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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 45


 
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    WHEREAS, The Chicago Chapter of the United States Green 
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Building Council (USGBC), in cooperation with civic and 
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corporate partners, has announced a project to help 3 Illinois 
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public schools (one in Chicago, one in the suburbs, and one 
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downstate) achieve certification under the USGBC's Leadership 
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in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard for existing 
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buildings; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The LEED building rating system provides 
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standards for environmentally sustainable construction; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Thousands of buildings throughout the United 
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States and other countries have become LEED certified; and

 
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    WHEREAS, This project will cover all of the additional 
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costs of achieving LEED certification and will provide 
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resources to project schools to allow them to determine how to 
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shift costs from materials and services that negatively impact 
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the environment toward those that improve the environment; and


 
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    WHEREAS, This project provides a model for a statewide 
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campaign to transform every existing Illinois public school 
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into a green school so that within a generation every child in 
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Illinois can attend a green school; therefore, be it

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
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SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that a Task Force shall be created to 
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investigate how to retrofit 3 public schools in the State of 
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Illinois to achieve LEED certification; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed of one 
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individual appointed by the Chair of the Chicago Chapter of the 
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USGBC, who shall serve as the Chair of the Task Force; one 
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individual appointed by the Director of Commerce and Economic 
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Opportunity; one individual appointed by the Executive 
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Director of the Capital Development Board; one individual, 
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appointed by the Governor,  from the Illinois Green Government 
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Coordinating Council; one individual appointed by the State 
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Superintendent of Education; one individual appointed by the 
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Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives; one 
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individual appointed by the Minority Leader of the Illinois 
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House of Representatives; one individual appointed by the 
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President of the Illinois Senate; and one individual appointed 
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by the Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate; and be it 
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further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall develop the 
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infrastructure for a statewide program coincident to the 
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USGBC's project; and be it further
 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall, in a written report 
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that is to be delivered to the General Assembly on or before 
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November 1, 2010, make findings and recommendations concerning  
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the creation and financing  of  a system to ensure that  existing 
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public schools are retrofitted and new  public schools are 
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constructed in a manner that promotes energy efficiency and 
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sustainability; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Capital Development Board shall provide 
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administrative and other support to the Task Force; and be it 
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further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall be 
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reimbursed for their travel expenses from appropriations to the 
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Capital Development Board available for that purpose and 
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subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control board; 
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and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution shall be 
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delivered to the Chairperson of the Chicago Chapter of the 
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USGBC, the Executive Director of the Capital Development Board, 
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the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and  the 
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State Superintendent of Education.