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SB1567sam002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
Filed: 3/25/2009

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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1567
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1567 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
5 10-20.42 and 34-18.36 as follows:

6     (105 ILCS 5/10-20.42)
7     Sec. 10-20.42. Wind farm. A school district may own and
8 operate a wind generation turbine farm, either individually or
9 jointly with a unit of local government, school district, or
10 community college district that is authorized to own and
11 operate a wind generation turbine farm, that directly or
12 indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of the
13 school district. The school district may ask for the assistance
14 of any State agency, including without limitation the State
15 Board of Education, the Illinois Power Agency, or the
16 Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing

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1 options for a wind generation turbine farm. Any excess profits
2 from a wind generation turbine farm owned by a school district
3 must be used for energy-related issues or energy-efficiency
4 investments.
5 (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08;
6 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)

7     (105 ILCS 5/34-18.36)
8     Sec. 34-18.36. Wind farm. The school district may own and
9 operate a wind generation turbine farm, either individually or
10 jointly with a unit of local government, school district, or
11 community college district that is authorized to own and
12 operate a wind generation turbine farm, that directly or
13 indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of the
14 school district. The school district may ask for the assistance
15 of any State agency, including without limitation the State
16 Board of Education, the Illinois Power Agency, or the
17 Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing
18 options for a wind generation turbine farm. Any excess profits
19 from a wind generation turbine farm owned by the school
20 district must be used for energy-related issues or
21 energy-efficiency investments.
22 (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08;
23 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)

24     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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1 becoming law.".

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