Bill Text: IL HB3422 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997. Makes a technical change in Section concerning legislative findings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3422 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3422-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 6-2 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 687/6-2)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
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9 | Sec. 6-2. Findings and intent. The
The General Assembly
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10 | finds and declares that it is desirable to obtain the
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11 | environmental quality, public health, and fuel diversity
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12 | benefits of developing new renewable energy resources and
clean | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | coal technologies for use in Illinois and to lower the
cost of | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | renewable energy resources and clean coal resources
provided to | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | utility consumers. The General Assembly finds and
declares that | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | the benefits of electricity from renewable
energy resources and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | clean coal technologies accrue to the
public at large, thus | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | consumers and electric utilities and
alternative retail | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | electric suppliers share an interest in
developing and using a | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | significant level of these
environmentally preferable | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | resources in the State's
electricity supply portfolio. The | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | General Assembly finds and
declares that encouraging energy | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | efficiency will improve the
environmental quality and public |
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1 | health in the State of
Illinois. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97 .)
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