Bill Text: IL HB2909 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that photovoltaic electricity generation systems subject to power purchase agreements or leases for solar energy between a third-party owner, an operator, or both, and an end user of electricity are considered solar energy systems. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2909 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2909-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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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 Property Tax Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 10-5 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/10-5)
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7 | Sec. 10-5. Solar energy systems; definitions. It is the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | policy of this
State that the use of solar energy systems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | should be encouraged because they
conserve nonrenewable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | resources, reduce pollution and promote the health and
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11 | well-being of the people of this State, and should be valued in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | relation to
these benefits.
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13 | (a) "Solar energy" means radiant energy received from
the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | sun at wave lengths suitable for heat transfer, photosynthetic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | use,
or photovoltaic use.
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16 | (b) "Solar collector" means
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17 | (1) An assembly, structure, or design, including | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | passive elements,
used for gathering, concentrating, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | absorbing direct and indirect
solar energy, specially | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | designed for holding a substantial amount of
useful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | thermal energy and to transfer that energy to a gas, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | solid, or
liquid or to use that energy directly; or
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23 | (2) A mechanism that absorbs solar energy and converts |
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1 | it into
electricity; or
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2 | (3) A mechanism or process used for gathering solar | ||||||
3 | energy through
wind or thermal gradients; or
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4 | (4) A component used to transfer thermal energy to a | ||||||
5 | gas, solid, or
liquid, or to convert it into electricity.
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6 | (c) "Solar storage mechanism" means equipment or elements | ||||||
7 | (such as
piping and transfer mechanisms, containers, heat | ||||||
8 | exchangers, or controls
thereof, and gases, solids, liquids, | ||||||
9 | or combinations thereof) that are
utilized for storing solar | ||||||
10 | energy, gathered by a solar collector, for
subsequent use.
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11 | (d) "Solar energy system" means
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12 | (1)(A) A complete assembly, structure, or design of | ||||||
13 | solar
collector, or a solar storage mechanism, which uses | ||||||
14 | solar energy for
generating electricity that is primarily
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15 | consumed on the property on which the solar energy system
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16 | resides, or for heating or cooling gases, solids, liquids,
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17 | or other materials for the primary benefit of the property
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18 | on which the solar energy system resides;
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19 | (B) The design, materials, or elements of a system and | ||||||
20 | its
maintenance, operation, and labor components, and the | ||||||
21 | necessary
components, if any, of supplemental conventional | ||||||
22 | energy systems designed
or constructed to interface with a | ||||||
23 | solar energy system; and
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24 | (C) Any legal, financial, or institutional orders, | ||||||
25 | certificates, or
mechanisms, including easements, leases, | ||||||
26 | and agreements, required to
ensure continued access to |
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1 | solar energy, its source, or its use in a
solar energy | ||||||
2 | system, and including monitoring and educational elements
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3 | of a demonstration project ; or .
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4 | (D) Photovoltaic electricity generation systems | ||||||
5 | subject to power purchase agreements or leases for solar | ||||||
6 | energy between a third-party owner, an operator, or both, | ||||||
7 | and an end user of electricity, where such systems are | ||||||
8 | located on the end user of electricity's side of the | ||||||
9 | electric meter and which primarily are used to offset the | ||||||
10 | electricity load of the end user behind whose electric | ||||||
11 | meter the system is connected. A system primarily is used | ||||||
12 | to offset the electricity load of the end user of | ||||||
13 | electricity if the system is estimated to produce 110% or | ||||||
14 | fewer kilowatt-hours of electricity than consumed by the | ||||||
15 | end user of electricity at such meter in the last 12 full | ||||||
16 | months prior to the system being placed in service. | ||||||
17 | (2) "Solar energy system" does not include :
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18 | (A) Distribution equipment that is equally usable | ||||||
19 | in a conventional
energy system except for those | ||||||
20 | components of the equipment that are
necessary for | ||||||
21 | meeting the requirements of efficient solar energy | ||||||
22 | utilization;
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23 | (B) Components of a solar energy system that serve | ||||||
24 | structural,
insulating, protective, shading, | ||||||
25 | aesthetic, or other non-solar energy
utilization | ||||||
26 | purposes, as defined in the regulations of the |
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1 | Department
of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; or | ||||||
2 | and
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3 | (C) A commercial solar energy system, as defined
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4 | by this Code, in counties with fewer than 3,000,000
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5 | inhabitants. | ||||||
6 | (3) The solar energy system shall conform to the | ||||||
7 | standards for those
systems established by regulation of | ||||||
8 | the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18.)
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law.
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