Bill Text: IL HB1859 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Construction Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning supervision of school construction projects.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1859 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1859-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1859 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 230/5-40
Amends the School Construction Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning supervision of school construction projects.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by
changing Section 5-40 as follows:
(105 ILCS 230/5-40)
Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects;
green projects. The The Capital Development Board shall
exercise general supervision over school construction projects
financed pursuant to this Article. School districts, however,
must be allowed to choose the architect and engineer for their
school construction projects, and no project may be disapproved
by the State Board of Education or the Capital Development
Board solely due to a school district's selection of an
architect or engineer.
With respect to those school construction projects for
which a school district first applies for a grant on or after
July 1, 2007, the school construction project must receive
certification from the United States Green Building Council's
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building
Rating System or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes
Green Building Rating System or must meet green building
standards of the Capital Development Board and its Green

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Building Advisory Committee. With respect to those school
construction projects for which a school district applies for a
grant on or after July 1, 2009, the school construction project
must receive silver certification from the United States Green
Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design Green Building Rating System.
(Source: P.A. 95-416, eff. 8-24-07; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)