Public Act 098-0204
 
HB1201 EnrolledLRB098 04038 OMW 34058 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  








 
    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by adding 
Section 11-42-15 as follows:
 
    (65 ILCS 5/11-42-15 new)
    Sec. 11-42-15. Wind energy systems. For electric 
generating wind devices other than those with a nameplate 
generating capacity of less than 100 kilowatts that are used 
primarily by an end user, a municipality may prohibit any 
electric generating wind device from locating within its 
corporate limits, provided that the regulation is not 
inconsistent with another municipality's zoning regulation. 
This Section shall apply only to electric generating wind 
devices permitted after the effective date of this amendatory 
Act of the 98th General Assembly.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.