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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1859 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Construction Law. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning supervision of school construction projects.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1859 | | LRB098 06169 NHT 36210 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-40 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-40)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects; |
| 8 | | green projects. The
The Capital
Development Board shall |
| 9 | | exercise general supervision over school construction
projects |
| 10 | | financed pursuant to this Article. School districts, however, |
| 11 | | must be allowed to choose the architect and engineer for their |
| 12 | | school construction projects, and no project may be disapproved |
| 13 | | by the State Board of Education or the Capital Development |
| 14 | | Board solely due to a school district's selection of an |
| 15 | | architect or engineer.
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| 16 | | With respect to those school construction projects for |
| 17 | | which a school district first applies for a grant on or after |
| 18 | | July 1, 2007, the school construction project must receive |
| 19 | | certification from the United States Green Building Council's |
| 20 | | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building |
| 21 | | Rating System or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes |
| 22 | | Green Building Rating System or must meet green building |
| 23 | | standards of the Capital Development Board and its Green |