BILL NUMBER: AB 35	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 18, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ruskin
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Laird and Lieu)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Hancock)

                        DECEMBER 4, 2006

   An act to add Part 3.1 (commencing with Section 71117) to Division
34 of the Public Resources Code, relating to the environment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 35, as amended, Ruskin. Environment: state buildings:
sustainable building standards.
   Existing law sets forth various requirements for energy and design
efficiency in construction and renovation of state buildings.
   This bill would enact the Sustainable Building Act of 2007 and
would  require the California Environmental Protection
Agency, by July 1, 2009, to adopt regulations for sustainable
building standards for the construction or renovation of state
buildings, as defined. The bill would require the regulations to
incorporate specified   require a state agency, on and
after July 1, 2010, that commences construction of, or renovation to,
a state building to design, construct, and operate that state
building to meet, at a minimum, applicable certification 
standards described in the United States Green Building Council's
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design  , including a
certification system based on attaining credits   for a
gold rating  . The bill would  require the regulations
  authorize a state agency  to also consider
existing relevant information and guidelines , that maximize
specified sustainability measures and methods  , and 
would require a state agency  to provide for credits for the use
of specified products.  The bill would require the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the
Department of General Services, and the California Integrated Waste
Management Board to develop the regulations, which would be adopted
by the agency and would require those developing entities to consult
with appropriate state agencies, and specified private and public
sector organizations and the public, and to hold at least 2 public
workshops. The bill would require, on and after July 1, 2010, that a
state building for which development of capital plans commences on or
after that date, and a renovation commencing on or after that date,
be built, designed, and operated in accordance with those
regulations. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Part 3.1 (commencing with Section 71117) is added to
Division 34 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

      PART 3.1.  SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ACT OF 2007


   71117.  For purposes of this part,"state building" means a
building owned or leased by the state, or any building the state
intends to occupy.  
   71117.1.  (a) On and after July 1, 2010, a state agency that
commences construction of, or renovation to, a state building shall
design, construct, and operate that state building to meet, at a
minimum, applicable certification standards described in the United
States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design for a gold rating.
   (b) In determining whether a state building meets the standards
specified in subdivision (a), a state agency may consider existing
relevant guidelines and information, including, but not limited to,
all of the following:
   (1) The Green Building Initiative's "Green Globes" rating system.
   (2) The Environmental Protection Agency's "Federal Green
Construction Guide for Specifiers."
   (3) The Department of Energy's "Greening Federal Facilities."
   (4) The state's Building Better Buildings: An Update on State
Sustainable Building Initiatives (Blueprint 2003).
   (5) The Governor's Executive Order S-20-04.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for purposes of certifying
that a state building meets the standards specified in subdivision
(a), a state agency shall provide credits to a project that uses wood
products with a credible third-party sustainable forest
certification, as determined by the California Environmental
Protection Agency.  All matter omitted in this version of the
bill appears in the bill amended in the Assembly, June 1, 2007 (JR11)