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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1201 Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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| | HB1201 | | LRB098 04038 OMW 34058 b |
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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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