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2007 SESSION

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SB 1273 Green Buildings Act; created, report.

Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of General Services; Green Buildings Act. Requires all major facility projects of state agencies to be constructed to meet United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) certification standards, unless granted an exemption by the Director of the Department of General Services. Such projects will not be required to obtain official LEED certification. Application of the requirement will be phased in over the next three years based on the square footage of the project. The provisions of the bill do not apply to construction projects of public school districts.

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• 01/10/07  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 071538844  pdf | impact statement

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HISTORY

• 01/10/07  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 071538844
• 01/10/07  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 01/24/07  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 1-N)
• 01/24/07  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/06/07  Senate: Left in Finance
• 02/06/07  Senate: Letter sent to Virginia Housing Commission