{"data":{"id":"us-il/525-ilcs-55-15","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"525 ILCS 55/15","heading":"Recognition of beneficial habitat.","body":"An owner or manager of a solar site with a generating capacity of more than 40 kilowatts implementing site management practices under this Act may claim that the site is \"pollinator-friendly\" or provides benefits to game birds, songbirds, and pollinators only if the site adheres to guidance set forth by the pollinator-friendly scorecard published by the Department in consultation with the University of Illinois, Department of Entomology. The scorecard shall be posted on the Department's website on or before 6 months after the effective date of this Act. An owner making a beneficial habitat claim shall make the solar site's pollinator scorecard, and where available, related vegetation management plans, available to the public and provide a copy to the Department and a nonprofit solar industry trade association of this State.","path":["CHAPTER 525 CONSERVATION","Pollinator-Friendly Solar Site Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3900\u0026ChapterID=44\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:39Z","sha256":"d6316ff1cc52536991634416f50bdd25155d15d4dd2d52c1040e9a3c3835f8c2","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/525-ilcs-55-10","next":"us-il/525-ilcs-55-99"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
