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                                     LRB093 08713 RCE 08943 b

 1        AN ACT concerning coal.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond
 5    Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 1110/2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4102)
 7        Sec. 2.  Definitions. As used in this Act:,
 8        "Coal" or "coal resources" include coal, coal products or
 9    by-products, including electricity and synthetic fuels.
10        "Development of fossil fuels and coal resources" includes
11    research, development, and demonstration of improved  methods
12    of discovery, production, transportation, sale, distribution,
13    conversion, utilization, end-use and waste disposal of fossil
14    fuels and coal resources.
15        "Development  of  alternative  forms  of energy" includes
16    research, development and demonstration for the  purposes  of
17    promoting  the  adoption  and  utilization of energy systems,
18    including but not limited to solar heating and cooling, solar
19    passive,  photovoltaic,  wind,   bioconversion,   geothermal,
20    hydroelectric,  re-use  of  waste  energy,  re-use  of  waste
21    materials,  and  any other energy system except that which is
22    generated by nuclear energy.
23        "Fossil fuels" include petroleum,  petroleum  by-products
24    and natural gas.
25    (Source: P.A. 84-1452.)