Roll Call: IL HB2753 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly
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Bill Title: Creates the Lake Michigan Wind Energy Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to develop a detailed offshore wind energy siting matrix for the public trust lands of Lake Michigan. Authorizes the Department, after finalizing the offshore wind energy siting matrix, to grant offshore wind energy development site assessment permits and leases. Authorizes the Department to convert site assessment leases to construction and operation leases. Grants the Department other rulemaking powers. Creates the Offshore Wind Energy Economic Development Policy Task Force. Charges the Task Force with analyzing and evaluating policy and economic options to facilitate the development of offshore wind energy and proposing an appropriate Illinois mechanism for purchasing and selling power from offshore wind energy projects. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0447 [HB2753 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Bill Title: Creates the Lake Michigan Wind Energy Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to develop a detailed offshore wind energy siting matrix for the public trust lands of Lake Michigan. Authorizes the Department, after finalizing the offshore wind energy siting matrix, to grant offshore wind energy development site assessment permits and leases. Authorizes the Department to convert site assessment leases to construction and operation leases. Grants the Department other rulemaking powers. Creates the Offshore Wind Energy Economic Development Policy Task Force. Charges the Task Force with analyzing and evaluating policy and economic options to facilitate the development of offshore wind energy and proposing an appropriate Illinois mechanism for purchasing and selling power from offshore wind energy projects. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0447 [HB2753 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Vote: Third Reading in Senate
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 55 | 40 | 15 |
| Nay | - | - | - |
| Not Voting | 4 | - | 4 |
| Absent | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 59 | 40 | 19 |
