HB49

HB49

**Sponsors**- C Spice FL Republican, C Voorhees CO Democrat, B Nahra SC Democratic **Topic**- Environment and Energy **Title**- Solar Panels  **Purpose** – Our purpose is to add solar panels to new homes and factories. The government will give tax breaks on money to go towards peoples' taxes, they will get $1,500 cash back for adding solar panels to their house. This will reduce the pollution in the earth’s atmosphere and create a safe and healthy environment. Because a lot of people are polluting, using solar panels can help reduce the pollution levels instead of using harmful gases and electricity. Using solar panels will also reduce some energy bills and will be more energy efficient. This project may take a year or two to complete but it will help in many ways in the future. By using solar panels as a energy resource it will help to create a new safe environment not only for us but for the earth too. The sun is a great resource and we should make use of it by going solar. Going solar also has good benefits not just for you but for the planet. By using solar panels as energy this will help and create a new safe environment, and by creating a safer environment it gives families and children a better place to live and grow up.

**Eligibility**- This bill is mostly going to apply to construction workers, buildings, new factories and homes. It’s mostly going to apply to large factories that pollute, and can save energy by changing to solar panels instead of other harmful pollutants. The construction workers will be the ones installing the solar panels onto new homes and buildings.

**Terms and benefits**- Our plan is going to require a lot of hard work but it will pay off in the end. The solar panels will also help families because it will lower their heating bills and will also help families in need because it will give them another option to heat or supply electricity, which will be less costly. It will also help them by having them get their money back with the tax breaks. The steps we are going to take to do this project are-
 * 1) To tell people what were planning on doing (using more solar panels). We want more people to be aware of how we want people to use solar panels and how it will help be more energy efficient. If we use solar panels we can create a more safe enviroment and be more energy efficient. To do this we will put up flyers and have advertising on TV and in papers about how people should go solar and make use of the sun. If people go solar now it will be a lot easier in the future.When people use solar panels they can save up to $6,460 per year when using solar panels.
 * 2) Our next step is we’re going to tell the government about our plan and tell large business owners how much their going to cost and how we’re going to get the money to do this project. How we’re going to get the money for this project is stated in step number 3.
 * 3) How we’re going to raise money is to raise taxes by 5% .Large business owners are going to help with part of the cost of buying solar panels. New homes with solar panels will have this price included in the cost of their home. We will require at least one solar panel for smaller houses and at least 2 or more solar panels for large factories.
 * 4) Step 4 is to have people purchase solar panels through a variety of different solar panel companies.
 * 5) We encourge people to purchase the solar panels as soon as they buy their house, were are going to have paid workers from the government install them properly to make sure they are working and can get sunlight were they are placed. And for people who use the solar panels will have a guaranteed decrease in their energy bill.
 * 6) Once people have their solar panels installed, they will get their money back through the tax break.

**Fiscal impact** - Our Fiscal Impact is going to require workers and the company for the solar panels. Workers- 10,000 Workers = $ 3,600,000 Solar panel company = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">One House Solar panel = $500 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Apartment Solar panel = $5,000 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">A large office Building = $ 45, 000

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