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Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Filed: 5/1/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3194
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3194, on page 6, by |
| 3 | | inserting immediately below line 15 the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 10. The Energy Assistance Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1407)
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| 7 | | Sec. 7. State Weatherization Plan and Program.
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| 8 | | (a) The Department shall, after consultation with the |
| 9 | | Policy Advisory
Council, prepare and promulgate an annual State |
| 10 | | Weatherization Plan
beginning in the year this Act becomes |
| 11 | | effective. To the extent
practicable, such Plan shall provide |
| 12 | | for targeting use of both State and
federal weatherization |
| 13 | | funds to the households of eligible applicants
pursuant to this |
| 14 | | Act whose ratios of energy costs to income are the
highest. The |
| 15 | | State Weatherization Plan shall include but need not be
limited |
| 16 | | to the following:
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| 1 | | (1) a description of the demographic characteristics |
| 2 | | and energy use
patterns of people eligible for assistance |
| 3 | | pursuant to this Act;
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| 4 | | (2) the methodology used by the Department in targeting |
| 5 | | weatherization
funds;
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| 6 | | (3) a description of anticipated activity and results |
| 7 | | for the year
covered by the Plan, including an estimate of |
| 8 | | energy cost savings expected
to be realized by the |
| 9 | | weatherization program; and
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| 10 | | (4) every third year, beginning in 2002, an evaluation |
| 11 | | of
results from the weatherization program in the
year |
| 12 | | preceding the plan year, including the effect of State |
| 13 | | Weatherization
Program investments on energy consumption |
| 14 | | and cost in the population
eligible for assistance pursuant |
| 15 | | to this Act, and the effect of targeted
weatherization |
| 16 | | investments on the costs of the energy assistance program
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| 17 | | authorized by this Act.
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| 18 | | (b) The Department shall implement the State |
| 19 | | Weatherization Plan
by rule through a program which provides |
| 20 | | targeted weatherization assistance to
eligible applicants for |
| 21 | | energy assistance pursuant to this Act.
The Department may |
| 22 | | enter into such contracts and other arrangements with
local |
| 23 | | agencies as may be necessary for the purpose of administering |
| 24 | | the
weatherization program. Individuals performing |
| 25 | | weatherization work under the weatherization program shall be |
| 26 | | paid in accordance with the hourly wages associated with the |