Bill Amendment: IL HB3146 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: WIND&SOLAR ENERGY REGULATION

Status: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB3146 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3146-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Lance Yednock

Filed: 3/2/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3146
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3146 by replacing
line 20 on page 15 through line 25 of page 16 with the
following:
"(t) A Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
facility owner with siting approval from a county to construct
a commercial wind energy facility or a commercial solar energy
facility must reach an agreement with a drainage district
under the Illinois Drainage Code is authorized to cross or
impact a drainage system, including, but not limited to,
drainage tiles, open drainage districts, culverts, and water
gathering vaults, owned or under the control of a drainage
district. The under the Illinois Drainage Code without
obtaining prior agreement or approval from the drainage
district, except that the facility owner shall repair or pay
for the repair of all damage to the drainage system caused by
the construction of the commercial wind energy facility or the
commercial solar energy facility in accordance with the

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agricultural impact mitigation agreement requirements for
repair of drainage. The facility owner shall also compensate
landowners within the drainage district for crop losses or
other agricultural damages resulting from damage to the
drainage system cause by the construction of the commercial
wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy facility
within a reasonable time after construction of the commercial
wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy facility
is complete.".