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LRB096 07804 RLJ 17907 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local 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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 5-12020 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-12020) |
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| Sec. 5-12020. Wind farms. A county may establish standards |
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| for wind farms and electric-generating wind devices. The |
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| standards may include, without limitation, the height of the |
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| devices and the number of devices that may be located within a |
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| geographic area. A county may also regulate the siting of wind |
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| farms and electric-generating wind devices in unincorporated |
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| areas of the county outside of the zoning jurisdiction of a |
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| municipality and the 1.5 mile radius surrounding the zoning |
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| jurisdiction of a municipality. There shall be at least one |
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| public hearing not more than 30 days prior to a siting decision |
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| by the county board. Notice of the hearing shall be published |
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| in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Counties |
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| may allow test wind towers to be sited without formal approval |
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| by the county board. Test wind towers must be dismantled within |
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| 3 years of installation. For the purposes of this Section, |
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| "test wind towers" are wind towers that are designed solely to |
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| collect wind generation data. Any provision of a county zoning |