Bill Text: IL SB0556 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0556 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0556-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 556
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 556 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Local Government Energy Conservation Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 5 and 15 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 515/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
8 | context clearly
requires otherwise:
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9 | "Energy conservation
measure" means any improvement, | ||||||
10 | repair, alteration, or betterment of any
building or facility | ||||||
11 | owned or operated by a unit of local government or any
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12 | equipment, fixture, or furnishing to be added to or used in any
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13 | such building or facility, subject to all applicable building | ||||||
14 | codes,
that is designed to reduce
energy consumption or | ||||||
15 | operating costs, and may include, without limitation,
one or | ||||||
16 | more of the following:
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1 | (1) Insulation of the building structure or systems | ||||||
2 | within the building.
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3 | (2) Storm windows or doors, caulking or | ||||||
4 | weatherstripping, multiglazed
windows or doors, heat | ||||||
5 | absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated
window or | ||||||
6 | door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass | ||||||
7 | area, or
other window and door system modifications that | ||||||
8 | reduce energy consumption.
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9 | (3) Automated or computerized energy control systems.
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10 | (4) Heating, ventilating, or air conditioning system | ||||||
11 | modifications or
replacements.
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12 | (5) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures , | ||||||
13 | including street lights, parking lot lights, and | ||||||
14 | pedestrian walkway lights, to increase the
energy | ||||||
15 | efficiency of the lighting system without increasing the | ||||||
16 | overall
illumination of a facility, unless an increase in | ||||||
17 | illumination is necessary
to conform to the applicable | ||||||
18 | State or local building code for the lighting
system after | ||||||
19 | the proposed modifications are made.
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20 | (6) Energy recovery systems.
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21 | (7)
Energy conservation measures that provide | ||||||
22 | long-term operating cost
reductions.
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23 | "Guaranteed energy savings contract" means a contract for: | ||||||
24 | (i) the
implementation of an
energy audit, data collection, and | ||||||
25 | other related analyses preliminary to
the undertaking of energy | ||||||
26 | conservation measures; (ii) the evaluation and
recommendation |
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1 | of
energy conservation measures; (iii) the implementation of | ||||||
2 | one or more
energy conservation measures; and (iv) the | ||||||
3 | implementation of project
monitoring and data collection to | ||||||
4 | verify post-installation energy
consumption and energy-related | ||||||
5 | operating costs. The contract shall provide
that all payments, | ||||||
6 | except
obligations on termination of the contract before its | ||||||
7 | expiration, are to be
made over time and that the savings are | ||||||
8 | guaranteed to the extent necessary
to pay the costs of
the | ||||||
9 | energy conservation measures. Energy savings may include | ||||||
10 | energy reduction and offsetting sources of renewable energy | ||||||
11 | funds including renewable energy credits and carbon credits.
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12 | "Qualified provider" means a person
or business whose | ||||||
13 | employees are experienced and trained in the design,
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14 | implementation, or installation of
energy conservation | ||||||
15 | measures. The minimum training required for any person
or | ||||||
16 | employee under this paragraph shall be the satisfactory | ||||||
17 | completion of at
least 40 hours of course instruction dealing | ||||||
18 | with energy conservation
measures. A qualified provider to whom | ||||||
19 | the contract is
awarded shall give a sufficient bond to the | ||||||
20 | unit of local government for its
faithful performance.
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21 | "Request for proposals" means a
competitive selection | ||||||
22 | achieved by negotiated procurement. The request for proposals | ||||||
23 | shall be announced
through at least one public notice, at least | ||||||
24 | 14 days before the request
date in a newspaper published in the | ||||||
25 | territory comprising the unit of local
government or, if no | ||||||
26 | newspaper is
published in that territory, in a newspaper of |
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1 | general circulation in the
area of the unit of local | ||||||
2 | government, from a unit of local government that will
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3 | administer the
program, requesting innovative solutions and | ||||||
4 | proposals for energy
conservation measures. Proposals | ||||||
5 | submitted shall be sealed. The request
for proposals shall | ||||||
6 | include all of the following:
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7 | (1) The name and address of the unit of local | ||||||
8 | government.
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9 | (2) The name, address, title, and phone number of a | ||||||
10 | contact person.
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11 | (3) Notice indicating that the unit of local government | ||||||
12 | is requesting
qualified
providers to propose energy | ||||||
13 | conservation measures through a guaranteed
energy savings | ||||||
14 | contract.
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15 | (4) The date, time, and place where proposals must be | ||||||
16 | received.
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17 | (5) The evaluation criteria for assessing the | ||||||
18 | proposals.
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19 | (6) Any other stipulations and clarifications the unit | ||||||
20 | of local government
may require.
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21 | "Unit of local government" means a county, township,
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22 | municipality, or park district.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 96-1197, eff. 7-22-10.)
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24 | (50 ILCS 515/15)
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25 | Sec. 15. Award of guaranteed energy savings contract. |
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1 | Sealed
proposals must be opened by a member of the unit of | ||||||
2 | local government's
governing body or an employee of the unit of | ||||||
3 | local government at a
public opening at which the contents of | ||||||
4 | the proposals must be announced.
Each person or entity | ||||||
5 | submitting a sealed proposal must receive at least 10
days | ||||||
6 | notice of the time and place of the opening. The unit of local | ||||||
7 | government
shall select the qualified provider that best meets | ||||||
8 | the needs of
the unit of local government. The unit of local | ||||||
9 | government shall provide
public notice of (i) the
meeting at | ||||||
10 | which it proposes to award a guaranteed energy savings | ||||||
11 | contract,
(ii) the names of the parties to the proposed | ||||||
12 | contract, and (iii) the purpose
of
the contract. The public | ||||||
13 | notice shall be made at least 10 days prior to
the meeting. | ||||||
14 | After evaluating the proposals under Section 10, a unit of | ||||||
15 | local
government may enter into a guaranteed energy savings | ||||||
16 | contract with a
qualified provider if it finds that the amount | ||||||
17 | it would spend on the energy
conservation measures recommended | ||||||
18 | in the proposal would not exceed the
amount to be saved in | ||||||
19 | either energy or operational costs, or both, within a
20 10 | ||||||
20 | year period from the date of installation, if the | ||||||
21 | recommendations in
the proposal are followed.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 88-173.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.".
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