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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB0167 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John M. Sullivan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 65 ILCS 5/11-13-2 | from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-2 | 65 ILCS 5/11-13-26 | |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may regulate wind farms and electric-generating wind devices without creating a zoning commission or adopting a zoning ordinance for the entire municipality. Provides that the authorization applies to ordinances adopted before, on, or after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a municipality to regulate wind farms and electric-generating wind devices within 1.5 miles of the corporate boundaries of the municipality. Effective immediately.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0167 | | LRB097 06790 KMW 46881 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning local 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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
5 | | changing Sections 11-13-2 and 11-13-26 as follows:
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6 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-13-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-2)
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7 | | Sec. 11-13-2. Zoning commission. Except as provided in |
8 | | Section 11-13-26, the The corporate authorities in each |
9 | | municipality which desires
to exercise the powers conferred by |
10 | | this Division 13, or who have exercised
such power and desire |
11 | | to adopt a new ordinance, shall provide for a zoning
commission |
12 | | with the duty to recommend the boundaries of districts and
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13 | | appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. The commission |
14 | | shall be
appointed by the mayor or president, subject to |
15 | | confirmation by the
corporate authorities. The commission |
16 | | shall prepare a tentative report and
a proposed zoning |
17 | | ordinance for the entire municipality. After the
preparation of |
18 | | such a tentative report and ordinance, the commission shall
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19 | | hold a hearing thereon and shall afford persons interested an |
20 | | opportunity
to be heard. Notice of the hearing shall be |
21 | | published at least once, not
more than 30 nor less than 15 days |
22 | | before the hearing, in one or more
newspapers published in the |
23 | | municipality, or, if no newspaper is published
therein, then in |