101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3016

 

Introduced 2/5/2020, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
525 ILCS 55/10

    Amends the Pollinator-Friendly Solar Site Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning site management practices.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning conservation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Pollinator-Friendly Solar Site Act is
5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (525 ILCS 55/10)
7    Sec. 10. Site management practices. An owner of a
8ground-mounted solar site may follow practices that: (1)
9provide native perennial vegetation and and foraging habitat
10which is beneficial to game birds, songbirds, and pollinators;
11and (2) reduce storm water runoff and erosion at the solar
12site. To the extent practicable, if establishing perennial
13vegetation and beneficial foraging habitat, a solar site owner
14or manager shall use native plant species and seed mixes that
15are free from noxious weed or exotic weed seeds.
16(Source: P.A. 100-1022, eff. 8-21-18.)