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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5838
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development
Law of 1997. Makes a technical change in Section concerning legislative
findings.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5838 |
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LRB093 16842 BDD 42494 b |
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| AN ACT concerning coal development.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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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 6-2 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 687/6-2)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 16, 2007)
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| Sec. 6-2. Findings and intent. The General Assembly
finds |
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| and declares that it is desirable to obtain the
environmental |
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| quality, public health, and fuel diversity
benefits of |
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| developing new renewable energy resources and
clean coal |
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| technologies for use in this State
Illinois and to lower the
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| cost of renewable energy resources and clean coal resources
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| provided to utility consumers. The General Assembly finds and
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| declares that the benefits of electricity from renewable
energy |
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| resources and clean coal technologies accrue to the
public at |
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| large, thus consumers and electric utilities and
alternative |
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| retail electric suppliers share an interest in
developing and |
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| using a significant level of these
environmentally preferable |
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| resources in the State's
electricity supply portfolio. The |
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| General Assembly finds and
declares that encouraging energy |
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| efficiency will improve the
environmental quality and public |
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| health in the State of
Illinois.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
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