Bill Text: IL HB2192 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a park district may enter into a lease, contract, or other agreement related to the acquisition of solar energy, including the installation, maintenance, and service of solar panels, equipment, or similar technology related to solar energy, for a period not to exceed 2.5 times the term of years provided for in other provisions authorizing a lease for equipment and machinery (currently, up to 8 years) when authorized by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the governing board of the park district. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0146 [HB2192 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2192-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2192 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 1205/8-13a new
Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a park district may enter into a lease, contract, or other agreement related to the acquisition of solar energy, including the installation, maintenance, and service of solar panels, equipment, or similar technology related to solar energy, for a period not to exceed 2.5 times the term of years provided for in other provisions authorizing a lease for equipment and machinery (currently, up to 8 years) when authorized by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the governing board of the park district. Effective immediately.
LRB103 05268 AWJ 50286 b
A BILL FOR
HB2192 LRB103 05268 AWJ 50286 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding
Section 8-13a as follows:
(70 ILCS 1205/8-13a new)
Sec. 8-13a. Agreements related to solar energy.
Notwithstanding Section 8-13, a park district may enter into a
lease, contract, or other agreement related to the acquisition
of solar energy, including the installation, maintenance, and
service of solar panels, equipment, or similar technology
related to solar energy, for a period not to exceed 2.5 times
the term of years provided for in Section 8-13 when authorized
by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the governing board
of the park district.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.