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| Public Act 098-0623 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning finance.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by | ||||
changing Section 5-40 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 230/5-40)
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Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects; | ||||
green projects. The Capital
Development Board shall exercise | ||||
general supervision over school construction
projects financed | ||||
pursuant to this Article. School districts, however, must be | ||||
allowed to choose the architect and engineer for their school | ||||
construction projects, and no project may be disapproved by the | ||||
State Board of Education or the Capital Development Board | ||||
solely due to a school district's selection of an architect or | ||||
engineer.
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With respect to those school construction projects for | ||||
which a school district first applies for a grant on or after | ||||
July 1, 2007, the school construction project must receive | ||||
certification from the United States Green Building Council's | ||||
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building | ||||
Rating System or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes | ||||
Green Building Rating System or must meet green building | ||||
standards of the Capital Development Board and its Green | ||||
Building Advisory Committee. With respect to those school | ||
construction projects for which a school district applies for a | ||
grant on or after July 1, 2009, the school construction project | ||
must receive silver certification from the United States Green | ||
Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental | ||
Design Green Building Rating System unless all of the following | ||
are met: | ||
(1) the application submitted can be categorized as a | ||
capital need prioritized under item (1) of Section 5-30 of | ||
this Law; | ||
(2) the renovation or replacement school construction | ||
project is less than 40% replacement cost, or the project | ||
has been granted a waiver by the Capital Development Board | ||
in consultation with the State Board of Education in | ||
accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to this Law; | ||
(3) the school construction project is located in a | ||
county that borders the Mississippi River with a population | ||
of more than 33,000 and less than 34,000, according to the | ||
2010 decennial census; | ||
(4) the school district for which the school | ||
construction grant will be issued has no more than 1,100 | ||
students, with the relevant school facility housing no more | ||
than 700 students; | ||
(5) the facilities for which the school construction | ||
grant will be used have been condemned as of July 23, 2012; | ||
and | ||
(6) the application for the school construction grant | ||
has been approved prior to the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
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(Source: P.A. 95-416, eff. 8-24-07; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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