Full Text of HB5369 95th General Assembly
HB5369eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 | 5 |
| Illinois Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Act.
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| Section 5. Definitions. | 7 |
| "GGCC" means the Green Governments Coordinating Council | 8 |
| created pursuant to the Green Governments Illinois Act. | 9 |
| "Eligible unit of local government" means a unit of local | 10 |
| government as defined by the federal Energy Efficiency and | 11 |
| Conservation Act of 2007, H.R.6. | 12 |
| "Secretary" means the United States Secretary of Energy. | 13 |
| Section 10. Findings. Pursuant to the federal Energy | 14 |
| Independence and Security Act of 2007, H.R.6, Title V, Subtitle | 15 |
| E (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants) | 16 |
| (hereinafter "H.R.6"), which became law on December 19, 2007, | 17 |
| the State and various units of local government are eligible to | 18 |
| apply for and receive grants of money to promote energy | 19 |
| efficiency and conservation under the "Energy Efficiency and | 20 |
| Conservation Block Grant Program". Of the federal funds | 21 |
| allocated, the law provides that 68% of the overall | 22 |
| appropriated funds shall go directly to the eligible units of |
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| local government who apply, and 28% of the funds shall go | 2 |
| directly to the eligible states that apply for the grants. | 3 |
| Section 15. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant | 4 |
| Act. | 5 |
| (a) The GGCC shall be the State governmental body | 6 |
| responsible for applying for and distributing any and all | 7 |
| energy efficiency and conservation grant money for which the | 8 |
| State is eligible in Illinois under the H.R.6 federal block | 9 |
| grant program. | 10 |
| (b) The GGCC shall assist any eligible unit of local | 11 |
| government within the State that seeks assistance in applying | 12 |
| for grant money appropriated under H.R.6 for the purpose of | 13 |
| promoting energy efficiency in those areas of local government. | 14 |
| (c) The GGCC shall compile and make publicly available a | 15 |
| list of all units of local government within the State that are | 16 |
| excluded under the H.R.6 definition of "eligible unit of local | 17 |
| government". | 18 |
| (d) The GGCC shall apply for any grants that the State is | 19 |
| eligible to receive under H.R.6 and shall distribute the grant | 20 |
| money that is received under H.R.6 to the appropriate State | 21 |
| agencies and State programs. Not less than 60% of this money | 22 |
| shall be used to provide subgrants to units of local government | 23 |
| in the State that are not eligible units of local government as | 24 |
| defined by H.R.6. These subgrants shall be provided no later | 25 |
| than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary approves a |
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| proposed energy efficiency and conservation strategy for | 2 |
| Illinois. | 3 |
| (e) The GGCC, as a group, shall make itself available to | 4 |
| the Secretary to comprise all or a part of the State and local | 5 |
| advisory committee to be established pursuant to H.R.6, and | 6 |
| shall make its best efforts to advise the Secretary regarding | 7 |
| the administration, implementation, and evaluation of programs | 8 |
| financed by the federal block grants distributed pursuant to | 9 |
| H.R.6 in Illinois. | 10 |
| (f) As soon as practical after the effective date of this | 11 |
| Act, the GGCC shall: | 12 |
| (1) Facilitate the modification of the State energy | 13 |
| conservation plan under Section 362 of the Energy Policy | 14 |
| and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6322) to establish | 15 |
| additional goals for increased energy efficiency and | 16 |
| conservation, in accordance with H.R.6; and | 17 |
| (2) With the cooperation of all relevant State | 18 |
| agencies, submit to the Secretary a proposed energy | 19 |
| efficiency and conservation strategy that establishes a | 20 |
| process for providing subgrants and includes a State plan | 21 |
| for the use of remaining funds. | 22 |
| (g) Any grant money received under this Act shall be used | 23 |
| to achieve the purposes of the program outlined in H.R.6, | 24 |
| including, but not limited to: | 25 |
| (1) development and implementation of an energy | 26 |
| efficiency and conservation strategy; |
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| (2) retaining technical consultant services to assist | 2 |
| the eligible entity in the development of the strategy; | 3 |
| (3) consulting residential and commercial building | 4 |
| energy audits; | 5 |
| (4) establishment of financial incentive programs for | 6 |
| energy efficiency improvements; | 7 |
| (5) development and implementation of programs to | 8 |
| conserve energy used in transportation; | 9 |
| (6) development and implementation of building codes | 10 |
| and inspection services to promote building energy | 11 |
| efficiency. | 12 |
| (h) No grant money received by GGCC or the receipt of which | 13 |
| was in any way facilitated by the GGCC shall be used in a | 14 |
| manner contrary to H.R.6. | 15 |
| (i) The GGCC shall make publicly available status reports | 16 |
| at least once per biennium describing the status of the | 17 |
| development and implementation of the energy efficiency and | 18 |
| conservation strategy of the State during the year and | 19 |
| including the State's specific energy efficiency and | 20 |
| conservation goals for subsequent years. | 21 |
| Section 20. Rulemaking. Notwithstanding any other | 22 |
| rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor nor | 23 |
| any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the | 24 |
| Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to | 25 |
| implement or enforce the provisions of this Act. If, however, |
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| the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | 2 |
| enforce the provisions of this Act, the Governor may suggest | 3 |
| rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of | 4 |
| the House and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting | 5 |
| that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, | 6 |
| enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other | 7 |
| appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. | 8 |
| Nothing contained in this Act shall be interpreted to grant | 9 |
| rulemaking authority under any other Illinois statute where | 10 |
| such authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the | 11 |
| purposes of this paragraph, "rules" is given the meaning | 12 |
| contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | 13 |
| Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | 14 |
| meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | 15 |
| Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | 16 |
| definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | 17 |
| jurisdiction of the Governor.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 |
| becoming law.
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