Public Act 0406 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 099-0406 |
| HB3667 Enrolled | LRB099 09901 SXM 30115 b |
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AN ACT concerning finance.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
changing Section 25-75 as follows: |
(30 ILCS 500/25-75) |
Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles. |
(a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act |
of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles |
purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles. |
Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline-powered vehicles |
purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel |
efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section, |
"flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that |
operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) |
fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or |
light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an |
electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20% |
increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the |
equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model. |
(b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State |
funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the |
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manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel. |
(b-5) On and after January 1, 2016, 15% 25% of passenger |
vehicles, other than Department of Corrections vehicles, |
Secretary of State vehicles (except for mid-sized sedans), and |
Department of State Police patrol vehicles, purchased with |
State funds shall be vehicles fueled by electricity, |
electricity and gasohol (hybrids or plug-in hybrids), |
compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, or liquid natural |
gas, including dedicated or non-dedicated fuel type vehicles. |
(c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that |
certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based |
on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as |
health and safety of Illinois citizens.
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(Source: P.A. 98-442, eff. 1-1-14; 98-759, eff. 7-16-14.)
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