Rep. Patrick J Verschoore

Filed: 3/18/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4919

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4919, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Government Buildings Energy Cost Reduction
6 Act of 1991 is amended by adding Section 30 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 3953/30 new)
8     Sec. 30. Real-time pricing for electricity in State
9 buildings.
10     (a) The Interagency Energy Conservation Committee shall
11 study the feasibility of establishing a real-time pricing pilot
12 program at at least 2 State-owned or State-leased buildings in
13 order to assess the potential savings in energy consumption for
14 the State.
15     (b) Historic buildings that are listed on the Illinois
16 Register of Historic Places, established pursuant to Section 6

 

 

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1 of the Illinois Historic Preservation Act, are exempt from the
2 requirements of this Section.
3     (c) The Interagency Energy Conservation Committee shall
4 include its recommendations for implementing real-time pricing
5 in State-owned or State-leased buildings in its annual
6 assessment report to the Governor and General Assembly.
7     (d) For purposes of this Section, "real-time pricing" has
8 the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 16-102 of
9 the Public Utilities Act.
10     (e) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that
11 may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head
12 under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to
13 make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions
14 of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If,
15 however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to
16 implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of
17 the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to
18 the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House
19 and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the
20 General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those
21 suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action
22 in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this
23 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be
24 interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other
25 Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise
26 explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of

 

 

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1 the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning
2 contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative
3 Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the
4 meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois
5 Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such
6 definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the
7 jurisdiction of the Governor.
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
9 2008.".