Senate Bill sb2136

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2136

    By Senator Constantine





    22-1626-07                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to educational facilities;

  3         creating s. 1013.441, F.S.; establishing the

  4         Green Schools Pilot Project to enable selected

  5         school districts to comply with certain

  6         building certification standards; providing for

  7         an application and selection process for

  8         participation in the 3-year pilot project;

  9         providing for annual appropriations; providing

10         an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Section 1013.441, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         1013.441  Green Schools Pilot Project.--

17         (1)  The Legislature recognizes that it is both

18  cost-effective and healthy for citizens and the environment to

19  build schools that maximize low water usage and the use of

20  energy efficiencies, renewable energy, and recycling

21  technologies. As such, there is established the Green Schools

22  Pilot Project to create a program for selected school

23  districts to comply with Leadership in Energy and

24  Environmental Design (LEED) building certification standards

25  in every new educational building construction project and,

26  where feasible, every educational building renovation project.

27         (2)  LEED building certification standards are defined

28  by the U.S. Green Building Council and address the total

29  impact that new buildings have on the environment so as to

30  maximize their energy efficiency and to minimize their adverse

31  environmental impacts.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2136
    22-1626-07                                              See HB




 1         (3)  The Florida Energy Office in conjunction with the

 2  Department of Education shall develop by August 1, 2007, an

 3  application process for school districts to participate in the

 4  pilot project. A maximum of three school districts shall be

 5  selected by the State Board of Education by January 1, 2008,

 6  to participate in the pilot project. One school district shall

 7  be in a county with a population of 1 million or more

 8  residents; one school district shall be in a county with a

 9  population of 250,000 to 999,999 residents; and one school

10  district shall be in a county with a population under 250,000

11  residents. School districts selected to participate in the

12  pilot project shall, to the extent possible, represent

13  geographically different regions of the state.

14         (4)  The pilot project shall commence with the

15  2008-2009 school year and continue through the 2010-2011

16  school year.

17         (5)  The Legislature shall appropriate an amount equal

18  to 3 percent of the annual capital projects budget of a school

19  district participating in the pilot project to be allocated to

20  that school district to cover the additional costs of building

21  facilities to the LEED building certification standards. This

22  additional annual appropriation shall begin with the 2008-2009

23  fiscal year and continue through the 2010-2011 fiscal year.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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