94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4993


 
Introduced 01/23/06, by Rep. Dave Winters
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













20 ILCS 605/605-390 new










    Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates a program that, subject to appropriation, provides rebates to consumers for expenditures made for the purchase and installation of a renewable energy system or appliance  used in connection with a dwelling unit or small business. Provides that the rebate amount shall not exceed the lesser of 25% of the expenditures made for the purchase and installation of the renewable energy system or  appliance or $2,000. Defines a "renewable energy system or appliance". Authorizes the Department to adopt rules for the administration of this rebate program.
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic 
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Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by adding Section 605-390 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 605/605-390  new)
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    Sec. 605-390. Renewable energy rebate program.
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    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall 
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establish a program providing rebates to consumers for 
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expenditures made for the purchase and installation of a 
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renewable energy system or appliance  used in connection with a 
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dwelling unit or small business. Rebates provided under the 
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program shall be in an amount not to exceed the lesser of:
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        (i) 25% of the expenditures made for the purchase and 
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    installation of the renewable energy system or  appliance; 
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    or
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        (ii) $2,000.
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    (b) For purposes of this Section, a "renewable energy 
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system or appliance"  means a system or appliance  that:
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        (i) when installed in connection with a dwelling unit 
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    or small business, transmits or uses:
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            (A) solar energy, energy derived from geo-thermal 
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        deposits, energy derived from biomass, or any other 
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        form of renewable energy that the Department specifies 
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        by rule, for the purpose of heating or cooling the 
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        dwelling unit or small business or providing hot water 
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        or electricity for use within the dwelling unit or 
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        small business; or
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            (B) wind energy for non-business residential 
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        purposes;
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        (ii) meets the performance and quality standards, if 
 


 






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    any, that have been prescribed by the Department by rule;
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        (iii) in the case of a combustion rated system or 
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    appliance, has a thermal efficiency rating of at least 75%; 
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    and
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        (iv) in the case of a solar system or appliance, has a 
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    thermal efficiency rating of at least 15%.
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    (c) The Department shall adopt rules for the administration 
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of this Section.