SB2456 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2456

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3125/1
20 ILCS 3125/5
20 ILCS 3125/10
20 ILCS 3125/15
20 ILCS 3125/20
20 ILCS 3125/45

Amends the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Act. Changes the short title to the Energy Efficient Building Act. Provides that the Code adopted under the Act applies to any new building or structure (rather than any commercial building or structure). Deletes language providing that residential buildings are exempt from the Code. Adds language providing that additions, alterations, renovations, or repairs to existing residential structures are exempt from the Code. Provides any unit of government that has adopted the efficiency standards of the 2000 International Energy Conservation Code, with the 2001 supplement, on or before January 1, 2007, may continue to regulate energy efficient building standards under that Code. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning energy efficiency.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 90. The Energy Efficient Commercial Building Act is amended by changing Sections 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 45 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3125/1)

Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Act.

(Source: P.A. 93-936, eff. 8-13-04.)

(20 ILCS 3125/5)

Sec. 5. Findings.

(a) The legislature finds that an effective energy efficient commercial building code is essential to:

(1) reduce the air pollutant emissions from energy consumption that are affecting the health of residents of this State;

(2) moderate future peak electric power demand;

(3) assure the reliability of the electrical grid and an adequate supply of heating oil and natural gas; and

(4) control energy costs for residents and businesses in this State.

(b) The legislature further finds that this State has a number of different climate types, all of which require energy for both cooling and heating, and that there are many cost-effective measures that can reduce peak energy use and reduce cooling, heating, lighting, and other energy costs in commercial buildings.

(Source: P.A. 93-936, eff. 8-13-04.)

(20 ILCS 3125/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions.

"Board" means the Capital Development Board.

"Building" includes both residential buildings and commercial buildings.

"Code" means the latest published edition of the International Code Council's International Energy Conservation Code, excluding published supplements but including the adaptations to the Code that are made by the Board.

"Commercial building" means any building except a building that is a residential building, as defined in this Section.

"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

"Municipality" means any city, village, or incorporated town.

"Residential building" means (i) a detached one-family or 2-family dwelling or (ii) any building that is 3 stories or less in height above grade that contains multiple dwelling units, in which the occupants reside on a primarily permanent basis, such as a townhouse, a row house, an apartment house, a convent, a monastery, a rectory, a fraternity or sorority house, a dormitory, and a rooming house.

(Source: P.A. 93-936, eff. 8-13-04; 94-815, eff. 5-26-06.)

(20 ILCS 3125/15)

Sec. 15. Energy Efficient Building Code. The Board, in consultation with the Department, shall adopt the Code as minimum requirements applying to the construction of, renovations to, and additions to all commercial buildings in the State. The Board may appropriately adapt the International Energy Conservation Code to apply to the particular economy, population distribution, geography, and climate of the State and construction therein, consistent with the public policy objectives of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 93-936, eff. 8-13-04.)

(20 ILCS 3125/20)

Sec. 20. Applicability.

(a) The Code shall take effect one year after it is adopted by the Board and shall apply to any new commercial building or structure in this State for which a building permit application is received by a municipality or county, except as otherwise provided by this Act. In the case of any addition, alteration, renovation, or repair to an existing commercial structure, the Code adopted under this Act applies only to the portions of that structure that are being added, altered, renovated, or repaired.

(b) The following buildings shall be exempt from the Code:

(1) Buildings otherwise exempt from the provisions of a locally adopted building code and buildings that do not contain a conditioned space.

(2) Buildings that do not use either electricity or fossil fuel for comfort conditioning. For purposes of determining whether this exemption applies, a building will be presumed to be heated by electricity, even in the absence of equipment used for electric comfort heating, whenever the building is provided with electrical service in excess of 100 amps, unless the code enforcement official determines that this electrical service is necessary for purposes other than providing electric comfort heating.

(3) Historic buildings. This exemption shall apply to those buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the Illinois Register of Historic Places, and to those buildings that have been designated as historically significant by a local governing body that is authorized to make such designations.

(4) Additions, alterations, renovations, or repairs to existing residential structures Residential buildings.

(5) Other buildings specified as exempt by the International Energy Conservation Code.

(Source: P.A. 93-936, eff. 8-13-04.)

(20 ILCS 3125/45)

Sec. 45. Home rule. Unless otherwise provided in this Section, no No unit of local government, including any home rule unit, may regulate energy efficient building standards in a manner that is less stringent than the provisions contained in this Act. Any unit of local government that has adopted the efficiency standards of the 2000 International Energy Conservation Code, including the 2001 supplement, on or before January 1, 2007, may continue to regulate energy efficient building standards under that Code.

This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State. Nothing in this Section, however, prevents a unit of local government from adopting an energy efficiency code or standards that are more stringent than the Code under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 93-936, eff. 8-13-04.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.