GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1164
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/27/99

Short Title:  Energy Savings Contracts Study.	(Public)

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF STATE AGENCIES TO ENTER INTO GUARANTEED ENERGY SAVINGS CONTRACTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Legislative Research Commission may study issues relating to the authority of State agencies to enter into guaranteed energy savings contracts.  The topics to be considered by the Legislative Research Commission shall include, but are not limited to, whether State agencies should be authorized to enter into guaranteed energy savings contracts and, if so, how this authority should be implemented.  In conducting the study authorized by this section, the Legislative Research Commission may consider the findings, recommendations, and legislative proposals of the Report to the 1993 General Assembly from the Legislative Research Commission Committee on Ways to Promote the Conservation of Energy and the Use of Renewable Energy Sources in Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Public Facilities.  The Legislative Research Commission shall present its findings and recommendations, if any, to the 2000 Regular Session of the 1999 General Assembly.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.