96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2884

 

Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 230/5-40

    Amends the School Construction Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning supervision of school construction projects.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by
5 changing Section 5-40 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 230/5-40)
7     Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects;
8 green projects. The The Capital Development Board shall
9 exercise general supervision over school construction projects
10 financed pursuant to this Article. School districts, however,
11 must be allowed to choose the architect and engineer for their
12 school construction projects, and no project may be disapproved
13 by the State Board of Education or the Capital Development
14 Board solely due to a school district's selection of an
15 architect or engineer.
16     With respect to those school construction projects for
17 which a school district first applies for a grant on or after
18 July 1, 2007, the school construction project must receive
19 certification from the United States Green Building Council's
20 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building
21 Rating System or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes
22 Green Building Rating System or must meet green building
23 standards of the Capital Development Board and its Green

 

 

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1 Building Advisory Committee.
2 (Source: P.A. 95-416, eff. 8-24-07.)