HB 628 - Requires Promotion of State Lumber in Building Projects - North Carolina Key Vote

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Title: Requires Promotion of State Lumber in Building Projects

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Title: Requires Promotion of State Lumber in Building Projects

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires environmental ratings systems to promote the use of state lumber in building projects, effective October 1, 2013.

Highlights:

  • Requires high performance environmental ratings systems used by construction projects to meet certain directives including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 1):
    • Prohibits the rating systems from using a credit system that disadvantages materials or products manufactured or produced in North Carolina;
    • Requires the rating system to give certification credits equally to forest products grown or manufactured in North Carolina; and
    • Requires the rating system to be developed in conformity with American National Standards Institute procedures.

Title: Requires Promotion of State Lumber in Building Projects

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