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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1534 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 55 ILCS 5/5-1192 new | | 65 ILCS 5/11-30-11 new | |
| Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not adopt any regulation that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the use of natural gas in new construction without a referendum. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. |
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| | SB1534 | | LRB104 11967 RTM 22061 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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 5-1192 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1192 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-1192. Prohibiting the use of natural gas in new |
| 8 | | construction. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a |
| 9 | | county may not adopt any regulation that prohibits or has the |
| 10 | | effect of prohibiting the use of natural gas in new |
| 11 | | construction without a referendum. A home rule county may not |
| 12 | | regulate natural gas in a manner inconsistent with this |
| 13 | | Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of |
| 14 | | Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the |
| 15 | | concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions |
| 16 | | exercised by the State.
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| 17 | | Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
| 18 | | adding Section 11-30-11 as follows:
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| 19 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-30-11 new) |
| 20 | | Sec. 11-30-11. Prohibiting the use of natural gas in new |
| 21 | | construction. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a |