SB1510 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1510

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Laura Ellman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 1205/8-13a new

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a park district may enter into a lease, contract, or other agreement related to the acquisition of solar energy, including the installation, maintenance, and service of solar panels, equipment, or similar technology related to solar energy, for a period not to exceed 2.5 times the term of years provided for in other provisions authorizing a lease for equipment and machinery (currently, up to 8 years) when authorized by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the governing board of the park district. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding Section 8-13a as follows:

(70 ILCS 1205/8-13a new)

Sec. 8-13a. Agreements related to solar energy. Notwithstanding Section 8-13, a park district may enter into a lease, contract, or other agreement related to the acquisition of solar energy, including the installation, maintenance, and service of solar panels, equipment, or similar technology related to solar energy, for a period not to exceed 2.5 times the term of years provided for in Section 8-13 when authorized by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the governing board of the park district.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.