Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4135 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4135 Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/5-12020 Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county may require a commercial solar energy facility to be sited 500 feet (rather than 50 feet) to the nearest point on the property line of a nonparticipating property and 500 feet (rather than 150 feet) from the nearest point on the outside wall of an occupied community building or dwelling on nonparticipating properties. LRB103 34278 AWJ 64104 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4135 Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/5-12020 55 ILCS 5/5-12020 Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county may require a commercial solar energy facility to be sited 500 feet (rather than 50 feet) to the nearest point on the property line of a nonparticipating property and 500 feet (rather than 150 feet) from the nearest point on the outside wall of an occupied community building or dwelling on nonparticipating properties. LRB103 34278 AWJ 64104 b LRB103 34278 AWJ 64104 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4135 Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county may require a commercial solar energy facility to be sited 500 feet (rather than 50 feet) to the nearest point on the property line of a nonparticipating property and 500 feet (rather than 150 feet) from the nearest point on the outside wall of an occupied community building or dwelling on nonparticipating properties.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning local government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
15	15	5 Section 5-12020 as follows:
16	16	6 (55 ILCS 5/5-12020)
17	17	7 Sec. 5-12020. Commercial wind energy facilities and
18	18	8 commercial solar energy facilities.
19	19	9 (a) As used in this Section:
20	20	10 "Commercial solar energy facility" means a "commercial
21	21	11 solar energy system" as defined in Section 10-720 of the
22	22	12 Property Tax Code. "Commercial solar energy facility" does not
23	23	13 mean a utility-scale solar energy facility being constructed
24	24	14 at a site that was eligible to participate in a procurement
25	25	15 event conducted by the Illinois Power Agency pursuant to
26	26	16 subsection (c-5) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
27	27	17 Act.
28	28	18 "Commercial wind energy facility" means a wind energy
29	29	19 conversion facility of equal or greater than 500 kilowatts in
30	30	20 total nameplate generating capacity. "Commercial wind energy
31	31	21 facility" includes a wind energy conversion facility seeking
32	32	22 an extension of a permit to construct granted by a county or
33	33	23 municipality before the effective date of this amendatory Act
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68	68	1 of the 102nd General Assembly.
69	69	2 "Facility owner" means (i) a person with a direct
70	70	3 ownership interest in a commercial wind energy facility or a
71	71	4 commercial solar energy facility, or both, regardless of
72	72	5 whether the person is involved in acquiring the necessary
73	73	6 rights, permits, and approvals or otherwise planning for the
74	74	7 construction and operation of the facility, and (ii) at the
75	75	8 time the facility is being developed, a person who is acting as
76	76	9 a developer of the facility by acquiring the necessary rights,
77	77	10 permits, and approvals or by planning for the construction and
78	78	11 operation of the facility, regardless of whether the person
79	79	12 will own or operate the facility.
80	80	13 "Nonparticipating property" means real property that is
81	81	14 not a participating property.
82	82	15 "Nonparticipating residence" means a residence that is
83	83	16 located on nonparticipating property and that is existing and
84	84	17 occupied on the date that an application for a permit to
85	85	18 develop the commercial wind energy facility or the commercial
86	86	19 solar energy facility is filed with the county.
87	87	20 "Occupied community building" means any one or more of the
88	88	21 following buildings that is existing and occupied on the date
89	89	22 that the application for a permit to develop the commercial
90	90	23 wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy facility
91	91	24 is filed with the county: a school, place of worship, day care
92	92	25 facility, public library, or community center.
93	93	26 "Participating property" means real property that is the
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104	104	1 subject of a written agreement between a facility owner and
105	105	2 the owner of the real property that provides the facility
106	106	3 owner an easement, option, lease, or license to use the real
107	107	4 property for the purpose of constructing a commercial wind
108	108	5 energy facility, a commercial solar energy facility, or
109	109	6 supporting facilities. "Participating property" also includes
110	110	7 real property that is owned by a facility owner for the purpose
111	111	8 of constructing a commercial wind energy facility, a
112	112	9 commercial solar energy facility, or supporting facilities.
113	113	10 "Participating residence" means a residence that is
114	114	11 located on participating property and that is existing and
115	115	12 occupied on the date that an application for a permit to
116	116	13 develop the commercial wind energy facility or the commercial
117	117	14 solar energy facility is filed with the county.
