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LRB095 06649 HLH 31642 a |
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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. |
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| Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
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| adding Section 11-13-26 as follows: |
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| (65 ILCS 5/11-13-26 new) |
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| Sec. 11-13-26. Wind farms. A municipality may regulate wind |
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| farms and electric-generating wind devices within its zoning |
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| jurisdiction and within the 1.5 mile radius surrounding its |
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| zoning jurisdiction. There shall be at least one public hearing |
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| not more than 30 days prior to a siting decision by the |
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| corporate authorities of a municipality. Notice of the hearing |
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| shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the |
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| municipality. A municipality may allow test wind towers to be |
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| sited without formal approval by the corporate authorities of |
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| the municipality. Test wind towers must be dismantled within 3 |
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| years of installation. For the purposes of this Section, "test |
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| wind towers" are wind towers that are designed solely to |
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| collect wind generation data.
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