Public Act 0573 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0250 Enrolled LRB094 07758 RSP 37936 b

Public Act 094-0573

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 Section 10.04 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3105/10.04) (from Ch. 127, par. 780.04)

Sec. 10.04. Construction and repair of buildings; green building.

(a) 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.

(b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Board shall initiate a series of training workshops across the State to increase awareness and understanding of green building techniques and green building rating systems. The workshops shall be designed for relevant State agency staff, construction industry personnel, and other interested parties.

The Board shall identify no less than 3 construction projects to serve as case studies for achieving certification using nationally recognized and accepted green building guidelines, standards, or systems approved by the State. Consideration shall be given for a variety of representative building types in different geographic regions of the State to provide additional information and data related to the green building design and construction process. The Board shall report its findings to the General Assembly following the completion of the case study projects and in no case later than December 31, 2008.

The Board shall establish a Green Building Advisory Committee to assist the Board in determining guidelines for which State construction and major renovation projects should be developed to green building standards. The guidelines should take into account the size and type of buildings, financing considerations, and other appropriate criteria. The guidelines must take effect within 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and are subject to Board approval or adoption. In addition to using a green building rating system in the building design process, the Committee shall consider the feasibility of requiring certain State construction projects to be certified using a green building rating system.

This subsection (b) of this Section is repealed on January 1, 2009.

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

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

Effective Date: 1/1/2006