Bill Text: IL HB3307 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act and the State Finance Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create and operate an E85 Market Expansion Program that provides debit cards, credit cards, E85 coupons, or some other form of negotiable instrument as determined by the Department for $500 in credit towards the purchase price of E85 fuel purchased within Illinois. Requires program applicants to have purchased a new flexible fuel vehicle within the 12-month period prior to submitting the application to be eligible for the Program. Provides that only one Program grant shall be made to the owner of any vehicle during the life of that vehicle. Creates the E85 Market Expansion Fund. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3307 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3307-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB3307 Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 689/5
20 ILCS 689/10
20 ILCS 689/27 new
30 ILCS 105/5.786 new
Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act and the State Finance Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create and operate an E85 Market Expansion Program that provides debit cards, credit cards, E85 coupons, or some other form of negotiable instrument as determined by the Department for $500 in credit towards the purchase price of E85 fuel purchased within Illinois. Requires program applicants to have purchased a new flexible fuel vehicle within the 12-month period prior to submitting the application to be eligible for the Program. Provides that only one Program grant shall be made to the owner of any vehicle during the life of that vehicle. Creates the E85 Market Expansion Fund. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development
Program Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 and by
adding Section 27 as follows:
(20 ILCS 689/5)
Sec. 5. Findings and State policy. The General Assembly
recognizes that agriculture is a vital sector of the Illinois
economy and that an important growth industry for the Illinois
agricultural sector is renewable fuels production. Renewable
fuels produced from Illinois agricultural products hold great
potential for growing the State's economy, reducing our
dependence on foreign oil supplies, and improving the
environment by reducing harmful emissions from vehicles.
Illinois is the nation's leading producer of ethanol, a clean,
renewable fuel with significant environmental benefits. The
General Assembly finds that reliable supplies of renewable
fuels will be integral to the long term energy security of the
United States. The General Assembly declares that it is the
public policy of the State of Illinois to promote and encourage
the production and use of renewable fuels as a means not only
to improve air quality in the State and the nation, but also to

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increase the size of grow the agricultural sector of the
Illinois economy. To achieve these public policy objectives,
the General Assembly hereby authorizes the creation and
implementation of the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development
Program within the Department.
(Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)
(20 ILCS 689/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Biodiesel" means a renewable diesel fuel derived from
biomass that is intended for use in diesel engines.
"Biodiesel blend" means a blend of biodiesel with
petroleum-based diesel fuel in which the resultant product
contains no less than 1% and no more than 99% biodiesel.
"Biomass" means non-fossil organic materials that have an
intrinsic chemical energy content. "Biomass" includes, but is
not limited to, soybean oil, other vegetable oils, and ethanol.
"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity.
"Diesel fuel" means any product intended for use or offered
for sale as a fuel for engines in which the fuel is injected
into the combustion chamber and ignited by pressure without
electric spark.
"Director" means the Director of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity.
"Ethanol" means a product produced from agricultural

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commodities or by-products used as a fuel or to be blended with
other fuels for use in motor vehicles.
"Flexible fuel vehicle" has the meaning set forth in
Section 22 of the Alternate Fuels Act.
"Fuel" means fuel as defined in Section 1.19 of the Motor
Fuel Tax Law.
"Gasohol" means motor fuel that is no more than 90%
gasoline and at least 10% denatured ethanol that contains no
more than 1.25% water by weight.
"Gasoline" means all products commonly or commercially
known or sold as gasoline (including casing head and absorption
or natural gasoline).
"Illinois agricultural product" means any agricultural
commodity grown in Illinois that is used by a production
facility to produce renewable fuel in Illinois, including, but
not limited to, corn, barley, and soy beans.
"Labor Organization" means any organization defined as a
"labor organization" under Section 2 of the National Labor
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152).
"Majority blended ethanol fuel" means motor fuel that
contains no less than 70% and no more than 90% denatured
ethanol and no less than 10% and no more than 30% gasoline.
"Motor vehicles" means motor vehicles as defined in the
Illinois Vehicle Code and watercraft propelled by an internal
combustion engine.
"Owner" means any individual, sole proprietorship, limited

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partnership, co-partnership, joint venture, corporation,
cooperative, or other legal entity, including its agents, that
operates or will operate a plant located within the State of
Illinois.
"Plant" means a production facility that produces a
renewable fuel. "Plant" includes land, any building or other
improvement on or to land, and any personal properties deemed
necessary or suitable for use, whether or not now in existence,
in the processing of fuel from agricultural commodities or
by-products.
"Renewable fuel" means ethanol, gasohol, majority blended
ethanol fuel, biodiesel blend fuel, and biodiesel.
(Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-618, eff. 12-11-03;
94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
(20 ILCS 689/27 new)
Sec. 27. E85 Market Expansion Program.
(a) The Department shall, subject to appropriation, create
and administer the E85 Market Expansion Program. Under this
program, the Department must solicit and collect applications
from persons who have purchased a new flexible fuel vehicle
within the 12-month period prior to submitting the application.
Approved applicants shall be eligible for Program
distributions.
(b) The Program shall distribute debit cards, credit cards,
E85 coupons, or some other form of negotiable instrument as

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determined by the Department that authorizes the approved
applicant $500 in credit towards the purchase price of E85 fuel
purchased within Illinois. Only one distribution shall be made
to the owner of any vehicle during the life of that vehicle.
(c) The E85 Market Expansion Fund is established as a
special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund may be
used, subject to appropriation, only for the purposes set forth
in this Section. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be
deposited into the Fund. The Department may retain 5% of the
moneys in the Fund for administrative costs of the Program.
(d) The Department shall have access to Secretary of State
motor vehicle registration records and other State records to
enable verification of these applications.
(e) The Department shall adopt necessary rules for the
implementation of this Section, including rules for the
solicitation, collection, and approval of applications and for
the operation of the program distributions.
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.786 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.786 new)
Sec. 5.786. E85 Market Expansion Fund.