Full Text of HB5932 95th General Assembly
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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 | 3 |
| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and | 6 |
| Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing | 7 |
| 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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015)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
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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 | 13 |
| by the Department.
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| (e) The Department shall conduct an annual study on the
use | 15 |
| and availability of renewable energy resources in
Illinois. | 16 |
| Each year, the Department shall submit a report on
the study to | 17 |
| the General Assembly. This report shall include
suggestions for | 18 |
| legislation which will encourage the
development and use of | 19 |
| renewable energy resources.
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| (e-5) The Illinois Power Authority must develop a program | 21 |
| to promote renewable energy and net metering options in the | 22 |
| State in conjunction with the grant opportunities available | 23 |
| through the Department under this Section. | 24 |
| (f) As used in this Law, "renewable energy resources" | 25 |
| 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 | 2 |
| construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams, and | 3 |
| other
such alternative sources of environmentally preferable | 4 |
| energy.
"Renewable energy resources" does not include, | 5 |
| however, energy from the
incineration, burning or heating of | 6 |
| waste wood, tires, garbage, general
household, institutional | 7 |
| and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office
waste, | 8 |
| landscape waste, or construction or demolition debris.
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| (g) There is created the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund | 10 |
| as a special
fund
in the State Treasury, to be administered by | 11 |
| the Department to support the
development of technologies for | 12 |
| wind, biomass, and solar power in Illinois.
The
Department may | 13 |
| 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 | 16 |
| may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head | 17 |
| under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to | 18 |
| make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions | 19 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, | 20 |
| however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to | 21 |
| implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of | 22 |
| the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to | 23 |
| the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House | 24 |
| and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the | 25 |
| General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | 26 |
| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action |
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| in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | 2 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | 3 |
| interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | 4 |
| Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | 5 |
| explicitly given. For the purposes of this paragraph, "rules" | 6 |
| is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois | 7 |
| Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" | 8 |
| are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of | 9 |
| the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that | 10 |
| such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | 11 |
| jurisdiction of the Governor. | 12 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06 .)".
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