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3 | 3 | <num type="act">26-207</num> |
4 | 4 | <num type="bill">26-374</num> |
5 | 5 | <heading type="short">Green Housing Coordination Emergency Amendment Act of 2025</heading> |
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25 | 25 | <text>The Housing Production Trust Fund Act of 1988, effective March 16, 1989 (D.C. Law 7-202; D.C. Official Code § 42-2801 <em>et seq.</em>), is amended by adding a new section 6 to read as follows:</text> |
26 | 26 | <include> |
27 | 27 | <section> |
| 28 | + <codify:insert path="42|28|I" after="§42-2804" num-value="42-2805" history-prefix="as added"/> |
28 | 29 | <num>6</num> |
29 | 30 | <heading proof="needed">Net zero energy requirements for subsidized projects.</heading> |
30 | 31 | <para> |
31 | 32 | <num>(a)</num> |
32 | | - <text>Any request, excluding substantial rehabilitation as that term is defined in section 103(34) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective July 17, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-10; D.C. Official Code § 42-3501.03(34)), for housing proposals involving the Fund shall include a requirement that proposals for new construction receiving Fund support must be designed with the intent to obtain Enterprise Green Communities Certification Plus, as defined in the EGCC, or an equivalent standard as determined by the Department in consultation with the Department of Buildings.</text> |
| 33 | + <text>Any request, excluding substantial rehabilitation as that term is defined in <code-cite doc="D.C. Code" path="§42-3501.03|(34)">section 103(34) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective July 17, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-10; D.C. Official Code § 42-3501.03(34))</code-cite>, for housing proposals involving the Fund shall include a requirement that proposals for new construction receiving Fund support must be designed with the intent to obtain Enterprise Green Communities Certification Plus, as defined in the EGCC, or an equivalent standard as determined by the Department in consultation with the Department of Buildings.</text> |
33 | 34 | </para> |
34 | 35 | <para> |
35 | 36 | <num>(b)</num> |
36 | | - <text>Any request, excluding substantial rehabilitation as that term is defined in section 103(34) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective July 17, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-10; D.C. Official Code § 42-3501.03(34)), for housing proposals involving the Fund shall include a requirement that proposals for new construction receiving Fund support be all-electric.</text> |
| 37 | + <text>Any request, excluding substantial rehabilitation as that term is defined in <code-cite doc="D.C. Code" path="§42-3501.03|(34)">section 103(34) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective July 17, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-10; D.C. Official Code § 42-3501.03(34))</code-cite>, for housing proposals involving the Fund shall include a requirement that proposals for new construction receiving Fund support be all-electric.</text> |
37 | 38 | </para> |
38 | 39 | <para> |
39 | 40 | <num>(c)</num> |
40 | | - <text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the applicability of any other environmental standards, including the Green Building Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-234; D.C. Official Code § 6-1451.01 <em>et seq.</em>).</text> |
| 41 | + <text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the applicability of any other environmental standards, including <code-cite doc="D.C. Code" path="6|14A">the Green Building Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-234; D.C. Official Code § 6-1451.01 <em>et seq.</em>)</code-cite>.</text> |
41 | 42 | </para> |
42 | 43 | <para> |
43 | 44 | <num>(d)</num> |
44 | | - <text>This section shall expire upon the effective date of final regulations promulgated pursuant to section 2(b)(1) of the Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, effective September 21, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-177; D.C. Official Code § 6-1453.01(b)(1)).</text> |
| 45 | + <text>This section shall expire upon the effective date of final regulations promulgated pursuant to <code-cite doc="D.C. Code" path="§6-1453.01|(b)|(1)">section 2(b)(1) of the Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, effective September 21, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-177; D.C. Official Code § 6-1453.01(b)(1))</code-cite>.</text> |
45 | 46 | </para> |
46 | 47 | <para> |
47 | 48 | <num>(e)</num> |
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55 | 56 | <text>"EGCC" means the current Enterprise Green Communities Criteria issued by Enterprise Community Partners.</text> |
56 | 57 | </para> |
57 | 58 | </para> |
| 59 | + <annotation doc="D.C. Law 7-202" type="History" path="§6">Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-202, § 6</annotation> |
| 60 | + <codify:emergency-new-sec doc="D.C. Code" path="§42-2805" interim-path="§42-2804" perm-eff="2025-11-24"/> |
| 61 | + <codify:insert doc="D.C. Code" path="§42-2805" before="heading" history="false" display-template=""> |
| 62 | + <text> |
| 63 | + *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will expire on February 22, 2026.* |
| 64 | + </text> |
| 65 | + </codify:insert> |
58 | 66 | </section> |
59 | 67 | </include> |
60 | 68 | <aftertext>.</aftertext> |
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64 | 72 | <text>The Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, effective September 21, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-177; 69 DCR 9924), is amended by adding a new section 2a to read as follows:</text> |
65 | 73 | <include> |
66 | 74 | <section> |
| 75 | + <codify:insert path="6|14B" after="§6-1453.01" num-value="6-1453.02" history-prefix="as added"/> |
