96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1844

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1110/2   from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4102

    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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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
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. 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,
13 end-use and waste disposal of fossil fuels and coal resources.
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,
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.)