HB1062 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1062

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

525 ILCS 55/10

Amends the Pollinator-Friendly Solar Site Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning site management practices.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning conservation.

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

Section 5. The Pollinator-Friendly Solar Site Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(525 ILCS 55/10)

Sec. 10. Site management practices. An owner of a ground-mounted solar site may follow practices that that: (1) provide native perennial vegetation and foraging habitat which is beneficial to game birds, songbirds, and pollinators; and (2) reduce storm water runoff and erosion at the solar site. To the extent practicable, if establishing perennial vegetation and beneficial foraging habitat, a solar site owner or manager shall use native plant species and seed mixes that are free from noxious weed or exotic weed seeds.

(Source: P.A. 100-1022, eff. 8-21-18.)