HB6155 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6155

Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3130/20 new

Amends the Green Buildings Act. Establishes the Green Buildings Task Force within the Capital Development Board to evaluate the State's financial and environmental costs and achievements under the Act through fiscal year 2015 and as anticipated through fiscal year 2020. Requires the Task Force to report its evaluation and recommendations for legislative changes to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2016.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Green Buildings Act is amended by adding Section 20 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3130/20 new)

Sec. 20. Task Force.

(a) The Green Buildings Task Force is established within the Board to evaluate the implementation and administration of this Act and to make recommendations for legislative changes. The Board shall provide staff assistance and technical support to the Task Force.

(b) The executive director of the Board shall serve as chairperson of the Task Force. The Governor shall appoint the remaining 6 members of the Task force, each of whom shall have professional credentials and experience in at least one of the following areas: (i) green construction and engineering, (ii) procurement of energy-efficient and environment-friendly building materials and fixtures, and (iii) public finance and budgeting. The Task Force shall meet at the call of the chairperson. Members shall receive no compensation for service on the Task Force but shall be reimbursed from appropriations to the Board for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(c) The Task Force shall evaluate, on a fiscal year basis through June 30, 2015, the State's financial costs and savings and environmental costs and achievements in the implementation and administration of this Act and shall project the anticipated status of those same elements under the Act through fiscal year 2020.

(d) By December 31, 2016, the Task Force shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly its evaluation, its projection, and any recommendations for legislative changes to achieve or modify the financial and environmental goals of this Act.