Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski

Filed: 3/23/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1567

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1567 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
5 10-20.42 and 34-18.36 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/10-20.42)
7     Sec. 10-20.42. Wind farm. A school district may own and
8 operate a wind generation turbine farm, either individually or
9 jointly with a unit of local government, school district, or
10 community college district that is authorized to own and
11 operate a wind generation turbine farm, that directly or
12 indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of the
13 school district. The school district may ask for the assistance
14 of any State agency, including without limitation the State
15 Board of Education, the Illinois Power Agency, or the
16 Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing

 

 

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1 options for a wind generation turbine farm. Any excess profits
2 from a wind generation turbine farm must be used for
3 energy-related issues or energy-efficiency investments.
4 (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08;
5 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/34-18.36)
7     Sec. 34-18.36. Wind farm. The school district may own and
8 operate a wind generation turbine farm, either individually or
9 jointly with a unit of local government, school district, or
10 community college district that is authorized to own and
11 operate a wind generation turbine farm, that directly or
12 indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of the
13 school district. The school district may ask for the assistance
14 of any State agency, including without limitation the State
15 Board of Education, the Illinois Power Agency, or the
16 Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing
17 options for a wind generation turbine farm. Any excess profits
18 from a wind generation turbine farm must be used for
19 energy-related issues or energy-efficiency investments.
20 (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08;
21 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.".