SENATE BILL 403

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Pete Campos

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS; ENACTING A SECTION OF THE SEVERANCE TAX BONDING ACT; PROVIDING FOR RESOURCE AND ENERGY- EFFICIENT PUBLIC BUILDINGS; SETTING EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. A new section of the Severance Tax Bonding Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] ENERGY AND RESOURCE EFFICIENT BUILDINGS.--

          A. A new building, building renovation or building addition that has a floor plan of three thousand or more square feet and that is financed to any extent under the Severance Tax Bonding Act shall be sited, designed and constructed using green building practices so that each type of building achieves a minimum delivered energy performance standard of fifty percent or less of the national average energy consumption for that type of building as enumerated in the latest edition of the building energy data book published by the office of energy efficiency and renewable energy of the United States department of energy, or its successor.

          B. A new building, building renovation or building addition that has a floor plan of less than three thousand square feet, or a building needing repairs, that is financed to any extent under the Severance Tax Bonding Act shall be sited, designed, constructed or repaired using green building practices to the maximum extent possible.

          C. A structural renovation of a building financed to any extent under the Severance Tax Bonding Act shall include an upgrade or replacement, using green building practices, of at least two of the following building systems, if they originally exist:

                (1) heating, ventilation and air conditioning;

                (2) lighting; and

                (3) water, plumbing, drainage and waste disposal.

          D. As used in this section, "green building practices" means practices that are cost-effective and increase the efficiency with which buildings use energy, water and materials, while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment through appropriate materials selection, emphasizing New Mexico materials, and appropriate siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair and removal techniques."

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