SB0250 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

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. 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. Use of the best available technologies requires that the Capital Development Board use the LEED green building rating system to minimize building energy costs and to provide an objective design and measuring tool of a construction project's environmental, economic, and safety qualities. Any new building construction authorized under this Section and beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly must meet the requirements for LEED basic certification under the LEED green building rating system. Any repair of or retrofit work to an existing building authorized under this Section and beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly must meet the requirements for LEED existing building certification under the LEED green building rating system.

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

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