67 | 76 | <num>2a</num> |
68 | 77 | <heading proof="needed">Report on barriers to net zero energy ready affordable housing development.</heading> |
69 | 78 | <para> |
70 | 79 | <num>(a)</num> |
71 | 80 | <para> |
72 | 81 | <num>(1)</num> |
73 | | - <text>No later than March 1, 2026, and every 6 months thereafter, the Department of Buildings ("Department") shall submit to the Council a report detailing its progress toward developing the regulations required by section 2.</text> |
| 82 | + <text>No later than March 1, 2026, and every 6 months thereafter, the Department of Buildings ("Department") shall submit to the Council a report detailing its progress toward developing the regulations required by <code-cite doc="D.C. Code" path="§6-1453.01">section 2</code-cite>.</text> |
74 | 83 | </para> |
75 | 84 | <para> |
76 | 85 | <num>(2)</num> |
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83 | 92 | </para> |
84 | 93 | <para> |
85 | 94 | <num>(c)</num> |
86 | | - <text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish a new cause of action to challenge the validity of any regulations issued pursuant to section 2(b)(1).</text> |
| 95 | + <text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish a new cause of action to challenge the validity of any regulations issued pursuant to <code-cite doc="D.C. Code" path="§6-1453.01|(b)|(1)">section 2(b)(1)</code-cite>.</text> |
87 | 96 | </para> |
88 | 97 | <para> |
89 | 98 | <num>(d)</num> |
90 | | - <text>This section shall expire upon the effective date of final regulations promulgated pursuant to section 2(b)(1).</text> |
| 99 | + <text>This section shall expire upon the effective date of final regulations promulgated pursuant to <code-cite doc="D.C. Code" path="§6-1453.01|(b)|(1)">section 2(b)(1)</code-cite>.</text> |
91 | 100 | </para> |
| 101 | + <annotation doc="D.C. Law 24-177" type="History" path="§2a">Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 24-177, § 2a</annotation> |
| 102 | + <codify:emergency-new-sec doc="D.C. Code" path="§6-1453.02" interim-path="§6-1453.01" perm-eff="2025-11-24"/> |
| 103 | + <codify:insert doc="D.C. Code" path="§6-1453.02" before="heading" history="false" display-template=""> |
| 104 | + <text> |
| 105 | + *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will expire on February 22, 2026.* |
| 106 | + </text> |
| 107 | + </codify:insert> |
92 | 108 | </section> |
93 | 109 | </include> |
94 | 110 | <aftertext>.</aftertext> |
95 | 111 | </section> |
96 | | - <section> |
| 112 | + <section codify:path="§6-1451.02|(a)"> |
97 | 113 | <num>4</num> |
98 | 114 | <text>Section 3(a) of the Green Building Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-234; D.C. Official Code § 6-1451.02(a)), is amended as follows:</text> |
99 | | - <para> |
| 115 | + <para codify:path="(3)|(C)"> |
100 | 116 | <num>(a)</num> |
101 | 117 | <text>Paragraph (3)(C) is amended to read as follows:</text> |
102 | 118 | <include lvl="1"> |
103 | 119 | <para> |
| 120 | + <codify:replace/> |
104 | 121 | <num>(C)</num> |
105 | | - <text>In the case of new construction or substantial rehabilitation, as that term is defined in section 103(34) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective July 17, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-10; D.C. Official Code § 42-3501.03(34)), in which a roof replacement or repair of 50% or more of the roof area is within the scope of the project in accordance with the District of Columbia Building Code (Title 12A of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations), the developer shall incorporate rooftop renewable energy systems on-site wherever feasible except when:</text> |
| 122 | + <text>In the case of new construction or substantial rehabilitation, as that term is defined in <code-cite doc="D.C. Code" path="§42-3501.03|(34)">section 103(34) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective July 17, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-10; D.C. Official Code § 42-3501.03(34))</code-cite>, in which a roof replacement or repair of 50% or more of the roof area is within the scope of the project in accordance with the District of Columbia Building Code (Title 12A of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations), the developer shall incorporate rooftop renewable energy systems on-site wherever feasible except when:</text> |
106 | 123 | <para> |
107 | 124 | <num>(i)</num> |
108 | 125 | <text>There is not adequate solar access as determined by Chapter 13 of Title 12-I[CE] of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations;</text> |
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127 | 144 | </include> |
128 | 145 | <aftertext>.</aftertext> |
129 | 146 | </para> |
130 | | - <para> |
| 147 | + <para codify:path="(6)"> |
131 | 148 | <num>(b)</num> |
132 | 149 | <text>Paragraph (6) is amended by striking the phrase "shall maintain net zero energy compliance and fulfill" and inserting the phrase "shall fulfill" in its place.</text> |
| 150 | + <codify:find-replace count="1"> |
| 151 | + <find>shall maintain net zero energy compliance and fulfill</find> |
| 152 | + <replace>shall fulfill</replace> |
| 153 | + </codify:find-replace> |
133 | 154 | </para> |
| 155 | + <codify:emergency doc="D.C. Code" path="§6-1451.02"/> |
| 156 | + <codify:insert doc="D.C. Code" path="§6-1451.02" before="heading" history="false" display-template=""> |
| 157 | + <text> |
| 158 | + *NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on February 22, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: <cite doc="D.C. Code" path="§6-1451.02(Perm)">Permanent Version</cite>.* |
| 159 | + </text> |
| 160 | + </codify:insert> |
134 | 161 | </section> |
135 | 162 | <section> |
136 | 163 | <num>5</num> |
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