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Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
Filed: 3/5/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5932
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5932, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and |
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| Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing |
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| Section 6-3 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 687/6-3)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015)
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| Sec. 6-3. Renewable energy resources program.
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| (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, to
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| be called the "Department" hereinafter in this Law, shall
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| administer the Renewable Energy Resources Program to provide
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| grants, loans, and other incentives to foster investment in
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| the development and use of renewable energy resources.
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| (b) The Department shall establish eligibility criteria
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| for grants, loans, and other incentives to foster investment
in |
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| and the development and use of renewable energy resources.
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| These criteria shall be reviewed annually and adjusted as
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| necessary. The criteria should promote the goal of fostering
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| investment in and the development and use, in Illinois, of
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| renewable energy resources.
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| (c) The Department shall accept applications for grants,
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| loans, and other incentives to foster investment in and the
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| development and use of renewable energy resources.
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| (d) To the extent that funds are available and
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| appropriated, the Department shall provide grants, loans, and
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| other incentives to applicants
that meet the criteria specified |
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| by the Department.
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| (e) The Department shall conduct an annual study on the
use |
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| and availability of renewable energy resources in
Illinois. |
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| Each year, the Department shall submit a report on
the study to |
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| the General Assembly. This report shall include
suggestions for |
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| legislation which will encourage the
development and use of |
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| renewable energy resources.
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| (e-5) The Illinois Power Authority must develop a program |
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| to promote renewable energy and net metering options in the |
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| State in conjunction with the grant opportunities available |
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| through the Department under this Section. |
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| (f) As used in this Law, "renewable energy resources" |
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| includes energy from
wind, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic
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| cells and panels, dedicated crops
grown for energy production |
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| and organic waste biomass, hydropower that does not
involve new |
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| construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams, and |
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| other
such alternative sources of environmentally preferable |
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| energy.
"Renewable energy resources" does not include, |
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| however, energy from the
incineration, burning or heating of |
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| waste wood, tires, garbage, general
household, institutional |
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| and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office
waste, |
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| landscape waste, or construction or demolition debris.
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| (g) There is created the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund |
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| as a special
fund
in the State Treasury, to be administered by |
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| the Department to support the
development of technologies for |
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| wind, biomass, and solar power in Illinois.
The
Department may |
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| accept private and public funds, including federal funds, for
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| deposit into the Fund.
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| (h) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that |
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| may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head |
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| under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to |
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| make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions |
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| of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, |
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| however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to |
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| implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to |
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| the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House |
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| and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the |
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| General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those |
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| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action |
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| in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be |
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| interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other |
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| Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise |
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| explicitly given. For the purposes of this paragraph, "rules" |
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| is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois |
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| Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" |
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| are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of |
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| the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that |
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| such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the |
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| jurisdiction of the Governor. |
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| (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)".
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