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| AN ACT concerning schools.
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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 Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended by | 5 |
| adding Section 825-100 as follows: | 6 |
| (20 ILCS 3501/825-100 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 825-100. School Wind and Solar Generation Program. | 8 |
| (a) There is created the School Wind and Solar Generation | 9 |
| Program to fund wind generation projects and solar generation | 10 |
| projects for school districts and community college districts. | 11 |
| The Authority may implement and administer this program. Under | 12 |
| the program, the Authority may provide to school districts and | 13 |
| community college districts that apply, full or partial | 14 |
| low-interest loans for, without limitation, engineering | 15 |
| studies, feasibility studies, research studies, and | 16 |
| construction costs for wind generation projects and solar | 17 |
| generation projects. The loan funds, subject to appropriation, | 18 |
| shall be paid out of the School Wind and Solar Generation | 19 |
| Revolving Loan Fund. All repayments of loans shall be deposited | 20 |
| into the School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund. | 21 |
| (b) The Authority may make available information regarding | 22 |
| the School Wind and Solar Generation Program to all school | 23 |
| districts and community college districts in this State. |
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| (c) The School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan | 2 |
| Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The | 3 |
| School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund shall | 4 |
| consist of any moneys appropriated into the School Wind and | 5 |
| Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund, as well as all repayments | 6 |
| of loans made under the School Wind and Solar Generation | 7 |
| Program. All interest earned on moneys in the School Wind and | 8 |
| Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund shall be deposited into | 9 |
| the Fund. All money in the School Wind and Solar Generation | 10 |
| Revolving Loan Fund must be used, subject to appropriation, by | 11 |
| the Authority for the purposes of this Section. | 12 |
| (d) The Authority may accept additional funding for the | 13 |
| School Wind and Solar Generation Program from the federal | 14 |
| government and private donations. | 15 |
| (e) The Authority may adopt any rules necessary to | 16 |
| implement this Section. | 17 |
| Section 7. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and | 18 |
| Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing | 19 |
| Section 6-5.5 as follows: | 20 |
| (20 ILCS 687/6-5.5) | 21 |
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015) | 22 |
| Sec. 6-5.5. Renewable energy grants. | 23 |
| (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department may establish | 24 |
| and operate a renewable energy grant program to assist public |
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| schools and community colleges with engineering studies and | 2 |
| feasibility studies and school districts in the installation, | 3 |
| acquisition, construction, and improvement of renewable energy | 4 |
| resources in the public schools , including without limitation | 5 |
| solar energy (such as solar panels), geothermal energy, and | 6 |
| wind energy. | 7 |
| (b) Application for a grant under this Section must be in | 8 |
| the form and manner established by the Department. The grant | 9 |
| shall cover 50% of the cost for which the grant is sought, up | 10 |
| to a maximum grant of $1,000,000, if the applicant school | 11 |
| district is able to demonstrate that it has funds to pay the | 12 |
| other 50% of the cost. The schools and community colleges | 13 |
| school district may accept private funds for their its portion | 14 |
| of the cost.
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| (c) The Department may adopt any rules that are necessary | 16 |
| to carry out its responsibilities under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-46, eff. 8-10-07 .) | 18 |
| Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 19 |
| Section 5.719 as follows: | 20 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new) | 21 |
| Sec. 5.719. The School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving | 22 |
| Loan Fund. | 23 |
| Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Sections |
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| 10-20.42 and 34-18.36 as follows: | 2 |
| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.42) | 3 |
| Sec. 10-20.42. Wind and solar farms farm . A school | 4 |
| district may own and operate a wind or solar generation turbine | 5 |
| farm, either individually or jointly with a unit of local | 6 |
| government, school district, or community college district | 7 |
| that is authorized to own and operate a wind or solar | 8 |
| generation turbine farm, that directly or indirectly reduces | 9 |
| the energy or other operating costs of the school district. The | 10 |
| school district may ask for the assistance of any State agency, | 11 |
| including without limitation the State Board of Education, the | 12 |
| Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental Protection Agency, | 13 |
| in obtaining financing options for a wind or solar generation | 14 |
| turbine farm.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08; | 16 |
| 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.) | 17 |
| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.36) | 18 |
| Sec. 34-18.36. Wind and solar farms farm . The school | 19 |
| district may own and operate a wind or solar generation turbine | 20 |
| farm, either individually or jointly with a unit of local | 21 |
| government, school district, or community college district | 22 |
| that is authorized to own and operate a wind or solar | 23 |
| generation turbine farm, that directly or indirectly reduces | 24 |
| the energy or other operating costs of the school district. The |
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| school district may ask for the assistance of any State agency, | 2 |
| including without limitation the State Board of Education, the | 3 |
| Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental Protection Agency, | 4 |
| in obtaining financing options for a wind or solar generation | 5 |
| turbine farm.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08; | 7 |
| 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.) | 8 |
| Section 20. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 9 |
| changing Section 3-42.3 as follows: | 10 |
| (110 ILCS 805/3-42.3)
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| Sec. 3-42.3. Wind and solar farms farm . To own and operate | 12 |
| a wind or solar generation turbine farm, either individually or | 13 |
| jointly with a unit of local government, school district, or | 14 |
| community college district that is authorized to own and | 15 |
| operate a wind or solar generation turbine farm, that directly | 16 |
| or indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of | 17 |
| the community college district. The board may ask for the | 18 |
| assistance of any State agency, including without limitation | 19 |
| the State Board, the Illinois Power Agency, or the | 20 |
| Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing | 21 |
| options for a wind or solar generation turbine farm.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 |
| becoming law.
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