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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 427
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CHAPTER 427
(Senate Bill 267)
AN ACT concerning
State Buildings Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act
FOR the purpose of altering certain dates and certain percentages in the provisions of
law that require the Department of General Services, in cooperation with the
Maryland Energy Administration, to set certain energy performance standards
that require certain reductions of energy consumption in State buildings;
providing a certain exception for certain buildings under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Transportation: altering the date by which State agencies are
required to conduct energy consumption analyses of each building under their
jurisdiction; altering the date by which State agencies are required to update
certain energy conservation plans by a certain date; providing that certain
provisions of law do not apply to the Department of Transportation: requiring
the Department of Transportation to submit a report to certain committees of
the General Assembly by a certain date on a plan to reduce energy consumption
in its buildings by a certain amount by a certain date; and generally relating to
improving energy efficiency and conservation in State buildings.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 4-806
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - State Finance and Procurement
4-806.
(a) So that it can audit and evaluate competing design proposals, the
Department, in cooperation with the Maryland Energy Administration, shall set
standards for energy performance indices.
(b) As experience develops on the energy performance achieved in State
buildings, the energy performance indices will serve as a measure of building
performance with respect to energy consumption.
(c) The Department, in cooperation with the Maryland Energy
Administration, shall set energy performance standards that require the average
energy consumption per square foot in State buildings be reduced from the level in
[1992] 2006 2205 as follows:
(1) [15] 5% by [1996] 2009; and
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