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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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and | ||||||
| 5 | Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by adding | ||||||
| 6 | Section 6-6.5 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 687/6-6.5 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 6-6.5. Utilization of Renewable Energy on State-Owned | ||||||
| 9 | Properties Task Force. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The Utilization of Renewable Energy on State-Owned | ||||||
| 11 | Properties Task Force is hereby created. The Task Force shall | ||||||
| 12 | consider the economics and feasibility of installing and | ||||||
| 13 | maintaining renewable energy facilities on State-owned | ||||||
| 14 | property and the impact and benefits to the community and the | ||||||
| 15 | State. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) The Task Force shall be formed within 60 days after the | ||||||
| 17 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General | ||||||
| 18 | Assembly and shall be comprised of the following members: | ||||||
| 19 | (1) two members appointed by the Speaker of the House | ||||||
| 20 | of Representatives; | ||||||
| 21 | (2) two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 22 | House of Representatives; | ||||||
| 23 | (3) two members appointed by the President of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Senate; | ||||||
| 2 | (4) two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 3 | Senate; | ||||||
| 4 | (5) the Director of the Illinois Environmental | ||||||
| 5 | Protection Agency, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 6 | (6) the Director of the Department of Natural | ||||||
| 7 | Resources, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 8 | (7) the Director of the Department of Central | ||||||
| 9 | Management Services, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 10 | (8) one member appointed by the Governor to represent | ||||||
| 11 | the public, who shall serve as chair of the Task Force; and | ||||||
| 12 | (9) one member appointed by the Governor with business | ||||||
| 13 | experience in renewable energy development. | ||||||
| 14 | (c) The members of the Task Force shall not receive | ||||||
| 15 | compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for | ||||||
| 16 | travel expenses related to the duties of the Task Force. | ||||||
| 17 | (d) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | ||||||
| 18 | shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 19 | (e) The Task Force shall compile their findings and | ||||||
| 20 | recommendations in a report to be presented to the Governor and | ||||||
| 21 | the members of the General Assembly on or before September 1, | ||||||
| 22 | 2016. The Task Force shall be dissolved upon submission of the | ||||||
| 23 | report. | ||||||
| 24 | (f) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2017.
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 26 | becoming law. | ||||||