Bill Text: CT SB00281 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Report On The Survey Of Accessibility In And To State Buildings.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-11 - Moved to Foot of the Calendar, Senate [SB00281 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00281-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 281 | ||
February Session, 2012 |
LCO No. 1640 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Aging |
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AN ACT REQUIRING STATE BUILDINGS TO COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT BY 2018.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (m) of section 4b-23 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(m) (1) Plans to construct, renovate or modify state-owned or occupied buildings shall provide for a portion of the total planned floor area of newly constructed state buildings or buildings constructed specifically for use by the state to be served by renewable sources of energy, including solar, wind, water and biomass sources, for use in space heating and cooling, domestic hot water and other applications. For the plan due December 1, 1979, the portion to be served by renewable energy sources shall be not less than five per cent of total planned new floor area. For each succeeding state facilities plan submitted after December 1, 1979, the portion of the total planned floor area of any additional newly constructed state buildings or buildings constructed specifically for use by the state to be served by renewable energy sources shall be increased by at least five per cent per year until a goal of fifty per cent of total planned floor area of any additional newly constructed state buildings or buildings constructed specifically for use by the state is reached. For any facility served by renewable energy sources in accordance with this subsection, not less than thirty per cent of the total energy requirements of any specific energy application, including, but not limited to, space heating or cooling and providing domestic hot water, shall be provided by renewable energy sources. The installation in newly constructed state buildings or buildings constructed specifically for use by the state of systems using renewable energy sources in accordance with this subsection [,] shall be subject to the life-cycle cost analysis provided for in section 16a-38.
(2) On and after January 1, 2018, any plan to construct, renovate or modify state-owned or occupied buildings shall comply with the physical accessibility guidelines under Title II of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 USC 12101, as amended from time to time.
[(2)] (3) The state shall fulfill the obligations imposed by subdivision (1) of this section unless such action would cause an undue economic hardship to the state.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
4b-23(m) |
Statement of Purpose:
To require state buildings to meet the requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act by 2018.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]