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Ch. 115
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - State Finance and Procurement
3-602.
(d) (1) (i) In this paragraph, "high performance building" means a
building that:
1. achieves at least a silver rating according to the U.S.
Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
Green Building Rating System as adopted in 2001 or subsequently by the Maryland
Green Building Council;
2. achieves at least a two globe rating according to the
Green Globes Program as adopted by the Green Building Initiative;
3. achieves at least a comparable numeric rating
accepted green building guidelines, standards, or systems approved by the State.
(ii) 1. [a] Except as provided in § 3-602.1 of this
subtitle, a unit of State government requesting an appropriation for preliminary
planning of a proposed capital project may include in its request a justification for
performance building.
2. [If] Except as provided in § 3-602.1 of this
subtitle, if justification is submitted under subsubparagraph 1 of this
subparagraph concerning a building in a proposed capital project, the Department
shall review whether it is practicable and fiscally prudent to incorporate in the capital
project the use of a comprehensive process of design and construction that would
result in the building being a high performance building.
(2) Before an appropriation may be authorized for preliminary
planning of a proposed capital project:
(i) the unit of the State government requesting the
appropriation shall submit to the Department a program describing, in detail, the
scope and purpose of the project; and
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