(70 ILCS 1950/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. "Board" means the board of trustees of a renewable energy production special district created under this Act.
"District" means a renewable energy production special district created under this Act.
"Renewable energy facility" means a generator that is attached to a building or parcel of land and that is powered by methane gas generated from landfills, solar electric energy or wind, dedicated crops grown for electricity generation, anaerobic digestion of livestock or food processing waste, fuel cells or microturbines powered by renewable fuels, or hydroelectric energy. "Renewable fuels" does not include the incineration or burning of tires, garbage, general household, institutional, or commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office waste, landscape waste other than tree waste, railroad crossties, utility poles, or construction or demolition debris, other than untreated and unadulterated waste wood.
(Source: P.A. 97-265, eff. 8-8-11; 97-1110, eff. 8-27-12.)
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