(30 ILCS 725/1.1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7302)
Sec. 1.1.
Legislative Findings.
The General Assembly finds:
(a) that the public health, safety, and welfare of the People of the State
of Illinois require that an adequate supply of energy be made available
to them at all times;
(b) that at the present time existing energy sources are becoming more
limited;
(c) that it is the responsibility of the State government to encourage
the use of alternative renewable energy sources;
(d) that solar energy systems are an effective and feasible means of
reducing the dependence of the State government and the People of the State
on non-State energy sources and of conserving valuable fossil fuel and
other non-renewable energy sources; and
(e) that it is in the public interest to define solar energy systems,
demonstrate solar energy feasibility, apply incentives for using solar energy,
educate the public on solar feasibility, study solar energy application,
and coordinate governmental programs affecting solar energy.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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