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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1493
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development
Law of 1997. Makes a technical change in Section concerning legislative
findings.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1493 |
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LRB096 05004 RCE 15070 b |
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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 Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and |
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| Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing |
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| Section 6-2 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 687/6-2)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015)
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| Sec. 6-2. Findings and intent. The
The General Assembly
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| finds and declares that it is desirable to obtain the
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| environmental quality, public health, and fuel diversity
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| benefits of developing new renewable energy resources and
clean |
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| coal technologies for use in Illinois and to lower the
cost of |
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| renewable energy resources and clean coal resources
provided to |
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| utility consumers. The General Assembly finds and
declares that |
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| the benefits of electricity from renewable
energy resources and |
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| clean coal technologies accrue to the
public at large, thus |
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| consumers and electric utilities and
alternative retail |
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| electric suppliers share an interest in
developing and using a |
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| significant level of these
environmentally preferable |
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| resources in the State's
electricity supply portfolio. The |
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| General Assembly finds and
declares that encouraging energy |
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| efficiency will improve the
environmental quality and public |