First Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 11-0389.01 Richard Sweetman     HOUSE BILL 11-1204
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Kerr A.,
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Johnston,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning a requirement that public school structures
            satisfy minimum energy-efficient design standards.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.  If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            After January 1, 2012, each school district and each district charter
       school shall ensure that each project to construct or significantly redesign
       a building or structure, at a minimum, satisfies one of the following
       conditions:
            (1)  The design and construction plans for the project ensure that
       the resulting building or structure will qualify for the federal energy star
       label and, upon completion of the project, the school district or district
       charter school shall acquire such a rating for the resulting building or
       structure as a result of an audit performed by a qualified energy efficiency
       auditor;
            (2)  The school district or district charter school shall consult with
       the governor's energy office concerning the best building practices for the
       construction or redesign project, which consultation shall commence
       before the commencement of any actual building or construction and shall
       continue until the completion of the project; or
            (3)  The school district or district charter school shall designate the
       execution of the project to a design and construction team that includes
       at least one person who has expert knowledge of energy-efficient design
       and construction practices, who provides professional technical assistance
       to the school district or district charter school to facilitate the project, and
       who may be a representative of a local electrical utility.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  Article 32 of title 22, Colorado Revised Statutes, is
       amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read:
            22-32-124.3.  Energy-efficient design of school buildings and
       structures required.  (1)  On and after January 1, 2012, each
       school district and each district charter school shall ensure
       that each project to construct or significantly redesign a
       building or structure, at a minimum, satisfies one of the
       following conditions:
            (a)  The design and construction plans for the project
       ensure that the resulting building or structure will qualify for
       the federal energy star label and, upon completion of the
       project, the school district or district charter school shall
       acquire such a rating for the resulting building or structure as
       a result of an audit performed by a qualified energy efficiency
       auditor;
            (b)  The school district or district charter school shall
       consult with the governor's energy office concerning the best
       building practices for the construction or redesign project,
       which consultation shall commence before the commencement
       of any actual building or construction and shall continue until
       the completion of the project; or
            (c)  The school district or district charter school shall
       designate the execution of the project to a design and
       construction team that includes at least one person who:
            (I)  Has expert knowledge of energy-efficient design and
       construction practices;
            (II)  Provides professional technical assistance to the
       school district or district charter school to facilitate the
       project; and
            (III)  May be a representative of a local electrical utility.
            (2)  As used in this section, "significantly redesign a
       building or structure" means to redesign a building or
       structure in a manner that affects one or more structural
       changes to seventy-five percent or more of the square footage
       of the building or structure.
            SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date.  This act
       shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
       ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
       10, 2011, if adjournment sine die is on May 11, 2011); except that, if a
       referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the
       state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
       within such period, then the act, item, section, or part shall not take effect
       unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
       November 2012 and shall take effect on the date of the official
       declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.