Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may lease land on property of which the Department has jurisdiction for the purpose of creating, operating, or maintaining a commercial solar energy system or a clean energy project. Provides that the lease shall be for a period not longer than 25 years. Provides that, if practical, the Department shall require that any land or property over which the Department has jurisdiction and that is used for the purpose of creating, operating, or maintaining a commercial solar energy system shall have implemented on it and maintained management practices that would qualify the land or property as a beneficial habitat under the Pollinator-Friendly Solar Site Act. Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Defines "clean energy". Provides that the Department may provide for at least one electric vehicle charging station, as defined in the Electric Vehicle Act, at any State park or other real property that is owned by the Department where electrical service will reasonably permit. Provides that the Department is authorized to charge user fees for the use of an electric vehicle charging station. Amends the State Parks Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Exempts certain expenditures by the Department of Natural Resources from the Code.
House Floor Amendment No. 2: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In the Department of Natural Resources Act concerning the power of the Department of Natural Resources to lease land or property over which the Department has jurisdiction, and which is not immediately to be used or developed by the State, provides that the lease term shall not be more than 10 (rather than 5) years. In news provision providing for the lease of land or property over which the Department has jurisdiction for the purpose of creating, operating, or maintaining a commercial solar energy system or a clean energy project, provides that the lease term shall not be longer than 40 years and may be renewed by the Department for not more than 40 years per renewal (rather than 25 years without renewal in the introduced bill). In the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, includes the 40 (rather than 25) year lease and renewal provisions and provides that the Department shall require that any lease must provide for a signed project labor agreement for the length of the lease term. Provides that a project labor agreement entered into under this provision shall be entered into with the local building and construction trades council having geographic jurisdiction over the project. In the State Parks Act, provides that, in a lease that allows for the creation, operation, or maintenance of a commercial solar energy system, the Department shall require that any lease must include a signed project labor agreement for the length of the lease term. Provides that a project labor agreement entered into under this provision shall be entered into with the local building and construction trades council having geographic jurisdiction over the project.
House Floor Amendment No. 4: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 2 with the following changes. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources "shall then" (rather than "shall" or "may also") prioritize commercial solar energy system sites with a significant history of disturbance, such as former strip mines or previously developed sites.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 20 ILCS 801/1, 20 ILCS 805/805, 20 ILCS 805/63, 20 ILCS 835/2, 20 ILCS 835/3, 20 ILCS 835/4, 30 ILCS 500/1
Engrossed: 20 ILCS 801/1, 20 ILCS 805/805, 20 ILCS 805/63, 20 ILCS 835/2, 20 ILCS 835/3, 20 ILCS 835/4, 30 ILCS 500/1