Bill Text: IL HB0372 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Homeowners' Energy Policy Statement Act. Provides that no political subdivision may place any restriction, either directly or indirectly, on the installation or use of a solar energy system unless the restriction: serves to preserve or protect public health or safety; or does not significantly decrease its production or efficiency. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0372 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0372-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0372 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
765 ILCS 165/23 new
Amends the Homeowners' Energy Policy Statement Act. Provides that no political subdivision may place any restriction, either directly or indirectly, on the installation or use of a solar energy system unless the restriction: serves to preserve or protect public health or safety; or does not significantly decrease its production or efficiency. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.
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HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Homeowners' Energy Policy Statement Act is
amended by adding Section 23 as follows:
(765 ILCS 165/23 new)
Sec. 23. Authority to restrict solar energy system. No
unit of local government, including a home rule unit of local
government, may place any restriction, either directly or
indirectly, on the installation or use of a solar energy
system, as defined in Section 10, unless the restriction:
(1) serves to preserve or protect public health or
safety; or
(2) does not significantly decrease the production or
efficiency of the solar energy system.
A home rule unit may not regulate the installation of
solar energy systems in a manner more restrictive than the
regulation by the State of the installation of solar energy
systems under this Act. This Section is a limitation under
subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
powers and functions exercised by the State.

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