Full Text of HB5113 95th General Assembly
HB5113eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning State buildings.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Green | 5 |
| Buildings Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Findings.
The General Assembly finds that an | 7 |
| efficient green building plan is essential to: | 8 |
| (1) reduce the increasing costs of energy for public | 9 |
| buildings and reduce the State's overall energy usage; | 10 |
| (2) preserve the environment and make State buildings | 11 |
| better for those who work and study in them, as well as the | 12 |
| area around them; and | 13 |
| (3) cut pollution, moderate peak energy demand, better | 14 |
| assure the reliability of energy studies, and stabilize energy | 15 |
| costs.
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| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 17 |
| "Board" means the Capital Development Board. | 18 |
| "USGBC" means the United States Green Building Council. | 19 |
| "LEED" means the USGBC Leadership in Energy and | 20 |
| Environmental Design green building rating standard. | 21 |
| "GBI" means The Green Building Initiative. | 22 |
| "Green Globes" means the GBI green building construction |
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| module. | 2 |
| "Major renovation" means a project with a construction | 3 |
| budget that equals 40% or more of the building's current | 4 |
| replacement cost.
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| Section 15. Green Buildings Standards.
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| (a) All new state-funded building construction and major | 7 |
| renovations of existing state-owned facilities are required to | 8 |
| seek LEED certification. | 9 |
| (b) All construction and major renovation projects, | 10 |
| regardless of size, must achieve the highest level of | 11 |
| certification practical within the project budget. | 12 |
| (1) New buildings and major renovations of less than | 13 |
| 10,000 square feet must meet the highest standard of the | 14 |
| Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's rating | 15 |
| system for new commercial construction and major | 16 |
| renovation projects, as established by the United States | 17 |
| Green Building Council, or an equivalent standard, | 18 |
| including The Green Building Initiative's Green Globes USA | 19 |
| design program. USGBC LEED certification is not required. | 20 |
| (2) New buildings and major renovations of less than | 21 |
| 10,000 square feet must achieve the silver building rating | 22 |
| of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Designs | 23 |
| rating system for new commercial construction and major | 24 |
| renovation projects, as established by the United States | 25 |
| Green Building Council, or an equivalent standard, |
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| including, but not limited to, a two-globe rating in the | 2 |
| Green Globes USA design program. USGBC LEED or GBI Green | 3 |
| Globes certification is required. | 4 |
| (c) Exemptions to these standards are buildings that are | 5 |
| not "comfort" conditioned as determined by the Board. However, | 6 |
| the project design team must document and incorporate all | 7 |
| appropriate sustainable building methods, strategies, and | 8 |
| technologies in the final design. | 9 |
| (d) State agencies and the project design team may apply to | 10 |
| the Board for a waiver from these standards. | 11 |
| (e) Waivers shall be granted by the Board or an appropriate | 12 |
| agency when the applicant can demonstrate and document:
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| (1) An unreasonable financial burden, taking into | 14 |
| account the operating and construction costs over the life | 15 |
| of the building and the total cost of ownership of the | 16 |
| building. | 17 |
| (2) An unreasonable impediment to construction. | 18 |
| (3) The standards would impair the principal function | 19 |
| of the building. | 20 |
| (4) The standards would compromise the historic nature | 21 |
| of the structure. | 22 |
| Documentation on the submittal must include at a minimum: | 23 |
| (1) Life cycle cost analysis. | 24 |
| (2) Energy modeling. | 25 |
| The design team must provide the documentation for the new | 26 |
| project to confirm that LEED or Green Globes construction |
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| standards have been followed. | 2 |
| (f) In addition to any required LEED criteria, the Board | 3 |
| shall require that all projects referenced in subsection (a) | 4 |
| implement at least one LEED criterion for alternative | 5 |
| transportation for public transportation or bicycle access. | 6 |
| (g) The green building standards contained in this Act | 7 |
| shall be analyzed and evaluated by the Board after 5 years or | 8 |
| the completion of 10 Board green projects, whichever comes | 9 |
| first. | 10 |
| Section 20. Rulemaking. Notwithstanding any other | 11 |
| rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor nor | 12 |
| any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the | 13 |
| Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to | 14 |
| implement or enforce the provisions of this Act. If, however, | 15 |
| the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | 16 |
| enforce the provisions of this Act, the Governor may suggest | 17 |
| rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of | 18 |
| the House and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting | 19 |
| that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, | 20 |
| enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other | 21 |
| appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. | 22 |
| Nothing contained in this Act shall be interpreted to grant | 23 |
| rulemaking authority under any other Illinois statute where | 24 |
| such authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the | 25 |
| purposes of this Section, "rules" is given the meaning |
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| contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | 2 |
| Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | 3 |
| meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | 4 |
| Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | 5 |
| definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | 6 |
| jurisdiction of the Governor. | 7 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 |
| becoming law.
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