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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1164 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a entity may not construct a windmill on land anywhere in the State unless an equal number of windmills have been or are constructed by the entity constructing the windmill within 3,000 feet of a county with a population more than 3,000,000. |
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| | HB1164 | | LRB104 06380 BDA 16416 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 52.15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/52.15 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 52.15. Prohibition of windmill construction. A entity |
| 8 | | may not construct a windmill on land anywhere in the State |
| 9 | | unless an equal number of windmills have been or are |
| 10 | | constructed by the entity constructing the windmill within |
| 11 | | 3,000 feet of a county with a population more than 3,000,000. |