HB1201enr 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB1201 Enrolled LRB098 04038 OMW 34058 b

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 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.