Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2658
       
       
       
       By Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       
       21-01404-10                                           20102658__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to energy efficiency; requiring that
    3         the Department of Management Services consider the
    4         energy efficiency of all materials used in the
    5         construction, alteration, repair, or rebuilding of a
    6         building or facility owned or operated by a state
    7         agency; requiring that the department lease a building
    8         or facility that has high-efficiency lighting, when
    9         feasible; requiring that the department adopt rules
   10         requiring that all buildings and facilities owned by
   11         state agencies use high-efficiency lamps when
   12         replacing an existing lamp or installing a new lamp;
   13         providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. (1) The Department of Management Services shall
   18  consider the energy efficiency of all materials used in the
   19  construction, alteration, repair, or rebuilding of a building or
   20  facility owned or operated by a state agency. Whenever feasible,
   21  the department shall lease a building or facility that has high
   22  efficiency lighting.
   23         (2) The department shall adopt rules requiring that all
   24  buildings and facilities owned by state agencies use high
   25  efficiency lamps when replacing an existing lamp or installing a
   26  new lamp.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.