Full Text of HB5831 101st General Assembly
HB5831 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB5831 Introduced 11/10/2020, by Rep. André Thapedi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.3 heading | | 65 ILCS 5/11-15.3-5 new | | 65 ILCS 5/11-15.3-10 new | | 65 ILCS 5/11-15.3-15 new | |
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Amends the Wind Farm Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. Changes the name of the Division to the Alternative Energy and Storage Division. Allows a municipality to own and operate a photovoltaic generation farm, energy storage facility, or biomass-fired combined heat and power plant that directly or indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of the municipality. Allows a municipality to ask for the assistance of any State agency in obtaining financing options for such operations. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 | | changing the heading of Division 15.3 of Article 11 and by | 6 | | adding Sections 11-15.3-5, 11-15.3-10, and 11-15.3-15 as | 7 | | follows: | 8 | | (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.3 heading) | 9 | | DIVISION 15.3. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND STORAGE WIND FARMS
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.) | 11 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-15.3-5 new) | 12 | | Sec. 11-15.3-5. Photovoltaic farms. A municipality may own | 13 | | and operate a photovoltaic generation farm, either | 14 | | individually or jointly with another unit of local government, | 15 | | school district, or community college district that is | 16 | | authorized to own and operate a photovoltaic generation farm, | 17 | | that directly or indirectly reduces the energy or other | 18 | | operating costs of the municipality. The municipality may ask | 19 | | for the assistance of any State agency, including, without | 20 | | limitation, the Department of Commerce and Economic | 21 | | Opportunity, the Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental | 22 | | Protection Agency, in obtaining financing options for a |
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| 1 | | photovoltaic generation farm. | 2 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-15.3-10 new) | 3 | | Sec. 11-15.3-10. Energy storage facility. A municipality | 4 | | may own and operate an energy storage facility, either | 5 | | individually or jointly with another unit of local government, | 6 | | school district, or community college district that is | 7 | | authorized to own and operate an energy storage facility, that | 8 | | directly or indirectly reduces the energy or other operating | 9 | | costs of the municipality. The municipality may ask for the | 10 | | assistance of any State agency, including, without limitation, | 11 | | the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the | 12 | | Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental Protection Agency, | 13 | | in obtaining financing options for an energy storage facility. | 14 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-15.3-15 new) | 15 | | Sec. 11-15.3-15. Biomass-fired combined heat and power | 16 | | plant. A municipality may own and operate a biomass-fired | 17 | | combined heat and power plant, either individually or jointly | 18 | | with another unit of local government, school district, or | 19 | | community college district that is authorized to own and | 20 | | operate a biomass-fired combined heat and power plant, that | 21 | | directly or indirectly reduces the energy or other operating | 22 | | costs of the municipality. The municipality may ask for the | 23 | | assistance of any State agency, including, without limitation, | 24 | | the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental Protection Agency, | 2 | | in obtaining financing options for a biomass-fired combined | 3 | | heat and power plant.
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.
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