118	118	15 "Protected lands" means real property that is:
119	119	16 (1) subject to a permanent conservation right
120	120	17 consistent with the Real Property Conservation Rights Act;
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122	122	19 (2) registered or designated as a nature preserve,
123	123	20 buffer, or land and water reserve under the Illinois
124	124	21 Natural Areas Preservation Act.
125	125	22 "Supporting facilities" means the transmission lines,
126	126	23 substations, access roads, meteorological towers, storage
127	127	24 containers, and equipment associated with the generation and
128	128	25 storage of electricity by the commercial wind energy facility
129	129	26 or commercial solar energy facility.
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140	140	1 "Wind tower" includes the wind turbine tower, nacelle, and
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142	142	3 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or whether
143	143	4 the county has formed a zoning commission and adopted formal
144	144	5 zoning under Section 5-12007, a county may establish standards
145	145	6 for commercial wind energy facilities, commercial solar energy
146	146	7 facilities, or both. The standards may include all of the
147	147	8 requirements specified in this Section but may not include
148	148	9 requirements for commercial wind energy facilities or
149	149	10 commercial solar energy facilities that are more restrictive
150	150	11 than specified in this Section. A county may also regulate the
151	151	12 siting of commercial wind energy facilities with standards
152	152	13 that are not more restrictive than the requirements specified
153	153	14 in this Section in unincorporated areas of the county that are
154	154	15 outside the zoning jurisdiction of a municipality and that are
155	155	16 outside the 1.5-mile radius surrounding the zoning
156	156	17 jurisdiction of a municipality.
157	157	18 (c) If a county has elected to establish standards under
158	158	19 subsection (b), before the county grants siting approval or a
159	159	20 special use permit for a commercial wind energy facility or a
160	160	21 commercial solar energy facility, or modification of an
161	161	22 approved siting or special use permit, the county board of the
162	162	23 county in which the facility is to be sited or the zoning board
163	163	24 of appeals for the county shall hold at least one public
164	164	25 hearing. The public hearing shall be conducted in accordance
165	165	26 with the Open Meetings Act and shall be held not more than 45
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176	176	1 days after the filing of the application for the facility. The
177	177	2 county shall allow interested parties to a special use permit
178	178	3 an opportunity to present evidence and to cross-examine
179	179	4 witnesses at the hearing, but the county may impose reasonable
180	180	5 restrictions on the public hearing, including reasonable time
181	181	6 limitations on the presentation of evidence and the
182	182	7 cross-examination of witnesses. The county shall also allow
183	183	8 public comment at the public hearing in accordance with the
184	184	9 Open Meetings Act. The county shall make its siting and
185	185	10 permitting decisions not more than 30 days after the
186	186	11 conclusion of the public hearing. Notice of the hearing shall
187	187	12 be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the
188	188	13 county. A facility owner must enter into an agricultural
189	189	14 impact mitigation agreement with the Department of Agriculture
190	190	15 prior to the date of the required public hearing. A commercial
191	191	16 wind energy facility owner seeking an extension of a permit
192	192	17 granted by a county prior to July 24, 2015 (the effective date
193	193	18 of Public Act 99-132) must enter into an agricultural impact
194	194	19 mitigation agreement with the Department of Agriculture prior
195	195	20 to a decision by the county to grant the permit extension.
196	196	21 Counties may allow test wind towers or test solar energy
197	197	22 systems to be sited without formal approval by the county
198	198	23 board.
