Full Text of HJR0045 96th General Assembly
HJ0045eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 45
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago Chapter of the United States Green | 3 |
| Building Council (USGBC), in cooperation with civic and | 4 |
| corporate partners, has announced a project to help 3 Illinois | 5 |
| public schools (one in Chicago, one in the suburbs, and one | 6 |
| downstate) achieve certification under the USGBC's Leadership | 7 |
| in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard for existing | 8 |
| buildings; and
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| WHEREAS, The LEED building rating system provides | 10 |
| standards for environmentally sustainable construction; and
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| WHEREAS, Thousands of buildings throughout the United | 12 |
| States and other countries have become LEED certified; and
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| WHEREAS, This project will cover all of the additional | 14 |
| costs of achieving LEED certification and will provide | 15 |
| resources to project schools to allow them to determine how to | 16 |
| shift costs from materials and services that negatively impact | 17 |
| the environment toward those that improve the environment; and
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| WHEREAS, This project provides a model for a statewide | 19 |
| campaign to transform every existing Illinois public school | 20 |
| into a green school so that within a generation every child in | 21 |
| Illinois can attend a green school; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 3 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that a Task Force shall be created to | 4 |
| investigate how to retrofit 3 public schools in the State of | 5 |
| Illinois to achieve LEED certification; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed of one | 7 |
| individual appointed by the Chair of the Chicago Chapter of the | 8 |
| USGBC, who shall serve as the Chair of the Task Force; one | 9 |
| individual appointed by the Director of Commerce and Economic | 10 |
| Opportunity; one individual appointed by the Executive | 11 |
| Director of the Capital Development Board; one individual, | 12 |
| appointed by the Governor, from the Illinois Green Government | 13 |
| Coordinating Council; one individual appointed by the State | 14 |
| Superintendent of Education; one individual appointed by the | 15 |
| Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives; one | 16 |
| individual appointed by the Minority Leader of the Illinois | 17 |
| House of Representatives; one individual appointed by the | 18 |
| President of the Illinois Senate; and one individual appointed | 19 |
| by the Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate; and be it | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall develop the | 22 |
| infrastructure for a statewide program coincident to the | 23 |
| USGBC's project; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall, in a written report | 2 |
| that is to be delivered to the General Assembly on or before | 3 |
| November 1, 2010, make findings and recommendations concerning | 4 |
| the creation and financing of a system to ensure that existing | 5 |
| public schools are retrofitted and new public schools are | 6 |
| constructed in a manner that promotes energy efficiency and | 7 |
| sustainability; and be it further | 8 |
| RESOLVED, That the Capital Development Board shall provide | 9 |
| administrative and other support to the Task Force; and be it | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall be | 12 |
| reimbursed for their travel expenses from appropriations to the | 13 |
| Capital Development Board available for that purpose and | 14 |
| subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control board; | 15 |
| and be it further | 16 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution shall be | 17 |
| delivered to the Chairperson of the Chicago Chapter of the | 18 |
| USGBC, the Executive Director of the Capital Development Board, | 19 |
| the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the | 20 |
| State Superintendent of Education.
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