Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
Filed: 2/22/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4646 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4646 on page 1, line 
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8, after "jointly" by inserting "with another unit of local 
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government, school district, or community college district 
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that is authorized to own and operate a wind generation turbine 
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farm"; and

 
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on page 1, line 12, after "Opportunity", by inserting ", the 
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Illinois Power Agency,"; and
 
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on page 1, line 20, after "jointly" by inserting "with another 
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unit of local government, school district, or community college 
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district that is authorized to own and operate a wind 
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generation turbine farm"; and
 
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on page 2, line 2, after "Opportunity", by inserting ", the 
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Illinois Power Agency,"; and
 
 


 






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on page 2, immediately below line 4, by inserting the 
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following:
 
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    "Section 15. The School Code is amended  by changing and 
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renumbering Sections 10-20.40 and 34-18.34 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.42)
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    Sec. 10-20.42
10-20.40. Wind farm.   A school district may 
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own and operate a wind generation turbine farm, either 
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individually or jointly with a unit of local government, school 
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district, or community college district that is authorized to 
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own and operate a wind generation turbine farm, that directly 
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or indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of 
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the school district. The school district may ask for the 
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assistance of any State agency, including without limitation 
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the State Board of Education, the Illinois Power Agency, or the 
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Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing 
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options for a wind generation turbine farm.

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(Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; revised 12-7-07.)
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.36)
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    Sec. 34-18.36
34-18.34. Wind farm. The school district may 
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own and operate a wind generation turbine farm, either 
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individually or jointly with a unit of local government, school 
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district, or community college district that is authorized to 
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own and operate a wind generation turbine farm, that directly 
 


 






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or indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of 
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the school district. The school district may ask for the 
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assistance of any State agency, including without limitation 
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the State Board of Education, the Illinois Power Agency, or the 
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Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing 
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options for a wind generation turbine farm.

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(Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; revised 12-7-07.)
 
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    Section 20. The Public Community College Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 3-42.3 as follows:
 
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    (110 ILCS 805/3-42.3)

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    Sec. 3-42.3. Wind farm. To own and operate a wind 
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generation turbine farm, either individually or jointly with a 
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unit of local government, school district, or community college 
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district that is authorized to own and operate a wind 
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generation turbine farm, that directly or indirectly reduces 
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the energy or other operating costs of the community college 
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district. The board  may ask for the assistance of any State 
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agency, including without limitation the State Board, the 
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Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental Protection Agency, 
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in obtaining financing options for a wind generation turbine 
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farm.

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(Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07.)".