199	199	24 (d) A county with an existing zoning ordinance in conflict
200	200	25 with this Section shall amend that zoning ordinance to be in
201	201	26 compliance with this Section within 120 days after the
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212	212	1 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
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214	214	3 (e) A county may require:
215	215	4 (1) a wind tower of a commercial wind energy facility
216	216	5 to be sited as follows, with setback distances measured
217	217	6 from the center of the base of the wind tower:
218	218	7 Setback Description Setback Distance
219	219	8 Occupied Community 2.1 times the maximum blade tip
220	220	9 Buildings height of the wind tower to the
221	221	10 nearest point on the outside
222	222	11 wall of the structure
223	223	12 Participating Residences 1.1 times the maximum blade tip
224	224	13 height of the wind tower to the
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226	226	15 wall of the structure
227	227	16 Nonparticipating Residences 2.1 times the maximum blade tip
228	228	17 height of the wind tower to the
229	229	18 nearest point on the outside
230	230	19 wall of the structure
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243	243	1 Boundary Lines of 1.1 times the maximum blade tip
244	244	2 Nonparticipating Property height of the wind tower to the
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246	246	4 line of the nonparticipating
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248	248	6 Public Road Rights-of-Way 1.1 times the maximum blade tip
249	249	7 height of the wind tower
250	250	8 to the center point of the
251	251	9 public road right-of-way
252	252	10 Overhead Communication and 1.1 times the maximum blade tip
253	253	11 Electric Transmission height of the wind tower to the
254	254	12 and Distribution Facilities nearest edge of the property
255	255	13 (Not Including Overhead line, easement, or right of way
256	256	14 Utility Service Lines to containing the overhead line
257	257	15 Individual Houses or
258	258	16 Outbuildings)
259	259	17 Overhead Utility Service None
260	260	18 Lines to Individual
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262	262	20 Fish and Wildlife Areas 2.1 times the maximum blade
263	263	21 and Illinois Nature tip height of the wind tower
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274	274	1 Preserve Commission to the nearest point on the
275	275	2 Protected Lands property line of the fish and
276	276	3 wildlife area or protected
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278	278	5 This Section does not exempt or excuse compliance with
279	279	6 electric facility clearances approved or required by the
280	280	7 National Electrical Code, The National Electrical Safety
281	281	8 Code, Illinois Commerce Commission, Federal Energy
282	282	9 Regulatory Commission, and their designees or successors.
283	283	10 (2) a wind tower of a commercial wind energy facility
284	284	11 to be sited so that industry standard computer modeling
285	285	12 indicates that any occupied community building or
286	286	13 nonparticipating residence will not experience more than
287	287	14 30 hours per year of shadow flicker under planned
288	288	15 operating conditions;
289	289	16 (3) a commercial solar energy facility to be sited as
290	290	17 follows, with setback distances measured from the nearest
291	291	18 edge of any component of the facility:
292	292	19 Setback Description Setback Distance
293	293	20 Occupied Community 500 150 feet from the nearest
294	294	21 Buildings and Dwellings on point on the outside wall
295	295	22 Nonparticipating Properties of the structure
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306	306	1 Boundary Lines of None
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308	308	3 Public Road Rights-of-Way 50 feet from the nearest
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310	310	5 Boundary Lines of 500 50 feet to the nearest
311	311	6 Nonparticipating Property point on the property
312	312	7 line of the nonparticipating
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314	314	9 (4) a commercial solar energy facility to be sited so
315	315	10 that the facility's perimeter is enclosed by fencing
316	316	11 having a height of at least 6 feet and no more than 25
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318	318	13 (5) a commercial solar energy facility to be sited so
319	319	14 that no component of a solar panel has a height of more
320	320	15 than 20 feet above ground when the solar energy facility's
321	321	16 arrays are at full tilt.
322	322	17 The requirements set forth in this subsection (e) may be
323	323	18 waived subject to the written consent of the owner of each
324	324	19 affected nonparticipating property.
325	325	20 (f) A county may not set a sound limitation for wind towers
326	326	21 in commercial wind energy facilities or any components in
327	327	22 commercial solar energy facility that is more restrictive than
328	328	23 the sound limitations established by the Illinois Pollution
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339	339	1 Control Board under 35 Ill. Adm. Code Parts 900, 901, and 910.
340	340	2 (g) A county may not place any restriction on the
341	341	3 installation or use of a commercial wind energy facility or a
342	342	4 commercial solar energy facility unless it adopts an ordinance
343	343	5 that complies with this Section. A county may not establish
344	344	6 siting standards for supporting facilities that preclude
345	345	7 development of commercial wind energy facilities or commercial
346	346	8 solar energy facilities.
347	347	9 A request for siting approval or a special use permit for a
348	348	10 commercial wind energy facility or a commercial solar energy
349	349	11 facility, or modification of an approved siting or special use
350	350	12 permit, shall be approved if the request is in compliance with
351	351	13 the standards and conditions imposed in this Act, the zoning
352	352	14 ordinance adopted consistent with this Code, and the
353	353	15 conditions imposed under State and federal statutes and
354	354	16 regulations.
