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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1918 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Michael Noland SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 20 ILCS 1110/2 | from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4102 |
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Amends the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act. Makes a technical change in
a Section concerning definitions.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB1918 | | LRB099 07455 MGM 27577 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond |
| 5 | | Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 1110/2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4102)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2.
As used in this Act, "coal" or "coal resources" |
| 8 | | include coal,
coal products or by-products, including |
| 9 | | electricity and
and synthetic fuels.
"Development of fossil |
| 10 | | fuels and coal resources" includes research,
development, and |
| 11 | | demonstration of improved methods of discovery,
production, |
| 12 | | transportation, sale, distribution, conversion, utilization,
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| 13 | | end-use and waste disposal of fossil fuels and coal resources.
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| 14 | | "Development of alternative forms of energy" includes |
| 15 | | research, development
and demonstration for the purposes of |
| 16 | | promoting the adoption and
utilization of energy systems, |
| 17 | | including but not limited to solar heating
and cooling, solar |
| 18 | | passive, photovoltaic, wind, bioconversion, geothermal,
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| 19 | | hydroelectric, re-use of waste energy, re-use of waste |
| 20 | | materials, and any
other energy system except that which is |
| 21 | | generated by nuclear energy.
"Fossil fuels" include petroleum, |
| 22 | | petroleum by-products and natural gas. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 84-1452.)
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