Bill Text: IL HB2219 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the corporate authorities of a sanitary district to issue bonds prior to December 31, 2034, for the development of distributed renewable energy generation devices. Also authorizes a district to construct, maintain, finance, and operate distributed renewable energy generation devices as necessary to sell or otherwise dispose of recovered resources or renewable energy resources resulting from the operation of district facilities. Defines "distributed renewable energy generation device".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0299 [HB2219 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2219-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2219 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 2605/56
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that "recovered resources" means any material produced by or extracted from (i) the operation of district facilities or (ii) the use of district-owned real estate (currently, "recovered resources" means any material produced by or extracted from the operation of district facilities). Adds solar or wind energy as an example of recovered resources. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act
is amended by changing Section 56 as follows:
(70 ILCS 2605/56)
Sec. 56. Resource recovery.
(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) technological advancements in wastewater treatment
have resulted in the ability to capture recovered
resources and produce renewable energy resources from
material previously discarded;
(2) the capture and beneficial reuse of recovered
resources and the production of renewable energy resources
serves a wide variety of environmental benefits including,
but not limited to, improved water quality, reduction of
greenhouse gases, reduction of carbon footprint, reduction
of landfill usage, reduced usage of hydrocarbon-based
fuels, return of nutrients to the food cycle, and reduced
water consumption;
(3) the district is a leader in the field of
wastewater treatment and possesses the expertise and
experience necessary to capture and beneficially reuse or

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prepare for beneficial reuse recovered resources,
including renewable energy resources; and
(4) the district has the opportunity and ability to
change the approach to wastewater treatment from that of a
waste material to be disposed of to one of a collection of
resources to be recovered, reused, and sold, with the
opportunity to provide the district with additional
sources of revenue and reduce operating costs.
(b) As used in this Section:
"Recovered resources" means any material produced by or
extracted from (i) the operation of district facilities or
(ii) the use of district-owned real estate. "Recovered
resources" includes, without limitation , including, but not
limited to:
(1) solids, including solids from the digestion
process, semi-solids, or liquid materials;
(2) gases, including biogas, carbon dioxide, and
methane;
(3) nutrients;
(4) algae;
(5) treated effluent; and
(6) thermal energy or hydropower; and .
(7) solar or wind energy.
"Renewable energy facility" shall have the same meaning as
a facility defined under Section 5 of the Renewable Energy
Production District Act.

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"Renewable energy resources" means resources as defined
under Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
"Resource recovery" means the recovery of material or
energy from waste as defined under Section 3.435 of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Act.
(c) The district may sell or otherwise dispose of
recovered resources or renewable energy resources resulting
from the operation of district facilities or resulting from
the use of district-owned real estate, and it may construct,
maintain, finance, and operate such activities, facilities,
and other works as are necessary for that purpose.
(d) The district may take in materials which are used in
the generation of usable products from recovered resources, or
which increase the production of renewable energy resources,
including, but not limited to food waste, organic fraction of
solid waste, commercial or industrial organic wastes, fats,
oils, and greases, and vegetable debris.
(e) The authorizations granted to the district under this
Section shall not be construed as modifying or limiting any
other law or regulation. Any actions taken pursuant to the
authorities granted in this Section must be in compliance with
all applicable laws and regulations, including, but not
limited to, the Environmental Protection Act, and rules
adopted under that Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-731, eff. 7-16-14.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.