Illinois SB0160 allows townships to regulate commercial wind and solar energy facilities, including prohibiting them, and mandates agricultural.
Illinois SB0160 amends the Township Code to grant townships the authority to regulate commercial wind and solar energy facilities, including the power to prohibit such facilities. The bill also mandates that owners of commercial solar and wind energy facilities enter into agricultural impact mitigation agreements with the Illinois Department of Agriculture. These agreements must outline construction and deconstruction standards designed to preserve agricultural land integrity.
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