Signed by Governor JB Pritzker

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires new types of lighting fixtures at Illinois Department of Natural Resources facilities.

Highlights:

• Establishes the Responsible Outdoor Lighting Control Act (Sec. 1). 

• Defines terms related to responsible outdoor lighting and control (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that all new, renovated, or retrofitted lights purchased with State funds after the effective date of the Act or installed after the effective date of the Act on a structure or land that is owned, supported, funded, leased, or managed by the State must follow specified outdoor lighting control requirements (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes the Attorney General, a municipality, or a county to enforce the Act by filing an action for injunctive relief in a circuit court (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies the Department of Central Management Services shall make available a resource guide for the public to add lighting to homes and businesses consistent with the requirements for luminaires on a structure or land that is owned, supported, funded, leased, or managed by the State under the Act, and provides that the guide must include references to publicly accessible websites of advocacy groups approved by the State that provide education, guidance, and specifications relating to the implementation of responsible lighting principles (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies if this act conflicts with any other federal law, State law, or local ordinance controlling lighting, outdoor luminaries, signage, outdoor advertising, displays, or devices that is more stringent than the Act, then the federal law, State law, or local ordinance proceeds (Sec. 1).

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