Resolve, To Evaluate the Energy Use of the State House and the Burton M. Cross State Office Building

Sec. 1. Funds for energy efficiency. Resolved: That the Efficiency Maine Trust established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 10103 shall devote $200,000 for the completion of an energy audit and the implementation of cost-effective energy efficiency measures in accordance with this resolve. To the extent possible, the funds must come from funding sources that permit the use of the funds to reduce consumption of fossil fuels as well as electricity consumption; and be it further

Sec. 2. Energy audit of State House and Burton M. Cross State Office Building. Resolved: That the Efficiency Maine Trust shall conduct or contract for the energy audit under section 1 of the State House and the Burton M. Cross State Office Building. The Efficiency Maine Trust shall collaborate with the chair of the State House and Capitol Park Commission, the Executive Director of the Legislative Council and the Director of the Bureau of General Services within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services in order to ensure that the energy audit produces cost-effective energy efficiency recommendations that are consistent with the National Register of Historic Places designation of the State House; and be it further

Sec. 3. Report and implementation. Resolved: That the Efficiency Maine Trust shall report the results and recommendations from the energy audit under section 1 to the Director of the Bureau of General Services within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and the Executive Director of the Legislative Council no later than December 7, 2011. The energy audit must rank the recommendations according to their cost-effectiveness. At the joint request of the Executive Director of the Legislative Council and the Director of the Bureau of General Services, the Efficiency Maine Trust shall provide available funds allocated pursuant to section 1 that were not used for the cost of the energy audit to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures recommended in the energy audit.