BILL NUMBER: AB 35	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 1, 2007
	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 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 for a gold rating. The bill would 
authorize   require  a state agency to also
consider existing relevant information and guidelines, and would
require a state agency to provide for credits for the use of
specified products.
   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 
 shall  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 as amended in the Assembly, June 1, 2007 (JR11)