355	355	17 (h) A county may not adopt zoning regulations that
356	356	18 disallow, permanently or temporarily, commercial wind energy
357	357	19 facilities or commercial solar energy facilities from being
358	358	20 developed or operated in any district zoned to allow
359	359	21 agricultural or industrial uses.
360	360	22 (i) A county may not require permit application fees for a
361	361	23 commercial wind energy facility or commercial solar energy
362	362	24 facility that are unreasonable. All application fees imposed
363	363	25 by the county shall be consistent with fees for projects in the
364	364	26 county with similar capital value and cost.
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375	375	1 (j) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a county
376	376	2 shall not require standards for construction, decommissioning,
377	377	3 or deconstruction of a commercial wind energy facility or
378	378	4 commercial solar energy facility or related financial
379	379	5 assurances that are more restrictive than those included in
380	380	6 the Department of Agriculture's standard wind farm
381	381	7 agricultural impact mitigation agreement, template 81818, or
382	382	8 standard solar agricultural impact mitigation agreement,
383	383	9 version 8.19.19, as applicable and in effect on December 31,
384	384	10 2022. The amount of any decommissioning payment shall be
385	385	11 limited to the cost identified in the decommissioning or
386	386	12 deconstruction plan, as required by those agricultural impact
387	387	13 mitigation agreements, minus the salvage value of the project.
388	388	14 (k) A county may not condition approval of a commercial
389	389	15 wind energy facility or commercial solar energy facility on a
390	390	16 property value guarantee and may not require a facility owner
391	391	17 to pay into a neighboring property devaluation escrow account.
392	392	18 (l) A county may require certain vegetative screening
393	393	19 surrounding a commercial wind energy facility or commercial
394	394	20 solar energy facility but may not require earthen berms or
395	395	21 similar structures.
396	396	22 (m) A county may set blade tip height limitations for wind
397	397	23 towers in commercial wind energy facilities but may not set a
398	398	24 blade tip height limitation that is more restrictive than the
399	399	25 height allowed under a Determination of No Hazard to Air
400	400	26 Navigation by the Federal Aviation Administration under 14 CFR
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412	412	2 (n) A county may require that a commercial wind energy
413	413	3 facility owner or commercial solar energy facility owner
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415	415	5 (1) the results and recommendations from consultation
416	416	6 with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources that are
417	417	7 obtained through the Ecological Compliance Assessment Tool
418	418	8 (EcoCAT) or a comparable successor tool; and
419	419	9 (2) the results of the United States Fish and Wildlife
420	420	10 Service's Information for Planning and Consulting
421	421	11 environmental review or a comparable successor tool that
422	422	12 is consistent with (i) the "U.S. Fish and Wildlife
423	423	13 Service's Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines" and (ii) any
424	424	14 applicable United States Fish and Wildlife Service solar
425	425	15 wildlife guidelines that have been subject to public
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427	427	17 (o) A county may require a commercial wind energy facility
428	428	18 or commercial solar energy facility to adhere to the
429	429	19 recommendations provided by the Illinois Department of Natural
430	430	20 Resources in an EcoCAT natural resource review report under 17
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432	432	22 (p) A county may require a facility owner to:
433	433	23 (1) demonstrate avoidance of protected lands as
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435	435	25 and the Illinois Nature Preserve Commission; or
436	436	26 (2) consider the recommendations of the Illinois
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447	447	1 Department of Natural Resources for setbacks from
448	448	2 protected lands, including areas identified by the
449	449	3 Illinois Nature Preserve Commission.
450	450	4 (q) A county may require that a facility owner provide
451	451	5 evidence of consultation with the Illinois State Historic
452	452	6 Preservation Office to assess potential impacts on
453	453	7 State-registered historic sites under the Illinois State
454	454	8 Agency Historic Resources Preservation Act.
455	455	9 (r) To maximize community benefits, including, but not
456	456	10 limited to, reduced stormwater runoff, flooding, and erosion
457	457	11 at the ground mounted solar energy system, improved soil
458	458	12 health, and increased foraging habitat for game birds,
459	459	13 songbirds, and pollinators, a county may (1) require a
460	460	14 commercial solar energy facility owner to plant, establish,
461	461	15 and maintain for the life of the facility vegetative ground
462	462	16 cover, consistent with the goals of the Pollinator-Friendly
463	463	17 Solar Site Act and (2) require the submittal of a vegetation
464	464	18 management plan in the application to construct and operate a
465	465	19 commercial solar energy facility in the county.
