FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 399

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE LOWE (44).

         Read 1st time January 31, 2005 and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

0526L.01I

 

AN ACT

To repeal sections 8.812 and 8.837, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to state building energy codes.




Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:


            Section A. Sections 8.812 and 8.837, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 8.812 and 8.837, to read as follows:

            8.812. 1. By January 1, 1995, the department, in consultation with the division and the voluntary working group created in subsection 1 of section 8.815, shall establish, by rule, a minimum energy efficiency standard for construction of a state building, substantial renovation of a state building when major energy systems are involved or a building which the state or state agency considers for acquisition or lease. Such standard shall be at least as stringent as the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard [90] 90.01-2001, latest revision.

            2. All design which is initiated on or after July 1, 1995, for construction of a state building or substantial renovation of a state building when major energy systems are involved or any building which the state or state agency considers for acquisition or lease after July 1, 1995, shall meet applicable provisions of the minimum energy efficiency standard.

            8.837. 1. By July 1, 1994, the department shall establish, by rule, a minimum energy efficiency standard for new and substantially renovated state buildings which shall be at least as stringent as the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard [90.01-1989] 90.01-2001, as revised, and shall be at least as stringent as any statewide energy efficiency standard required pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486).

            2. All new or substantially renovated state buildings for which design of such construction or renovation is initiated on or after July 1, 1994, shall meet applicable provisions of the minimum energy efficiency standard.