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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 609
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 609 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Energy Efficient Building Act.
6 Section 5. Findings.
7 (a) The legislature finds that an effective energy
8 efficient building code is essential to:
9 (1) reduce the air pollutant emissions from energy
10 consumption that are affecting the health of residents of
11 this State;
12 (2) moderate future peak electric power demand;
13 (3) assure the reliability of the electrical grid
14 and an adequate supply of home heating oil and natural
15 gas; and
16 (4) control energy costs for residents and
17 businesses in this State.
18 (b) The legislature further finds that this State has a
19 number of unique climate types, all of which require energy
20 for both cooling and heating, and that there are many
21 cost-effective measures that can reduce peak energy use and
22 reduce cooling, heating, and other energy costs in buildings.
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1 Section 10. Definitions.
2 "Board" means the Capital Development Board.
3 "Code" means the 2000 International Energy Conservation
4 Code, the 2001 Supplement to that Code, and the adaptations
5 to the Code that are made by the Board.
6 "Municipality" means any city, village, or incorporated
7 town.
8 Section 15. Energy Efficient Building Code. The Board
9 shall adopt as minimum Code requirements applying to
10 construction of all new residential, commercial, and
11 industrial buildings in the State, the 2000 International
12 Energy Conservation Code and 2001 Supplement to the 2000
13 International Energy Conservation Code as published by the
14 International Code Council. The Board may appropriately
15 adapt the International Energy Conservation Code to apply to
16 the particular economy, population distribution, geography,
17 and climate of the State and construction therein, consistent
18 with the public policy objectives of this Act.
19 Section 20. Applicability.
20 (a) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the Code
21 shall apply to any building or structure in this State for
22 which a building permit application is received by a
23 municipality or county on or after the effective date of this
24 Act.
25 (b) The following buildings shall be exempt from the
26 Energy Efficient Building Code:
27 (1) Buildings otherwise exempt from the provisions
28 of a locally adopted building code and buildings that do
29 not contain a conditioned space.
30 (2) Buildings that do not use either electricity or
31 fossil fuel for comfort conditioning. For purposes of
32 determining whether this exemption applies, a building
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1 will be presumed to be heated by electricity, even in the
2 absence of equipment used for electric comfort heating,
3 whenever the building is provided with electrical service
4 in excess of 100 amps, unless the code enforcement
5 official determines that this electrical service is
6 necessary for purposes other than providing electric
7 comfort heating.
8 (3) Historic buildings. This exemption shall apply
9 to those buildings that are listed on the National
10 Register of Historic Places or the Illinois Register of
11 Historic Places, and to those buildings that have been
12 designated as historically significant by a local
13 governing body that is authorized to make such
14 designations.
15 Section 25. Technical assistance.
16 (a) The Board, or the Illinois Building Commission as
17 directed by the Board, shall make available implementation
18 materials that explain the requirements of the Code and
19 describe methods of compliance acceptable to Code Enforcement
20 Officials.
21 (b) The materials shall include software tools,
22 simplified prescriptive options, and other materials as
23 appropriate. The simplified materials shall be designed for
24 projects in which a design professional may not be involved.
25 (c) The Board shall provide local jurisdictions with
26 technical assistance concerning implementation and
27 enforcement of the Code.
28 Section 30. Enforcement. The Board shall determine
29 procedures for compliance with the Code. These procedures
30 may include but need not be limited to certification by a
31 national, State, or local accredited energy conservation
32 program or inspections from private Code-certified inspectors
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1 using the Code.
2 Section 35. Rules. The Board may adopt any rules that
3 are necessary for the furtherance of this Act.
4 Section 37. Input from interested parties. When
5 developing Code adaptations, rules, and procedures for
6 compliance with the Code, the Capital Development Board, or
7 the Illinois Building Commission as directed by the Board,
8 shall seek input from representatives from the building
9 trades, design professionals, construction professionals,
10 code administrators, and other interested entities affected.
11 Section 40. Home rule. No unit of local government,
12 including any home rule unit, shall have the authority to
13 regulate energy efficient building standards in a manner that
14 is less stringent than the provisions contained in this Act.
15 It is declared to be the law of the State, pursuant to
16 paragraph (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
17 Constitution of 1970, that this Act is a limitation on the
18 authority of a home rule unit to exercise powers concurrently
19 with the State.
20 Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
21 Section 5.595 as follows:
22 (30 ILCS 105/5.595 new)
23 Sec. 5.595. The Energy Efficient Building Fund.
24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect one
25 year after becoming law.".