Bill Text: IL HB1201 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may prohibit any electric generating wind device from locating less than 1,400 feet from a residence within its corporate limits. Further provides that a Section concerning wind energy systems shall apply only to devices permitted after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0204 [HB1201 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1201-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may prohibit any electric generating wind device from locating less than 1,400 feet from a residence within its corporate limits. Further provides that a Section concerning wind energy systems shall apply only to devices permitted after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0204 [HB1201 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1201-Introduced.html
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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 11-42-15 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-42-15 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 11-42-15. Wind energy systems. For electric | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | generating wind devices other than those with a nameplate | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | generating capacity of less than 100 kilowatts that are used | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | primarily by an end user, a municipality may prohibit any | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | electric generating wind device from locating less than 1,400 | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | feet from a residence within its corporate limits, provided | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | that the regulation is not inconsistent with another | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | municipality's zoning regulation. This Section shall apply | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | only to electric generating wind devices permitted after the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Assembly.
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | becoming law.
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