SB1160sam002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dale Fowler

Filed: 4/27/2023

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1160

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1160 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding Section 22.23e as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/22.23e new)

Sec. 22.23e. Photovoltaic modules.

(a) As used in this Section:

"Consumer electronic device" means any device containing an electronic circuit board that is intended for everyday use by individuals.

"Photovoltaic module" means the smallest, nondivisible, environmentally protected assembly of photovoltaic cells or other photovoltaic collector technology, and any ancillary part, intended to generate electrical power under sunlight. "Photovoltaic module" does not include a photovoltaic cell that is part of a consumer electronic device for which it provides electricity needed to make the consumer electronic device function. "Photovoltaic module" includes, but is not limited to, interconnections, terminals, and protective devices, such as diodes, that are:

(1) installed on, connected to, or integral to buildings;

(2) used as components of freestanding, off-grid power generation systems, such as for powering water pumping stations, electric vehicle charging stations, fencing, street and signage lights, and other commercial or agricultural purposes; or

(3) part of a system connected to a grid or utility service.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2026, no person may knowingly cause or allow the mixing of a photovoltaic module with municipal waste that is intended for disposal at a landfill.

(c) Beginning January 1, 2026, no person may knowingly cause or allow the disposal of a photovoltaic module in a sanitary landfill.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2025.".