101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3463

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. David Koehler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/10-720

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the valuation procedures for commercial solar energy systems apply regardless of whether the owner of the device or devices is also the owner or occupant of the property.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 10-720 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/10-720)
7    Sec. 10-720. Definitions. For the purpose of this Division
820:
9    "Allowance for physical depreciation" means (i) the actual
10age in years of the commercial solar energy system on the
11assessment date divided by 25 years, multiplied by (ii) its
12trended real property cost basis. The physical depreciation,
13however, may not reduce the value of the commercial solar
14energy system to less than 30% of its trended real property
15cost basis.
16    "Commercial solar energy system" means any device or
17assembly of devices that (i) is ground installed and (ii) uses
18solar energy from the sun for generating electricity for the
19primary purpose of wholesale or retail sale and not primarily
20for consumption by the property's owner or occupant on the
21property on which the device or devices reside, regardless of
22whether the owner of the device or devices is also the owner or
23occupant of the property.

 

 

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1    "Commercial solar energy system real property cost basis"
2means the owner of a commercial solar energy system's interest
3in the land within the project boundaries and real property
4improvements and shall be calculated at $218,000 per megawatt
5of nameplate capacity. For the purposes of this Section,
6"nameplate capacity" has the same definition as found in
7Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
8    "Ground installed" means the installation of a commercial
9solar energy system, with the primary purpose of solar energy
10generation for wholesale or retail sale, on a parcel or tract
11of land.
12    "Trended real property cost basis" means the commercial
13solar energy system real property cost basis multiplied by the
14trending factor.
15    "Trending factor" means a number equal to the Consumer
16Price Index (U.S. city average all items) published by the
17Bureau of Labor Statistics for the December immediately
18preceding the assessment date, divided by the Consumer Price
19Index (U.S. city average all items) published by the Bureau of
20Labor Statistics for December of 2017.
21(Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18.)