Full Text of HB4646 95th General Assembly
HB4646enr 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Counties Code is amended by adding Section | 5 |
| 42000 as follows: | 6 |
| (55 ILCS 5/42000 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 42000. Wind farms. A county may own and operate a wind | 8 |
| generation turbine farm, either individually or jointly with | 9 |
| another unit of local government, school district, or community | 10 |
| college district that is authorized to own and operate a wind | 11 |
| generation turbine farm, that directly or indirectly reduces | 12 |
| the energy or other operating costs of the county. The county | 13 |
| may ask for the assistance of any State agency, including | 14 |
| without limitation the Department of Commerce and Economic | 15 |
| Opportunity, the Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental | 16 |
| Protection Agency, in obtaining financing options for a wind | 17 |
| generation turbine farm. | 18 |
| Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 19 |
| adding Section 11-15.3-1 as follows: | 20 |
| (65 ILCS 5/11-15.3-1 new) | 21 |
| Sec. 11-15.3-1. Wind farms. A municipality may own and |
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| operate a wind generation turbine farm, either individually or | 2 |
| jointly with another unit of local government, school district, | 3 |
| or community college district that is authorized to own and | 4 |
| operate a wind generation turbine farm, that directly or | 5 |
| indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of the | 6 |
| municipality. The municipality may ask for the assistance of | 7 |
| any State agency, including without limitation the Department | 8 |
| of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Illinois Power | 9 |
| Agency, or the Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining | 10 |
| financing options for a wind generation turbine farm. | 11 |
| Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing and | 12 |
| renumbering Sections 10-20.40 and 34-18.34 as follows: | 13 |
| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.42) | 14 |
| Sec. 10-20.42
10-20.40 . Wind farm. A school district may | 15 |
| own and operate a wind generation turbine farm, either | 16 |
| individually or jointly with a unit of local government, school | 17 |
| district, or community college district that is authorized to | 18 |
| own and operate a wind generation turbine farm , that directly | 19 |
| or indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of | 20 |
| the school district. The school district may ask for the | 21 |
| assistance of any State agency, including without limitation | 22 |
| the State Board of Education , the Illinois Power Agency, or the | 23 |
| Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing | 24 |
| options for a wind generation turbine farm.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; revised 12-7-07.) | 2 |
| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.36) | 3 |
| Sec. 34-18.36
34-18.34 . Wind farm. The school district may | 4 |
| own and operate a wind generation turbine farm, either | 5 |
| individually or jointly with a unit of local government, school | 6 |
| district, or community college district that is authorized to | 7 |
| own and operate a wind generation turbine farm , that directly | 8 |
| or indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of | 9 |
| the school district. The school district may ask for the | 10 |
| assistance of any State agency, including without limitation | 11 |
| the State Board of Education , the Illinois Power Agency, or the | 12 |
| Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing | 13 |
| options for a wind generation turbine farm.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; revised 12-7-07.) | 15 |
| Section 20. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 16 |
| changing Section 3-42.3 as follows: | 17 |
| (110 ILCS 805/3-42.3)
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| Sec. 3-42.3. Wind farm. To own and operate a wind | 19 |
| generation turbine farm, either individually or jointly with a | 20 |
| unit of local government, school district, or community college | 21 |
| district that is authorized to own and operate a wind | 22 |
| generation turbine farm , that directly or indirectly reduces | 23 |
| the energy or other operating costs of the community college |
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| district. The board may ask for the assistance of any State | 2 |
| agency, including without limitation the State Board , the | 3 |
| Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental Protection Agency, | 4 |
| in obtaining financing options for a wind generation turbine | 5 |
| farm.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 |
| becoming law.
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