466	466	20 No later than 90 days after the effective date of this
467	467	21 amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Illinois
468	468	22 Department of Natural Resources shall develop guidelines for
469	469	23 vegetation management plans that may be required under this
470	470	24 subsection for commercial solar energy facilities. The
471	471	25 guidelines must include guidance for short-term and long-term
472	472	26 property management practices that provide and maintain native
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483	483	1 and non-invasive naturalized perennial vegetation to protect
484	484	2 the health and well-being of pollinators.
485	485	3 (s) If a facility owner enters into a road use agreement
486	486	4 with the Illinois Department of Transportation, a road
487	487	5 district, or other unit of local government relating to a
488	488	6 commercial wind energy facility or a commercial solar energy
489	489	7 facility, the road use agreement shall require the facility
490	490	8 owner to be responsible for (i) the reasonable cost of
491	491	9 improving roads used by the facility owner to construct the
492	492	10 commercial wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy
493	493	11 facility and (ii) the reasonable cost of repairing roads used
494	494	12 by the facility owner during construction of the commercial
495	495	13 wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy facility
496	496	14 so that those roads are in a condition that is safe for the
497	497	15 driving public after the completion of the facility's
498	498	16 construction. Roadways improved in preparation for and during
499	499	17 the construction of the commercial wind energy facility or
500	500	18 commercial solar energy facility shall be repaired and
501	501	19 restored to the improved condition at the reasonable cost of
502	502	20 the developer if the roadways have degraded or were damaged as
503	503	21 a result of construction-related activities.
504	504	22 The road use agreement shall not require the facility
505	505	23 owner to pay costs, fees, or charges for road work that is not
506	506	24 specifically and uniquely attributable to the construction of
507	507	25 the commercial wind energy facility or the commercial solar
508	508	26 energy facility. Road-related fees, permit fees, or other
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519	519	1 charges imposed by the Illinois Department of Transportation,
520	520	2 a road district, or other unit of local government under a road
521	521	3 use agreement with the facility owner shall be reasonably
522	522	4 related to the cost of administration of the road use
523	523	5 agreement.
524	524	6 (t) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a facility
525	525	7 owner with siting approval from a county to construct a
526	526	8 commercial wind energy facility or a commercial solar energy
527	527	9 facility is authorized to cross or impact a drainage system,
528	528	10 including, but not limited to, drainage tiles, open drainage
529	529	11 districts, culverts, and water gathering vaults, owned or
530	530	12 under the control of a drainage district under the Illinois
531	531	13 Drainage Code without obtaining prior agreement or approval
532	532	14 from the drainage district, except that the facility owner
533	533	15 shall repair or pay for the repair of all damage to the
534	534	16 drainage system caused by the construction of the commercial
535	535	17 wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy facility
536	536	18 within a reasonable time after construction of the commercial
537	537	19 wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy facility
538	538	20 is complete.
539	539	21 (u) The amendments to this Section adopted in Public Act
540	540	22 102-1123 do not apply to: (1) an application for siting
541	541	23 approval or for a special use permit for a commercial wind
542	542	24 energy facility or commercial solar energy facility if the
543	543	25 application was submitted to a unit of local government before
544	544	26 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
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555	555	1 Assembly; (2) a commercial wind energy facility or a
556	556	2 commercial solar energy facility if the facility owner has
557	557	3 submitted an agricultural impact mitigation agreement to the
558	558	4 Department of Agriculture before the effective date of this
559	559	5 amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly; or (3) a
560	560	6 commercial wind energy or commercial solar energy development
561	561	7 on property that is located within an enterprise zone
562	562	8 certified under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, that was
563	563	9 classified as industrial by the appropriate zoning authority
564	564	10 on or before January 27, 2023, and that is located within 4
565	565	11 miles of the intersection of Interstate 88 and Interstate 39.
566	566	12 (Source: P.A. 102-1123, eff. 1-27-23; 103-81, eff. 6-9-23.)
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