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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Hydrogen Economy Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Hydrogen Economy Task Force.
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| 7 | (a) The Hydrogen Economy Task Force is hereby established.
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| 8 | (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
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| 9 | (1) one member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
| 10 | President of the Senate;
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| 11 | (2) one member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
| 12 | Minority Leader of the Senate;
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| 13 | (3) one member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
| 14 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
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| 15 | (4) one member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
| 16 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 17 | Representatives;
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| 18 | (5) one member representing the Governor's Office of | ||||||
| 19 | Management and Budget, appointed by the Governor;
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| 20 | (6) one member representing a statewide labor | ||||||
| 21 | organization, appointed by the Governor;
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| 22 | (7) one member representing a national laboratory that | ||||||
| 23 | researches alternate fuels, energy, and environmental | ||||||
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| 1 | impacts, appointed by the Governor;
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| 2 | (8) one member from the Office of Energy, appointed by | ||||||
| 3 | the Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||||||
| 4 | Agency;
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| 5 | (9) one member representing local economic development | ||||||
| 6 | interests, appointed by the Director of Commerce and | ||||||
| 7 | Economic Opportunity;
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| 8 | (10) one member representing a trade association, | ||||||
| 9 | appointed by the Director of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
| 10 | Opportunity; | ||||||
| 11 | (11) one representative of a manufacturing | ||||||
| 12 | association, appointed by the Director of Commerce and | ||||||
| 13 | Economic Opportunity; | ||||||
| 14 | (12) one representative of a community-based | ||||||
| 15 | organization that supports environmental justice | ||||||
| 16 | communities, appointed by the Director of Commerce and | ||||||
| 17 | Economic Opportunity; | ||||||
| 18 | (13) one member representing the University of | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and | ||||||
| 20 | Environment, appointed by the President of the University | ||||||
| 21 | of Illinois System;
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| 22 | (14) the Director of the Illinois Power Agency or his | ||||||
| 23 | or her designee;
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| 24 | (15) the Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission | ||||||
| 25 | or his or her designee;
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| 26 | (16) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | ||||||
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| 1 | or his or her designee;
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| 2 | (17) the Director of Natural Resources or his or her | ||||||
| 3 | designee;
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| 4 | (18) the Secretary of Transportation or his or her | ||||||
| 5 | designee;
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| 6 | (19) the Director of Agriculture or his or her | ||||||
| 7 | designee;
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| 8 | (20) the Chair of the Illinois Community College Board | ||||||
| 9 | or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 10 | (21) one member with knowledge of public safety, | ||||||
| 11 | appointed by the State Fire Marshal; | ||||||
| 12 | (22) one member representing a non-profit energy | ||||||
| 13 | research organization, appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
| 14 | (23) one representative of a trade association | ||||||
| 15 | representing the investor-owned electric and natural gas | ||||||
| 16 | utilities and power generation companies in the State of | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois, appointed by the Speaker of the House; and | ||||||
| 18 | (24) one representative of a trade association | ||||||
| 19 | representing wind and solar electric generators, renewable | ||||||
| 20 | transmission companies, and storage companies, appointed | ||||||
| 21 | by the President of the Senate.
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| 22 | (c) The members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 23 | compensation.
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| 24 | (d) The Task Force shall meet at least quarterly to | ||||||
| 25 | fulfill its duties under this Act. At the first meeting of the | ||||||
| 26 | Task Force, the Task Force shall elect a Chair from among its | ||||||
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| 1 | members.
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| 2 | (e) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | ||||||
| 3 | shall provide administrative support to the Task Force.
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| 4 | Section 10. Duties. The Task Force shall have the | ||||||
| 5 | following duties:
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| 6 | (1) establish a plan to create, support, develop, or | ||||||
| 7 | partner with a Hydrogen Hub in this State, and determine | ||||||
| 8 | how to maximize federal financial incentives to support | ||||||
| 9 | Hub development;
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| 10 | (2) identify opportunities to integrate hydrogen in | ||||||
| 11 | the transportation, energy, industrial, agricultural, and | ||||||
| 12 | other sectors;
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| 13 | (3) identify barriers to the widespread development of | ||||||
| 14 | hydrogen, including within environmental justice | ||||||
| 15 | communities; and
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| 16 | (4) recommend government policies to catalyze the | ||||||
| 17 | deployment of hydrogen in the State economy.
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| 18 | Section 15. Report. The Task Force shall report to the | ||||||
| 19 | Governor and the General Assembly by December 1 of each year on | ||||||
| 20 | its activities, findings, and recommendations. | ||||||
| 21 | Section 95. Repealer. This Act is repealed on June 1, | ||||||
| 22 | 2023.
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.
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