System or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes |
| 6 | | Green Building Rating System or must meet green building |
| 7 | | standards of the Capital Development Board and its Green |
| 8 | | Building Advisory Committee. With respect to those school |
| 9 | | construction projects for which a school district applies for a |
| 10 | | grant on or after July 1, 2009, the school construction project |
| 11 | | must receive silver certification from the United States Green |
| 12 | | Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental |
| 13 | | Design Green Building Rating System unless all of the following |
| 14 | | are met: |
| 15 | | (1) the application submitted can be categorized as a |
| 16 | | capital need prioritized under item (1) of Section 5-30 of |
| 17 | | this Law; |
| 18 | | (2) the renovation or replacement school construction |
| 19 | | project is less than 40% replacement cost, or the project |
| 20 | | has been granted a waiver by the Capital Development Board |
| 21 | | in consultation with the State Board of Education in |
| 22 | | accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to this Law; |
| 23 | | (3) the school construction project is located in a |
| 24 | | county that borders the Mississippi River with a population |
| 25 | | of more than 33,000 and less than 34,000, according to the |
| 26 | | 2010 decennial census; |
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| 1 | | (4) the school district for which the school |
| 2 | | construction grant will be issued has no more than 1,100 |
| 3 | | students, with the relevant school facility housing no more |
| 4 | | than 700 students; |
| 5 | | (5) the facilities for which the school construction |
| 6 | | grant will be used have been condemned as of July 23, 2012; |
| 7 | | and |
| 8 | | (6) the application for the school construction grant |
| 9 | | has been approved prior to the effective date of this |
| 10 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
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| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 95-416, eff. 8-24-07; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
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| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 13 | | becoming law.".
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