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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Saunders) recommended the following amendment to amendment

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(866008):

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 1967 and 1968,

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insert:

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     Section 30.  Section 1013.375, Florida Statutes, is created

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to read:

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     1013.375 New or renovated educational facilities;

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standards for energy efficiency and sustainability.--Each new

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educational facility and each renovation of an educational

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facility which costs more than $100,000 must achieve, at

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minimum, a silver-level certification in the rating system used

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by the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in

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Energy and Environmental Design or a two-globe rating in the

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Green Globe rating system used by the Green Building Initiative.

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This section does not apply to a facility if the board approves

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the design for the construction or renovation before July 1,

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2009.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 2123 after the semicolon,

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insert:

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creating s. 1013.375, F.S.; requiring that certain new

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educational facilities and new renovations to existing

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educational facilities meet certain environmental

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standards; providing an exception under certain

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conditions;

3/12/2008  4:42:00 PM     592-04908-08