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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Each contracting agency, in soliciting, awarding and administering public improvement contracts that are subject to ORS 279C.527, is subject to rules the State Department of Energy adopts that include, but are not limited to, requirements and specifications for:
(a) Using particular green energy technologies in public improvements;
(b) Determining the cost-effectiveness of green energy technologies;
(c) Submitting documents required under ORS 279C.527 to the department for review; and
(d) Determining whether a structure is a public building subject to the requirements of ORS 279C.527.
(2)(a) Each contracting agency shall collect and maintain information concerning the contracting agency's compliance with ORS 279C.527, which must include, at a minimum:
(A) Records that show how the contracting agency spent moneys the contracting agency used in including appropriate green energy technology as part of constructing, reconstructing or performing a major renovation of a public building;
(B) An identification of each public improvement contract for which the contracting agency spent moneys to include appropriate green technology as part of constructing, reconstructing or performing a major renovation of a public building;
(C) An identification of each public improvement contract for which the contracting agency determined that including green technology as part of constructing, reconstructing or performing a major renovation of a public building was not appropriate;
(D) The total amount the contracting agency would have spent on each public improvement contract identified in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph and the total aggregated amount that the contracting agency must spend to include green energy technology as part of constructing, reconstructing or performing a major renovation of a future public building; and
(E) An identification of each public improvement contract that uses moneys the contracting agency did not spend in a previous public improvement contract for including appropriate green energy technology as part of constructing, reconstructing or performing a major renovation of a public building.
(b) Each contracting agency shall compile the information the contracting agency collected under paragraph (a) of this subsection and report the information to the department at times, in a manner and on forms that the department specifies by rule.
(c) The department shall:
(A) Compile and summarize the information the department receives under paragraph (b) of this subsection and, in the department's compilation and summary, specifically:
(i) Identify contracting agencies that have not complied with the requirements of ORS 279C.527 or the reporting requirements set forth in this section;
(ii) Identify public improvement contracts for which contracting agencies have determined that including green energy technology as part of constructing, reconstructing or performing a major renovation of a public building was not appropriate; and
(iii) Identify public improvement contracts that use moneys a contracting agency did not spend in a previous public improvement contract on including appropriate green energy technology as part of constructing, reconstructing or performing a major renovation of a public building.
(B) Deliver annually to the Legislative Assembly, on or before the date on which each regular session of the Legislative Assembly begins, a report concerning contracting agency compliance with this section and ORS 279C.527 that includes the compilation and summary the department prepared under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Public Facilities, Contracting and Insurance § 279C.528 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-26-public-facilities-contracting-and-insurance/or-rev-st-sect-279c-528/
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