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Full Text of SB1160 103rd General Assembly

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SB1160enr 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1     AN ACT concerning safety.

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

4     Section 5. The Renewable Energy Component Recycling Task
5 Force Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

6     (20 ILCS 4118/15)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
8     Sec. 15. Duties and report.
9     (a) The REC Recycling Task Force shall have the following
10 duties:
11         (1) Investigate options for recycling and other end of
12     life management methods for renewable energy generation
13     components and energy storage devices in accordance with
14     State and federal requirements.
15         (2) Identify preferred methods to safely and
16     responsibly manage end of life renewable energy generating
17     components and energy storage devices, including the reuse
18     or refurbishment.
19         (3) Consider the economic and environmental costs and
20     benefits associated with each method of recycling or end
21     of life management identified.
22         (4) Project the economically productive life cycle of
23     various types of renewable energy generating equipment and

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1     energy storage systems currently in use or planned for
2     development in this State and model the impact that may be
3     expected to the State's landfill capacity if landfill
4     disposal is permitted for all such equipment and storage
5     systems at end of life.
6         (5) Survey federal and other states' and countries'
7     regulatory requirements relating to the end of life
8     management, decommissioning, and financial assurance
9     requirements for owners, operators, developers, and
10     manufacturers of renewable energy generation components
11     and energy storage systems.
12         (6) Identify infrastructure that may be needed to
13     develop a practical, effective, and cost-efficient means
14     to collect and transport end of life renewable generation
15     components and energy storage systems in State for reuse,
16     refurbishment, recycling, or disposal.
17         (7) Receive stakeholder engagement and feedback on
18     various recycling and end of life management proposals for
19     renewable energy generation components and energy storage
20     systems.
21         (8) Develop recommendations for legislative,
22     administrative, or private sector action to implement
23     recycling and end of life management for renewable energy
24     generation components and energy storage systems.
25         (9) Consider the benefits of prohibiting a person from
26     mixing renewable energy generation components and energy

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1     storage systems with municipal waste that is intended for
2     disposal at a landfill.
3         (10) Consider the benefits of prohibiting a person
4     from disposing of renewable energy generation components
5     and energy storage systems in a sanitary landfill.
6     (b) The REC Recycling Task Force shall submit a final
7 report on activities conducted pursuant to this Act with
8 findings, including stakeholder input, to the General Assembly
9 and the Governor's Office no later than July 1, 2025.
10 (Source: P.A. 102-1025, eff. 5-27-22.)

11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.

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