Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
Filed: 3/5/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5932
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5932, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and | ||||||
6 | Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing | ||||||
7 | Section 6-3 as follows:
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8 | (20 ILCS 687/6-3)
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9 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015)
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10 | Sec. 6-3. Renewable energy resources program.
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11 | (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, to
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12 | be called the "Department" hereinafter in this Law, shall
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13 | administer the Renewable Energy Resources Program to provide
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14 | grants, loans, and other incentives to foster investment in
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15 | the development and use of renewable energy resources.
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16 | (b) The Department shall establish eligibility criteria
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1 | for grants, loans, and other incentives to foster investment
in | ||||||
2 | and the development and use of renewable energy resources.
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3 | These criteria shall be reviewed annually and adjusted as
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4 | necessary. The criteria should promote the goal of fostering
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5 | investment in and the development and use, in Illinois, of
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6 | renewable energy resources.
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7 | (c) The Department shall accept applications for grants,
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8 | loans, and other incentives to foster investment in and the
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9 | development and use of renewable energy resources.
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10 | (d) To the extent that funds are available and
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11 | appropriated, the Department shall provide grants, loans, and
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12 | other incentives to applicants
that meet the criteria specified | ||||||
13 | by the Department.
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14 | (e) The Department shall conduct an annual study on the
use | ||||||
15 | and availability of renewable energy resources in
Illinois. | ||||||
16 | Each year, the Department shall submit a report on
the study to | ||||||
17 | the General Assembly. This report shall include
suggestions for | ||||||
18 | legislation which will encourage the
development and use of | ||||||
19 | renewable energy resources.
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20 | (e-5) The Illinois Power Authority must develop a program | ||||||
21 | to promote renewable energy and net metering options in the | ||||||
22 | State in conjunction with the grant opportunities available | ||||||
23 | through the Department under this Section. | ||||||
24 | (f) As used in this Law, "renewable energy resources" | ||||||
25 | includes energy from
wind, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic
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26 | cells and panels, dedicated crops
grown for energy production |
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1 | and organic waste biomass, hydropower that does not
involve new | ||||||
2 | construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams, and | ||||||
3 | other
such alternative sources of environmentally preferable | ||||||
4 | energy.
"Renewable energy resources" does not include, | ||||||
5 | however, energy from the
incineration, burning or heating of | ||||||
6 | waste wood, tires, garbage, general
household, institutional | ||||||
7 | and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office
waste, | ||||||
8 | landscape waste, or construction or demolition debris.
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9 | (g) There is created the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund | ||||||
10 | as a special
fund
in the State Treasury, to be administered by | ||||||
11 | the Department to support the
development of technologies for | ||||||
12 | wind, biomass, and solar power in Illinois.
The
Department may | ||||||
13 | accept private and public funds, including federal funds, for
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14 | deposit into the Fund.
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15 | (h) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that | ||||||
16 | may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head | ||||||
17 | under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to | ||||||
18 | make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions | ||||||
19 | of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, | ||||||
20 | however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to | ||||||
21 | implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
22 | the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to | ||||||
23 | the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House | ||||||
24 | and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the | ||||||
25 | General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
26 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action |
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1 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
2 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
3 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
4 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
5 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this paragraph, "rules" | ||||||
6 | is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" | ||||||
8 | are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of | ||||||
9 | the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that | ||||||
10 | such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
11 | jurisdiction of the Governor. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06 .)".
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