Public Act 099-0406
 
HB3667 EnrolledLRB099 09901 SXM 30115 b


  
    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
    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 
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.

(Source: P.A. 98-442, eff. 1-1-14; 98-759, eff. 7-16-14.)