Full Text of SB1570 96th General Assembly
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Sen. Carole Pankau
Filed: 3/19/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1570
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1570 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 5 |
| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 |
| amended by adding Section 605-333 as follows: | 7 |
| (20 ILCS 605/605-333 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 605-333. School Wind and Solar Generation Program. | 9 |
| (a) There is created the School Wind and Solar Generation | 10 |
| Program to fund wind generation projects and solar generation | 11 |
| projects for school districts and community college districts. | 12 |
| The Department shall implement and administer this program. | 13 |
| Under the program, the Department shall provide to school | 14 |
| districts and community college districts that apply, full or | 15 |
| partial low-interest loans for, without limitation, | 16 |
| engineering studies, feasibility studies, research studies, |
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| and construction costs for wind generation projects and solar | 2 |
| generation projects. The loan funds, subject to appropriation, | 3 |
| shall be paid out of the School Wind and Solar Generation | 4 |
| Revolving Loan Fund. All repayments of loans shall be deposited | 5 |
| into the School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund. | 6 |
| (b) The Department shall make available information | 7 |
| regarding the School Wind and Solar Generation Program to all | 8 |
| school districts and community college districts in this State. | 9 |
| (c) Receiving a loan under this Section does not disqualify | 10 |
| a district from being eligible for other Department funding | 11 |
| programs regarding energy. | 12 |
| (d) For each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014, the | 13 |
| State Comptroller may order transferred and the State Treasurer | 14 |
| may transfer $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund and other | 15 |
| State funds to the School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving | 16 |
| Loan Fund. The School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan | 17 |
| Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The | 18 |
| School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund shall | 19 |
| consist of any moneys transferred or appropriated into the | 20 |
| School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund, as well | 21 |
| as all repayments of loans made under the School Wind and Solar | 22 |
| Generation Program. All interest earned on moneys in the School | 23 |
| Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund shall be | 24 |
| deposited into the Fund. All money in the School Wind and Solar | 25 |
| Generation Revolving Loan Fund must be used, subject to | 26 |
| appropriation, by the Department for the purposes of this |
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| Section. The School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan | 2 |
| Fund shall not be subject to sweeps, administrative charges or | 3 |
| chargebacks or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that | 4 |
| would in any way result in the transfer of any funds from the | 5 |
| School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund to any | 6 |
| other fund of the State or having any such funds utilized for | 7 |
| any purpose other than for the purposes of this Section. | 8 |
| (e) The Department may accept additional funding for the | 9 |
| School Wind and Solar Generation Program from the federal | 10 |
| government and private donations. | 11 |
| (f) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to | 12 |
| implement this Section. | 13 |
| Section 7. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and | 14 |
| Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing | 15 |
| Section 6-5.5 as follows: | 16 |
| (20 ILCS 687/6-5.5) | 17 |
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015) | 18 |
| Sec. 6-5.5. Renewable energy grants. | 19 |
| (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department may establish | 20 |
| and operate a renewable energy grant program to assist public | 21 |
| schools and community colleges with engineering studies and | 22 |
| feasibility studies and school districts in the installation, | 23 |
| acquisition, construction, and improvement of renewable energy | 24 |
| resources in the public schools , including without limitation |
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| solar energy (such as solar panels), geothermal energy, and | 2 |
| wind energy. | 3 |
| (b) Application for a grant under this Section must be in | 4 |
| the form and manner established by the Department. The grant | 5 |
| shall cover 50% of the cost for which the grant is sought, up | 6 |
| to a maximum grant of $1,000,000, if the applicant school | 7 |
| district is able to demonstrate that it has funds to pay the | 8 |
| other 50% of the cost. The schools and community colleges | 9 |
| school district may accept private funds for their its portion | 10 |
| of the cost.
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| (c) The Department may adopt any rules that are necessary | 12 |
| to carry out its responsibilities under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-46, eff. 8-10-07 .) | 14 |
| Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 15 |
| Section 5.719 as follows: | 16 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new) | 17 |
| Sec. 5.719. The School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving | 18 |
| Loan Fund. | 19 |
| Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 20 |
| 10-20.42 and 34-18.36 as follows: | 21 |
| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.42) | 22 |
| Sec. 10-20.42. Wind and solar farms farm . A school |
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| district may own and operate a wind or solar generation turbine | 2 |
| farm, either individually or jointly with a unit of local | 3 |
| government, school district, or community college district | 4 |
| that is authorized to own and operate a wind or solar | 5 |
| generation turbine farm, that directly or indirectly reduces | 6 |
| the energy or other operating costs of the school district. The | 7 |
| school district may ask for the assistance of any State agency, | 8 |
| including without limitation the State Board of Education, the | 9 |
| Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental Protection Agency, | 10 |
| in obtaining financing options for a wind or solar generation | 11 |
| turbine farm.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08; | 13 |
| 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.) | 14 |
| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.36) | 15 |
| Sec. 34-18.36. Wind and solar farms farm . The school | 16 |
| district may own and operate a wind or solar generation turbine | 17 |
| farm, either individually or jointly with a unit of local | 18 |
| government, school district, or community college district | 19 |
| that is authorized to own and operate a wind or solar | 20 |
| generation turbine farm, that directly or indirectly reduces | 21 |
| the energy or other operating costs of the school district. The | 22 |
| school district may ask for the assistance of any State agency, | 23 |
| including without limitation the State Board of Education, the | 24 |
| Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental Protection Agency, | 25 |
| in obtaining financing options for a wind or solar generation |
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| turbine farm.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08; | 3 |
| 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.) | 4 |
| Section 20. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 3-42.3 as follows: | 6 |
| (110 ILCS 805/3-42.3)
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| Sec. 3-42.3. Wind and solar farms farm . To own and operate | 8 |
| a wind or solar 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 or solar generation turbine farm, that directly | 12 |
| or indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of | 13 |
| the community college district. The board may ask for the | 14 |
| assistance of any State agency, including without limitation | 15 |
| the State Board, the Illinois Power Agency, or the | 16 |
| Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing | 17 |
| options for a wind or solar generation turbine farm.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 |
| becoming law.".
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