Bill Text: NJ A2867 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires State, whenever possible, to purchase and utilize energy efficient light bulbs when replacing incandescent and non-functioning light bulbs in State-owned buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee [A2867 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A2867-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman SCOTT T. RUMANA
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires State, whenever possible, to purchase and utilize energy efficient light bulbs when replacing incandescent and non-functioning light bulbs in State-owned buildings.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning energy efficient light bulbs, and amending P.L.2007, c.156.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.2007, c.156 (C.52:34-6.5) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. [Within three years after the date of enactment of this act, notwithstanding] Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law , rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury, the Director of the Division of Property Management and Construction in the Department of the Treasury, or any State agency having authority to contract for the purchase of goods or services, as appropriate, shall, whenever possible, replace all incandescent light bulbs and any non-functioning light bulbs used in buildings owned by the State with [compact fluorescent] energy efficient light bulbs.
b. [Commencing three years after the date of enactment of this act, notwithstanding] Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law , rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury, the Director of the Division of Property Management and Construction in the Department of the Treasury, or any State agency having authority to contract for the purchase of goods or services, as appropriate, shall purchase [compact fluorescent] energy efficient light bulbs for use in buildings owned by the State to the maximum extent practicable.
c. As used in this section, "energy efficient light bulb" means a compact fluorescent light bulb that uses gases and phosphor as the source of illumination; an LED light bulb that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs), rather than electrical filaments, plasma, or gas, as the source of illumination; and any other type of light bulb that meets or exceeds the energy efficiency standards promulgated pursuant to the federal "Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007," (42 U.S.C. s.17001 et seq.).
(cf: P.L.2007, c.156, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would require the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury, the Director of the Division of Property Management and Construction in the Department of the Treasury, and any State agency having authority to contract for the purchase of goods or services ("State purchasing agents") to replace all incandescent light bulbs and any non-functioning light bulbs in State-owned buildings with energy efficient light bulbs, whenever possible. The bill would further require the State's purchasing agents to purchase energy efficient light bulbs for use in State-owned buildings to the maximum extent practicable.
"Energy efficient light bulb" is defined in the bill to include: "a compact fluorescent light bulb that uses gases and phosphor as the source of illumination; an LED light bulb that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs), rather than electrical filaments, plasma, or gas, as the source of illumination; and any other type of light bulb that meets or exceeds the energy efficiency standards promulgated pursuant to the federal 'Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007' (42 U.S.C. s.17001 et seq.)."
This bill would amend a law, enacted in 2007, which required the State's purchasing agents to replace incandescent light bulbs in State-owned buildings with compact fluorescent bulbs, whenever possible. At the time the 2007 law was drafted, LED light bulbs were not yet available for purchase. Moreover, due to the enactment of the "Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007," the federal government now requires the light bulb industry to comply with enhanced energy efficiency standards. As a result, it is likely that new types of energy efficient light bulbs will soon be made available for purchase, and these new bulbs may prove to be even more energy-efficient than the compact fluorescent bulbs and LED bulbs that are currently on the market. Consequently, in order to allow for the future installation of increasingly energy efficient light bulbs in State-owned buildings, it is both reasonable and necessary to expand the purchasing options of the State's purchasing agents in this regard.
