SENATE BILL 84

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

Cisco McSorley

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES; ENACTING A SECTION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A "ONE PERCENT FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY" PROGRAM UNDER WHICH NEW SCHOOLS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES.

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

     Section 1. A new section of the Public School Capital Outlay Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES--ONE PERCENT FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.--

          A. The council shall develop and implement a "one percent for the twenty-first century" program under which each capital outlay project for a new school that receives grant assistance pursuant to the Public School Capital Outlay Act shall include an amount equal to the lesser of one percent of the total project cost or two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) allocated for sustainability features, including but not limited to solar panels, solar hot water heaters, passive solar heating, rain catchment barrels, recycling receptacles and other equipment approved by the public school facilities authority.

          B. The council shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section."

     Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2010.

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