IN SB0260 | 2011 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 22 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-28 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: House Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 22 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-28 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: House Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
Allows the legislative body of a unit (other than a township) to establish a clean energy improvement financing program to fund clean energy improvements for voluntary participants in the program. Requires financing to come from private equity or federal grants or loans. Prohibits the legislative body from issuing bonds to finance clean energy improvements. Provides that the payment period of a special assessment on a participating property may not exceed the useful life of the clean energy improvement. Provides that assessments are: (1) billed and collected in the same manner as property taxes; and (2) enforced as a lien subject to all liens and encumbrances existing on the property on the date of the initial assessment.
Title
Clean energy improvement financing district.
Sponsors
Sen. Jean Breaux [D] | Sen. Beverly Gard [R] | Sen. David Long [R] | Sen. James Merritt [R] |
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D] | Sen. Richard Young [D] |
Roll Calls
2011-02-22 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2011-03-28 | First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government | |
2011-02-22 | House sponsor: Rep. Lutz | |
2011-02-22 | Referred to the House | |
2011-02-22 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 225: yeas 42 and nays 7 | |
2011-02-21 | Amendment 5 (Holdman), prevailed; | |
2011-02-21 | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed | |
2011-02-14 | Senator Randolph added as coauthor | |
2011-02-14 | Senator Gard added as second author | |
2011-02-14 | Senator Gard removed as coauthor | |
2011-02-07 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted | |
2011-02-03 | Senators Breaux and R. Young added as coauthors | |
2011-01-24 | Senator Gard added as coauthor | |
2011-01-20 | Senator Merritt added as first author | |
2011-01-20 | Senator Long removed as first author | |
2011-01-20 | Committee report: amended, reassigned to Committee on Utilities & Technology | |
2011-01-06 | First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure | |
2011-01-06 | Authored by Senator Long |