Virginia House Bill 2262 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-08 - House: Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Green Public Buildings Act. Requires public bodies entering the design phase for construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size or renovating such a building where the cost of renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building to build to either U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating standard (LEED) Silver or Green Globes two globe standards. Exemptions from the requirement may be granted by the Director of the Department of General Services for state construction projects or the governing body of a locality or school board for local projects. The bill has a delayed implementation date of July 1, 2012, for local public bodies and school boards.

Green Public Buildings Act; definitions, building standards.

Del. Betsy Carr [D]

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Del. Harvey Morgan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-08		House: Left in General Laws
2011-02-03		House: Subcommittee recommends no action by voice vote
2011-02-03		House: Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement
2011-01-12		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2011-01-12		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11101905D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	1182	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	1183	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2262
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2262+hil