Bill Text: MO HB716 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the Capital Green Program, requirements for environmentally sustainable construction for state-funded buildings, and the Renewable Energy Pilot Program for State Parks
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - Rules - Reported Do Pass (H) [HB716 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2011-HB716-Introduced.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES WYATT (Sponsor), HOLSMAN, McNEIL, COLONA, BROWN (85) AND NOLTE (Co-sponsors).
1331L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 640, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to renewable energy resources in state parks.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 640, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 640.950, to read as follows:
640.950. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as "The Renewable Energy Pilot Program for State Parks".
2. The department of natural resources shall, in consultation with the public service commission, develop and implement a pilot program in which renewable energy technology is used to operate a state park.
3. The commission shall retain authority to regulate the rates and cost recovery for electric utilities under its jurisdiction that enter into a contractual agreement to provide renewable energy resources for the department. The department may also contract with those electric utilities that are unregulated by the commission.
4. The pilot program shall begin with the department's selection of a suitable state park by August 28, 2012. The department shall set a goal of achieving the one hundred percent use of renewable energy resources, as defined in section 393.1025, within the boundaries of the park.
5. The pilot program shall involve the department's use of as many energy-efficient products as possible within the boundaries of the park.
6. The department shall set a goal of completing such renewable energy pilot program by August 28, 2017.
7. Beginning August 28, 2011, the department shall annually report to the general assembly if the goal of this section has been met. If the goal provided in this section is not achieved, then such report shall explain why such goal is not feasible at the current time and develop alternative suggestions. If the goal in subsection 6 of this section is not met, then such report shall continue indefinitely on an annual basis.
8. The department shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2011, shall be invalid and void.
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