94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0250

 

Introduced 2/3/2005, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3105/3   from Ch. 127, par. 773
20 ILCS 3105/10.04   from Ch. 127, par. 780.04

    Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Requires the Board to implement the LEED green building rating system. Requires any new building, repair, or retrofit construction work authorized by the Board to meet the requirements for LEED certification. Defines "LEED" and "LEED green building rating system". Effective January 1, 2006.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Capital Development Board Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 3 and 10.04 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 3105/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 773)
7     Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
8 requires:
9     "Board" means the Capital Development Board.
10     "State agency" means and includes each officer,
11 department, board, commission, institution, body politic and
12 corporate of the State including the Illinois Building
13 Authority, school districts, and any other person expending or
14 encumbering State or federal funds by virtue of an
15 appropriation or other authorization by the General Assembly or
16 federal authorization or grant. Except as otherwise expressly
17 authorized by the General Assembly, the term does not include
18 the Department of Transportation, the Department of Natural
19 Resources, or Environmental Protection Agency, except as
20 respects buildings used by the Department or Agency for its
21 officers, employees, or equipment, or any of them, and for
22 capital improvements related to such buildings. Nor does the
23 term include the Illinois Housing Development Authority, the
24 Illinois Finance Authority or the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
25 Airport Authority.
26     "School District" means any school district or special
27 charter district as defined in Section 1-3 of "The School
28 Code", approved March 18, 1961, as amended, or any
29 administrative district, or governing board, of a joint
30 agreement organized under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code.
31     "LEED" means Leadership in Energy and Environmental
32 Design.

 

 

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1     "LEED green building rating system", means the
2 self-certifying, consensus-based, green building rating system
3 promulgated by the United States Green Building Council that
4 operates by evaluating a building's environmental performance
5 as to sustainable site planning, improving energy efficiency,
6 conserving materials and resources, embracing indoor
7 environmental quality, and safeguarding water. For purposes of
8 this Act, "LEED green building rating system" refers to the
9 LEED version in use on February 1, 2005.
10 (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
11     (20 ILCS 3105/10.04)  (from Ch. 127, par. 780.04)
12     Sec. 10.04. To construct and repair, or contract for and
13 supervise the construction and repair of, buildings under the
14 control of or for the use of any State agency, as authorized by
15 the General Assembly. To the maximum extent feasible, any
16 construction or repair work shall utilize the best available
17 technologies for minimizing building energy costs as
18 determined through consultation with the Department of
19 Commerce and Economic Opportunity Community Affairs. Use of the
20 best available technologies requires that the Capital
21 Development Board use the LEED green building rating system to
22 minimize building energy costs and to provide an objective
23 design and measuring tool of a construction project's
24 environmental, economic, and safety qualities. Any new
25 building construction authorized under this Section and
26 beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
27 of the 94th General Assembly must meet the requirements for
28 LEED basic certification under the LEED green building rating
29 system. Any repair of or retrofit work to an existing building
30 authorized under this Section and beginning on or after the
31 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
32 Assembly must meet the requirements for LEED existing building
33 certification under the LEED green building rating system.
34 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; revised 12-6-03.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
2 1, 2006.