Public Act 1465 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0049 Enrolled LRB096 03600 HLH 13627 b

Public Act 096-1465

AN ACT concerning finance.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1110/6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4106)

Sec. 6. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is authorized to use general obligation bond funds for the purposes of issuing grants in accordance with this Act and the General Obligation Bond Act. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is authorized to use $120,000,000 for the purposes specified in this Act. These funds shall be expended only for a grant to the owner of a generating station located in Illinois and having at least three coal-fired generating units with accredited summer capacity greater than 500 megawatts each at such generating station as specifically authorized by this paragraph. Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Act, in considering the approval of projects to be funded under this Act, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall give special consideration to projects which are designed to remove sulfur and other pollutants in the preparation and utilization of coal, and in the use and operation of electric utility generating plants and industrial facilities which utilize Illinois coal as their primary source of fuel. The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) is directed to enter into a contract with the owner of a generating station located in Illinois and having at least three coal-fired generating units with accredited summer capability greater than 500 megawatts each at such generating station for a grant of $35,000,000 to be made by the State of Illinois to such owner to be used to pay costs of designing, acquiring, constructing, installing and testing facilities to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions at one such generating unit to allow that unit to meet the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (P.L. 101-549) while continuing to use coal mined in Illinois as its source of fuel.

(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

Section 10. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

(30 ILCS 330/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 657)

Sec. 7. Coal and Energy Development. The amount of $698,200,000 is authorized to be used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (formerly Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) for coal and energy development purposes, pursuant to Sections 2, 3 and 3.1 of the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act, for the purposes specified in Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act, for the purposes specified in Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, and for the purpose of facility cost reports prepared pursuant to Sections 1-58 1-56 or 1-75(d)(4) of the Illinois Power Agency Act and for the purpose of development costs pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act. Of this amount:

(a) $115,000,000 is for the specific purposes of acquisition, development, construction, reconstruction, improvement, financing, architectural and technical planning and installation of capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures, durable equipment, and land for the purpose of capital development of coal resources within the State and for the purposes specified in Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act;

(b) $35,000,000 is for the purposes specified in Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act and making grants a grant to generating stations and coal gasification facilities within the State of Illinois and to the owner of a generating station located in Illinois and having at least three coal-fired generating units with accredited summer capability greater than 500 megawatts each at such generating station as provided in Section 6 of that Bond Act;

(c) $13,200,000 is for research, development and demonstration of forms of energy other than that derived from coal, either on or off State property;

(d) $500,000,000 is for the purpose of providing financial assistance to new electric generating facilities as provided in Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; and

(e) $35,000,000 is for the purpose of facility cost reports prepared for not more than one facility pursuant to Section 1-75(d)(4) of the Illinois Power Agency Act and not more than one facility pursuant to Section 1-58 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and for the purpose of up to $6,000,000 of development costs pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act.

(Source: P.A. 95-1026, eff. 1-12-09; 96-781, eff. 8-28-09; revised 10-13-09.)

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

Effective Date: 8/20/2010