Bill Text: IL SB2009 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Public University Energy Conservation Act. Provides that "energy conservation measure" includes construction of a new building or facility that is designed to reduce energy consumption or operating costs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-06-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0016 [SB2009 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB2009-Enrolled.html

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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 Public University Energy Conservation Act is
amended by changing Section 5-10 as follows:
(110 ILCS 62/5-10)
Sec. 5-10. Energy conservation measure.
(a) "Energy conservation measure" means any improvement,
repair, alteration, or betterment of any building or facility,
subject to all applicable building codes, owned or operated by
a public university or any equipment, fixture, or furnishing to
be added to or used in any such building or facility that is
designed to reduce energy consumption or operating costs, and
may include, without limitation, one or more of the following:
(1) Insulation of the building structure or systems
within the building.
(2) Storm windows or doors, caulking or
weatherstripping, multiglazed windows or doors, heat
absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated window or
door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass
area, or other window and door system modifications that
reduce energy consumption.
(3) Automated or computerized energy control systems.

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(4) Heating, ventilating, or air conditioning system
modifications or replacements.
(5) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures
to increase the energy efficiency of the lighting system
without increasing the overall illumination of a facility,
unless an increase in illumination is necessary to conform
to the applicable State or local building code for the
lighting system after the proposed modifications are made.
(6) Energy recovery systems.
(7) Energy conservation measures that provide
long-term operating cost reductions.
(b) From the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly until January 1, 2015, "energy
conservation measure" includes a renewable energy center pilot
project at Eastern Illinois University, provided that:
(1) the University signs a partnership contract with a
qualified energy conservation measure provider as provided
in this Act;
(2) the University has responsibility for the
qualified provider's actions with regard to applicable
laws;
(3) the University obtains a performance bond in
accordance with this Act;
(4) the University and the qualified provider follow
all aspects of the Prevailing Wage Act as provided by this
Act;

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(5) the University and the qualified provider use an
approved list of firms from the Capital Development Board
(CDB), unless the University requires services that are not
typically performed by the firms on CDB's list;
(6) the University provides monthly progress reports
to the Procurement Policy Board, and the University allows
a representative from CDB to monitor the project, provided
that such involvement is at no cost to the University;
(7) the University requires the qualified provider to
follow the provisions of the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act and
the Public Works Employment Discrimination Act as provided
in this Act;
(8) the University agrees to award new building
construction work to a responsible bidder, as defined in
Section 30-22 of the Illinois Procurement Code;
(9) the University includes in its contract with the
qualified provider a requirement that the qualified
provider name the sub-contractors that it will use, and the
qualified provider may not change these without the
University's written approval;
(10) the University follows, to the extent possible,
the Design-Build Procurement Act for construction of the
project, taking into consideration the current status of
the project; for purposes of this Act, the definition of
"State construction agency" in the Design-Build

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Procurement Act means Eastern Illinois University for the
purpose of this project;
(11) the University follows, to the extent possible,
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act;
(12) the University requires all engineering,
architecture, and design work related to the installation
or modification of facilities be performed by design
professionals licensed by the State of Illinois and
professional design firms registered in the State of
Illinois; and
(13) the University produces annual reports and a final
report describing the project upon completion and files the
reports with the Procurement Policy Board, CDB, and the
General Assembly.
The provisions of this subsection (b), other than this
sentence, are inoperative after January 1, 2015.
(Source: P.A. 94-1062, eff. 7-31-06.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon