Full Text of HB1464 101st General Assembly
HB1464 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB1464 Introduced 1/29/2019, by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Local Government Energy Conservation Act. Changes the definition of "unit of local government" to be consistent with the Illinois Constitution's definition, except that "unit of local government" also includes a school district as used in the Act. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Local Government Energy Conservation Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
| 6 | | (50 ILCS 515/5)
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 8 | | context clearly
requires otherwise:
| 9 | | "Energy conservation
measure" means any improvement, | 10 | | repair, alteration, or betterment of any
building or facility | 11 | | owned or operated by a unit of local government or any
| 12 | | equipment, fixture, or furnishing to be added to or used in any
| 13 | | such building or facility, subject to all applicable building | 14 | | codes,
that is designed to reduce
energy consumption or | 15 | | operating costs, and may include, without limitation,
one or | 16 | | more of the following:
| 17 | | (1) Insulation of the building structure or systems | 18 | | within the building.
| 19 | | (2) Storm windows or doors, caulking or | 20 | | weatherstripping, multiglazed
windows or doors, heat | 21 | | absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated
window or | 22 | | door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass | 23 | | area, or
other window and door system modifications that |
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| 1 | | reduce energy consumption.
| 2 | | (3) Automated or computerized energy control systems.
| 3 | | (4) Heating, ventilating, or air conditioning system | 4 | | modifications or
replacements.
| 5 | | (5) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures | 6 | | to increase the
energy efficiency of the lighting system | 7 | | without increasing the overall
illumination of a facility, | 8 | | unless an increase in illumination is necessary
to conform | 9 | | to the applicable State or local building code for the | 10 | | lighting
system after the proposed modifications are made.
| 11 | | (6) Energy recovery systems.
| 12 | | (7)
Energy conservation measures that provide | 13 | | long-term operating cost
reductions.
| 14 | | "Guaranteed energy savings contract" means a contract for: | 15 | | (i) the
implementation of an
energy audit, data collection, and | 16 | | other related analyses preliminary to
the undertaking of energy | 17 | | conservation measures; (ii) the evaluation and
recommendation | 18 | | of
energy conservation measures; (iii) the implementation of | 19 | | one or more
energy conservation measures; and (iv) the | 20 | | implementation of project
monitoring and data collection to | 21 | | verify post-installation energy
consumption and energy-related | 22 | | operating costs. The contract shall provide
that all payments, | 23 | | except
obligations on termination of the contract before its | 24 | | expiration, are to be
made over time and that the savings are | 25 | | guaranteed to the extent necessary
to pay the costs of
the | 26 | | energy conservation measures. Energy savings may include |
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| 1 | | energy reduction and offsetting sources of renewable energy | 2 | | funds including renewable energy credits and carbon credits.
| 3 | | "Qualified provider" means a person
or business whose | 4 | | employees are experienced and trained in the design,
| 5 | | implementation, or installation of
energy conservation | 6 | | measures. The minimum training required for any person
or | 7 | | employee under this paragraph shall be the satisfactory | 8 | | completion of at
least 40 hours of course instruction dealing | 9 | | with energy conservation
measures. A qualified provider to whom | 10 | | the contract is
awarded shall give a sufficient bond to the | 11 | | unit of local government for its
faithful performance.
| 12 | | "Request for proposals" means a
competitive selection | 13 | | achieved by negotiated procurement. The request for proposals | 14 | | shall be announced
through at least one public notice, at least | 15 | | 14 days before the request
date in a newspaper published in the | 16 | | territory comprising the unit of local
government or, if no | 17 | | newspaper is
published in that territory, in a newspaper of | 18 | | general circulation in the
area of the unit of local | 19 | | government, from a unit of local government that will
| 20 | | administer the
program, requesting innovative solutions and | 21 | | proposals for energy
conservation measures. Proposals | 22 | | submitted shall be sealed. The request
for proposals shall | 23 | | include all of the following:
| 24 | | (1) The name and address of the unit of local | 25 | | government.
| 26 | | (2) The name, address, title, and phone number of a |
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| 1 | | contact person.
| 2 | | (3) Notice indicating that the unit of local government | 3 | | is requesting
qualified
providers to propose energy | 4 | | conservation measures through a guaranteed
energy savings | 5 | | contract.
| 6 | | (4) The date, time, and place where proposals must be | 7 | | received.
| 8 | | (5) The evaluation criteria for assessing the | 9 | | proposals.
| 10 | | (6) Any other stipulations and clarifications the unit | 11 | | of local government
may require.
| 12 | | "Unit of local government" includes any unit of local | 13 | | government as defined in the Illinois Constitution of 1970 and | 14 | | also includes a school district means a county, township,
| 15 | | municipality, or park district .
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1197, eff. 7-22-10.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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