Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB3953

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3953

Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Erica Harriss

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/5-12025 new

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may not allow a person to construct a commercial solar energy facility within the county unless the person has purchased a surety bond from the Environmental Protection Agency or the county that is sufficient to pay for the deconstruction of the commercial solar energy facility and any environmental damage caused by the construction and operation of the commercial solar energy facility.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 5-12025 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-12025 new)

Sec. 5-12025. Surety bond for commercial solar energy facilities.

(a) As used in this Section, "commercial solar energy facility" has the meaning given to that term in Section 5-12020.

(b) A county board may not allow a person to construct a commercial solar energy facility within the county unless the person has purchased a surety bond from the Environmental Protection Agency or the county that is sufficient to pay for the deconstruction of the commercial solar energy facility and any environmental damage caused by the construction and operation of the commercial solar energy facility.

(c) The county board or the Environmental Protection Agency shall determine the amount of the surety bond necessary to comply with this Section on a case-by-case basis. The county board or the Environmental Protection Agency shall consider the size of the commercial solar energy facility when determining the amount of the surety bond that a person seeking to construct a commercial solar energy facility must purchase.