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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2660

Public construction projects; require projects receiving state funds to meet USGBC's LEED silver standard.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Property Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE ALL MAJOR FACILITY PROJECTS OF PUBLIC AGENCIES OR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECEIVING ANY FUNDING IN A STATE CAPITAL BUDGET OR THROUGH A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT TO BE DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND CERTIFIED TO AT LEAST THE UNITED STATES GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL'S LEED SILVER STANDARD; TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC AGENCY OR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY DETERMINE THAT THE LEED SILVER STANDARD IS NOT PRACTICABLE FOR A PROJECT; TO PROVIDE THAT, IF LEED STANDARDS ARE NOT FOLLOWED FOR THE PROJECT, THE PUBLIC AGENCY OR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL REPORT THESE REASONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 15 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 15 to Feb 3 · stopped19 days

Public PropertyJan 15 to Feb 3 · stopped19 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 15 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Public Property and on Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published