Bill Text: IL HB4991 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Energy Efficient Building Act. Provides that the term "Code" means the 2021 edition of the International Code Council's International Energy Conservation Code (currently, the latest published edition). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4991 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4991-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4991 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3125/10
Amends the Energy Efficient Building Act. Provides that the term "Code" means the 2021 edition of the International Code Council's International Energy Conservation Code (currently, the latest published edition). Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Energy Efficient Building Act is amended by
changing Section 10 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3125/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions.
"Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Board" means the Capital Development Board.
"Building" includes both residential buildings and
commercial buildings.
"Code" means the 2021 latest published edition of the
International Code Council's International Energy Conservation
Code as adopted by the Board, including any published
supplements adopted by the Board and any amendments and
adaptations to the Code that are made by the Board.
"Commercial building" means any building except a building
that is a residential building, as defined in this Section.
"Municipality" means any city, village, or incorporated
town.
"Residential building" means (i) a detached one-family or
2-family dwelling or (ii) any building that is 3 stories or
less in height above grade that contains multiple dwelling

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units, in which the occupants reside on a primarily permanent
basis, such as a townhouse, a row house, an apartment house, a
convent, a monastery, a rectory, a fraternity or sorority
house, a dormitory, and a rooming house; provided, however,
that when applied to a building located within the boundaries
of a municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or more,
the term "residential building" means a building containing
one or more dwelling units, not exceeding 4 stories above
grade, where occupants are primarily permanent.
"Site energy index" means a scalar published by the
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories representing the ratio
of the site energy performance of an evaluated code compared
to the site energy performance of the 2006 International
Energy Conservation Code. A "site energy index" includes only
conservation measures and excludes net energy credit for any
on-site or off-site energy production.
(Source: P.A. 101-144, eff. 7-26-19; 102-444, eff. 8-20-21;
102-662, eff. 9-15-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)