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

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1201 Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/11-42-15 new
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.
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
Section 11-42-15 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-42-15 new)
Sec. 11-42-15. Wind energy systems. For electric
generating wind devices other than those with a nameplate
generating capacity of less than 100 kilowatts that are used
primarily by an end user, a municipality may prohibit any
electric generating wind device from locating less than 1,400
feet from a residence within its corporate limits, provided
that the regulation is not inconsistent with another
municipality's zoning regulation. This Section shall apply
only to electric generating wind devices permitted after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.