Bill Text: IL HB1897 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure program. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide grants to petroleum marketers, petroleum terminal operators, and any other companies that the Department of Agriculture determines are eligible for grant funding. Provides that eligible expenditures include tank modifications, tanks, piping, and fuel dispensers. Provides that an eligible grant recipient shall not receive more than $1,000,000 in grant funding. Provides that no funding under the program shall be made available to a public body. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, $3,000,000 each calendar quarter from the Underground Storage Tank Fund to the Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Fund, unless the Underground Storage Tank Fund has a balance at or below $75,000,000. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Task Force. Sets forth membership and duties of the Task Force. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-29 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1897 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1897-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1897 Introduced , by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new
415 ILCS 5/Art. Tit. XIX heading new
415 ILCS 5/60 new
415 ILCS 5/60.1 new
415 ILCS 5/60.2 new
415 ILCS 5/60.3 new
415 ILCS 5/60.4 new
415 ILCS 5/60.5 new
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure program. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide grants to petroleum marketers, petroleum terminal operators, and any other companies that the Department of Agriculture determines are eligible for grant funding. Provides that eligible expenditures include tank modifications, tanks, piping, and fuel dispensers. Provides that an eligible grant recipient shall not receive more than $1,000,000 in grant funding. Provides that no funding under the program shall be made available to a public body. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, $3,000,000 each calendar quarter from the Underground Storage Tank Fund to the Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Fund, unless the Underground Storage Tank Fund has a balance at or below $75,000,000. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Task Force. Sets forth membership and duties of the Task Force. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.1030 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new)
Sec. 5.1030. The Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund.
Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
adding Title XIX as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/Art. Tit. XIX heading new)
ARTICLE Tit. XIX. RENEWABLE FUELS INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
(415 ILCS 5/60 new)
Sec. 60. Creation; administration. The General Assembly
hereby establishes the Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Program
(RFI Program). The Department of Agriculture shall administer
the Renewable Infrastructure Program in accordance with the
terms of this Title. Grants may be awarded from the Renewable
Fuels Infrastructure Fund to applicants satisfying the
application and eligibility requirements established by the
Department of Agriculture, by rule.

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(415 ILCS 5/60.1 new)
Sec. 60.1. Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund.
(a) The Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund is created as
a special fund in the State treasury. The Fund may accept
moneys from any lawful source. Any interest earned on moneys
in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.
(b) Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department of
Agriculture solely to provide grants to petroleum marketers,
petroleum terminal operators, and any other companies that the
Department of Agriculture, by rule, determines are eligible
for grant funding under this Title.
(c) An eligible grant recipient shall not receive more
than $1,000,000 in grant funding under this Title.
(415 ILCS 5/60.2 new)
Sec. 60.2. Funding. From July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027,
the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the Treasurer
shall transfer, $3,000,000 each calendar quarter from the
Underground Storage Tank Fund to the Renewable Fuel
Infrastructure Fund for the purpose of establishing a grant
program funding the installation of equipment for the storage
and dispensing of fuels with higher blends of ethanol or
biodiesel feedstock. For the purposes of this Section, "higher
blends" means gasoline blends greater than E-10 and biodiesel
blends greater than B-10. No transfer shall take place from

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the Underground Storage Tank Fund to the Renewable Fuel
Infrastructure Fund in any calendar quarter from July 1, 2025,
to June 30, 2027, when the Underground Storage Tank Fund has a
balance at or below $75,000,000.
(415 ILCS 5/60.3 new)
Sec. 60.3. Eligibility. Eligible recipients for grant
funding under this Title are exclusively limited to retail
petroleum marketers, petroleum terminal operators, and any
other related companies identified by the Department of
Agriculture, by rule. No funding shall be made available to
any public body pursuant to this Title. Applicants for grant
funding under this Title are responsible for covering at least
50% of the costs associated with installing the equipment for
which grant funding is provided under this Title. A company
may not apply for more than $1,000,000 in grant funding under
this Title or more than $100,000 for any one site.
In this Section, "public body" has the meaning given to
that term in Section 1.02 of the Open Meetings Act.
(415 ILCS 5/60.4 new)
Sec. 60.4. Task Force. The Department of Agriculture shall
establish the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Task Force. The
Department of Agriculture shall solicit feedback from and
consult with, at least annually, representatives from
stakeholder groups. The Task Force shall be composed of 6

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members representing petroleum marketers, petroleum terminal
operators, or any other related companies or associations. At
least 3 of these 6 members shall hold a valid motor fuel tax
license. The Task Force shall also include 2 members
representing Illinois corn growers and 2 members representing
Illinois soybean growers. Task Force members shall be selected
by the Director of Agriculture. The substance of consultations
shall include, but may not be limited to, an overall review of
the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure program, whether the
Renewable Infrastructure program is meeting its goals and
whether the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure program should be
renewed beyond June 30, 2027. The Renewable Fuels
Infrastructure Task Force shall not have binding
decision-making authority.
(415 ILCS 5/60.5 new)
Sec. 60.5. Expenditures. Eligible expenditures include
tank modifications, tanks, piping, fuel dispensers, and any
other equipment deemed necessary by the Department of
Agriculture, by rule.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.