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Rep. Karen May
Filed: 3/31/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2484
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2484 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Student Referendum All-American Energy Act.
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| Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
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| "Energy-efficiency upgrade" means any improvement, repair,
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| alteration, or betterment of a building or facility, subject to |
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| all
applicable building codes, and any equipment, fixture, or |
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| furnishing
to be added to or used in the building or facility |
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| that is
designed to reduce energy consumption.
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| "President" means the President, Chancellor, or other lead |
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| official of the public institution of higher education. |
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| "Public institution of higher education" means an |
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| institution that is included in the definition of "public |
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| institutions of higher education" under the Board of Higher |
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| Education Act. |
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| "Renewable energy resources" means those resources |
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| included in the definition of "renewable energy resources" |
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| under Section 6-3 of the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency |
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| and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997. In addition, |
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| "renewable energy resources" includes renewable energy |
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| certificates issued with respect to renewable energy resources |
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| located in this State. However, energy produced by methane |
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| recovered from landfills in this State may be counted as a |
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| renewable energy resource for up to, but no more than, 27.5% of |
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| the amount of the total acquired renewable energy resources.
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| Section 10. Student-initiated referendum for an |
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| All-American Energy Fee. |
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| (a) The board of trustees of each public institution of |
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| higher education, in consultation with the institution's |
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| student government body, shall establish procedures providing |
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| for a student-initiated referendum for the imposition of fees |
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| relating to energy-efficiency upgrades or renewable energy |
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| resources on one or more of the institution's campuses. |
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| (b) Students at a public institution of higher education |
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| may, by a majority vote of the students participating in the |
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| referendum, authorize the imposition of an All-American Energy |
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| Fee on students. |
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| (c) The President shall establish reasonable procedures |
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| for the submission of a referendum for an All-American Energy |
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| Fee, the scheduling of the referendum, and the collection of |
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| the fee. |
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| (d) An All-American Energy Fee referendum petition shall |
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| clearly identify the amount of the fee per student being |
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| authorized by the referendum. |
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| (e) The moneys collected from the imposition of fees
from |
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| the student-initiated referendum relating to energy-efficiency
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| upgrades or renewable energy resources must not be dispensed by |
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| the
board of trustees of the public institution of higher |
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| education
without prior consultation with the institution's |
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| student governing body.
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| Section 15. Report. The Board of Higher Education shall |
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| report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than 2 |
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| years following the effective date of this Act. The report |
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| shall include, at a minimum, (i) identification of each public |
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| institution of higher education that has approved an |
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| All-American Energy Fee, (ii) the amount of money raised by the |
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| fee, per institution, and (iii) a description of the projects |
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| funded by the fee, per institution.".
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