Bill Text: IL SB3685 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure program. Provides that the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide grants to petroleum marketers, petroleum terminal operators, and any other companies that the Office of the State Fire Marshal 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 July 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-03 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3685 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3685-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3685 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/5.1015 new
415 ILCS 5/Tit. XVIII heading new
415 ILCS 5/59 new
415 ILCS 5/59.1 new
415 ILCS 5/59.2 new
415 ILCS 5/59.3 new
415 ILCS 5/59.3.5 new
415 ILCS 5/59.4 new
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure program. Provides that the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide grants to petroleum marketers, petroleum terminal operators, and any other companies that the Office of the State Fire Marshal 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 July 1, 2024.
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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 5.1015 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.1015 new)
Sec. 5.1015. The Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund.
Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
adding Title XVIII as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/Tit. XVIII heading new)
TITLE XVIII: RENEWABLE FUELS INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
(415 ILCS 5/59 new)
Sec. 59. Creation; administration. The General Assembly
hereby establishes the Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Program
(RFI Program). The State Fire Marshal 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 Office of the
State Fire Marshal.

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(415 ILCS 5/59.1 new)
Sec. 59.1. 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 Office of the
State Fire Marshal solely to provide grants to petroleum
marketers, petroleum terminal operators, and any other
companies that the Office of the State Fire Marshal, 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 5/59.2 new)
Sec. 59.2. Funding. 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 for the purpose of establishing a grant
program funding the installation of equipment for the storage
and dispensing 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, 2024,
to June 30, 2026, when the Underground Storage Tank Fund has a
balance at or below $75,000,000.
(415 ILCS 5/59.3 new)
Sec. 59.3. 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 Office of the State
Fire Marshal, 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 5/59.3.5 new)
Sec. 59.3.5. Task Force. The Office of the State Fire
Marshal shall establish the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure
Task Force. The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall solicit
feedback from and consult with, at least annually,
representatives from stakeholder groups. The Task Force shall

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be composed of 6 members representing petroleum marketers,
petroleum terminal operators, or any other related companies.
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 Office of the State Fire Marshal. 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, 2026. The Renewable Fuels
Infrastructure Task Force shall not have binding
decision-making authority.
(415 ILCS 5/59.4 new)
Sec. 59.4. Expenditures. Eligible expenditures include
tank modifications, tanks, piping, fuel dispensers, and any
other equipment deemed necessary by the Office of the State
Fire Marshal, by rule.