HB4919eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4919 Engrossed LRB095 18972 AMC 45143 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Government Buildings Energy Cost Reduction Act of 1991 is amended by adding Section 30 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3953/30 new)

Sec. 30. Real-time pricing for electricity in State buildings.

(a) The Interagency Energy Conservation Committee shall study the feasibility of establishing a real-time pricing pilot program at at least 2 State-owned or State-leased buildings in order to assess the potential savings in energy consumption for the State.

(b) Historic buildings that are listed on the Illinois Register of Historic Places, established pursuant to Section 6 of the Illinois Historic Preservation Act, are exempt from the requirements of this Section.

(c) The Interagency Energy Conservation Committee shall include its recommendations for implementing real-time pricing in State-owned or State-leased buildings in its annual assessment report to the Governor and General Assembly.

(d) For purposes of this Section, "real-time pricing" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act.

(e) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the jurisdiction of the Governor.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2008.