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Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
Filed: 3/25/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1567
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1567 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections |
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| 10-20.42 and 34-18.36 as follows: |
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.42) |
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| Sec. 10-20.42. Wind farm. A school district may own and |
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| operate a wind generation turbine farm, either individually or |
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| jointly with a unit of local government, school district, or |
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| community college district that is authorized to own and |
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| operate a wind generation turbine farm, that directly or |
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| indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of the |
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| school district. The school district may ask for the assistance |
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| of any State agency, including without limitation the State |
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| Board of Education, the Illinois Power Agency, or the |
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| Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing |
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| options for a wind generation turbine farm. Any excess profits |
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| from a wind generation turbine farm owned by a school district |
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| must be used for energy-related issues or energy-efficiency |
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| investments.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08; |
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| 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.) |
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.36) |
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| Sec. 34-18.36. Wind farm. The school district may own and |
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| operate a wind generation turbine farm, either individually or |
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| jointly with a unit of local government, school district, or |
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| community college district that is authorized to own and |
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| operate a wind generation turbine farm, that directly or |
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| indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of the |
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| school district. The school district may ask for the assistance |
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| of any State agency, including without limitation the State |
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| Board of Education, the Illinois Power Agency, or the |
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| Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing |
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| options for a wind generation turbine farm. Any excess profits |
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| from a wind generation turbine farm owned by the school |
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| district must be used for energy-related issues or |
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| energy-efficiency investments.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-390, eff. 8-23-07; 95-805, eff. 8-12-08; |
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| 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |