Full Text of SB3102 103rd General Assembly
SB3102 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
| | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3102 Introduced 2/2/2024, by Sen. Dale Fowler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, no person may knowingly cause or allow the mixing of a photovoltaic module with municipal waste that is intended for disposal at a landfill. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, no person may knowingly cause or allow the disposal of a photovoltaic module in a sanitary landfill. Defines "consumer electronic device" and "photovoltaic module". Effective January 1, 2025. |
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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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by | | 5 | | adding Section 22.23e as follows:
| | 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/22.23e new) | | 7 | | Sec. 22.23e. Photovoltaic modules. | | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: | | 9 | | "Consumer electronic device" means any device containing | | 10 | | an electronic circuit board that is intended for everyday use | | 11 | | by individuals. | | 12 | | "Photovoltaic module" means the smallest, nondivisible, | | 13 | | environmentally protected assembly of photovoltaic cells or | | 14 | | other photovoltaic collector technology, and any ancillary | | 15 | | part, intended to generate electrical power under sunlight. | | 16 | | "Photovoltaic module" does not include a photovoltaic cell | | 17 | | that is part of a consumer electronic device for which it | | 18 | | provides electricity needed to make the consumer electronic | | 19 | | device function. "Photovoltaic module" includes, but is not | | 20 | | limited to, interconnections, terminals, and protective | | 21 | | devices, such as diodes, that are: | | 22 | | (1) installed on, connected to, or integral to | | 23 | | buildings; |
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| | 1 | | (2) used as components of freestanding, off-grid power | | 2 | | generation systems, such as for powering water pumping | | 3 | | stations, electric vehicle charging stations, fencing, | | 4 | | street and signage lights, and other commercial or | | 5 | | agricultural purposes; or | | 6 | | (3) part of a system connected to a grid or utility | | 7 | | service. | | 8 | | (b) Beginning January 1, 2026, no person may knowingly | | 9 | | cause or allow the mixing of a photovoltaic module with | | 10 | | municipal waste that is intended for disposal at a landfill. | | 11 | | (c) Beginning January 1, 2026, no person may knowingly | | 12 | | cause or allow the disposal of a photovoltaic module in a | | 13 | | sanitary landfill.
| | 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | | 15 | | 1, 2025. |
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