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Senate amendment would remove voter-approval threshold for 20-year energy performance contracts
Summary
The Senate amendment to H.480 would eliminate the requirement that energy performance contracts exceeding 10 years receive voter approval by extending permissible contract length to 20 years and removing the voter-approval trigger; the committee reviewed the change.
The House Education Committee reviewed a Senate amendment to H.480 that affects energy performance contracting in the state-aid-to-school-construction chapter of Title 16.
Current statute allows a district to enter into an energy performance contract for up to 20 years but requires voter approval if contract terms exceed 10 years. The Senate amendment would remove the voter-approval requirement tied to the 10-year threshold; because statute caps contracts at 20 years, removing the voter-approval trigger would effectively allow up-to-20-year contracts without separate voter approval under that provision.
Legislative Counsel presented the change and the committee discussed the statutory interaction that currently ties voter approval to contract length. Committee members did not take a formal vote on the amendment at the meeting.
No funding numbers or local referendum language were included in the committee discussion; implementation mechanics and any local budgeting implications would depend on contract terms and district decisions.
