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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Dockery) recommended the following amendment to amendment

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(223658):

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 2152 and 2153

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insert:

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     Section 40.  Section 1013.375, Florida Statutes, is created

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to read:

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     1013.375 New or renovated educational facilities; standards

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for energy efficiency and sustainability.--Each new educational

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facility and each renovation of an educational facility that

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costs more than $100,000, must achieve, at minimum, a silver-

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level certification in the rating system used by the United

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States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and

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Environmental Design, a two-globe rating in the Green Globe

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rating system used by the Green Building Initiative, or the

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equivalent requirements in the Florida Green Building Coalition

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Standards. This section does not apply to a facility if the board

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approves the design for the construction or renovation before

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July 1, 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) 2392 after the semicolon,

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insert:

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creating s. 1013.375, F.S.; requiring new educational

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facilities or renovations of an existing educational

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facility to achieve certain energy-efficiency standards;

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providing an exception for facilities or renovations

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approved before a specified date;

3/19/2008  11:18:00 AM     15-05291-08