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AZ SB1046

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/11/2016

Primary Sponsor

Andrew Sherwood

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Requires all school districts and charter schools to adopt a green cleaning policy and purchase environmentally sensitive cleaning products by December 31, 2017, with exemption if economically infeasible (cost increase).

  • Amends energy conservation standards for public buildings to require state agencies to reduce energy use by 20 percent per square foot by July 1, 2024, and mandates new/existing large state buildings conform to LEED green building standards by July 1, 2021.

  • Requires state agencies, universities, school districts and community college districts to purchase at least 10 percent of their energy from green sources by July 1, 2021.

  • Establishes the Energy and Water Efficiency Fund for Public Facilities administered by the Arizona Commerce Authority with $10 million to provide low-interest loans to state agencies, local governments and political subdivisions for energy and water conservation measures, with program termination on July 1, 2026.

  • Creates a Green Public Schools Task Force to identify retrofit procedures, recommend green cleaning policies, and propose financing systems for energy-efficient school construction, with findings due November 1, 2017.

Legislative Description

Public buildings; energy conservation

Last Action

Referred to Senate GOV Committee

1/12/2016

Full Bill Text

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