SB2009sam003 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dale A. Righter

Filed: 3/25/2009

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2009

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2009, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Public University Energy Conservation Act is amended by changing Section 5-10 as follows:

(110 ILCS 62/5-10)

Sec. 5-10. Energy conservation measure.

(a) "Energy conservation measure" means any improvement, repair, alteration, or betterment of any building or facility, subject to all applicable building codes, owned or operated by a public university or any equipment, fixture, or furnishing to be added to or used in any such building or facility that is designed to reduce energy consumption or operating costs, and may include, without limitation, one or more of the following:

(1) Insulation of the building structure or systems within the building.

(2) Storm windows or doors, caulking or weatherstripping, multiglazed windows or doors, heat absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated window or door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, or other window and door system modifications that reduce energy consumption.

(3) Automated or computerized energy control systems.

(4) Heating, ventilating, or air conditioning system modifications or replacements.

(5) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures to increase the energy efficiency of the lighting system without increasing the overall illumination of a facility, unless an increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable State or local building code for the lighting system after the proposed modifications are made.

(6) Energy recovery systems.

(7) Energy conservation measures that provide long-term operating cost reductions.

(b) Until January 1, 2015, "energy conservation measure" includes a renewable energy center pilot project at Eastern Illinois University, provided that:

(1) the University signs a partnership contract with the energy conservation measure provider as provided in the Public University Energy Conservation Act;

(2) the University has joint responsibility for the contractor's actions with regard to applicable laws;

(3) the University obtains a performance bond to guarantee the energy savings in accordance with the Public University Energy Conservation Act;

(4) the University and the partnership entity follow all aspects of the Prevailing Wage Act as provided by the Public University Energy Conservation Act;

(5) the University and the contractor use an approved subcontractor list from the Capital Development Board (CDB), unless the University needs work done that is not typically done by the subcontractors on CDB's list;

(6) the University shall allow a representative from CDB to monitor the project provided that such CDB involvement is at no cost to the University; and

(7) the University requires the contractor to follow the provisions of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act and the Public Works Employment Discrimination Act as provided in the Public University Energy Conservation Act.

The provisions of this subsection (b), other than this sentence, are inoperative after January 1, 2015.

(Source: P.A. 94-1062, eff. 7-31-06.)".