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1 | AN ACT concerning safety. | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Government Zero Emissions Transition Grant Program Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Local governmental unit" means a municipality, township, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | or county. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Program" means the Local Government Zero Emissions | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Transition Grant Program. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Section 10. Local Government Zero Emission Transition | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Grant Program. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (a) Subject to appropriation, the Environmental Protection | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Agency shall establish and administer a Local Government Zero | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Emissions Transition Grant Program, which shall consist of at | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | least two phases. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (b) The requirements for a grant under Phase 1 of the Local | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Government Zero Emissions Transition Grant Program are as | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (1) To qualify for a grant under Phase 1, a local | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | governmental unit must provide the Agency with an |
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1 | application that meets the following requirements: | ||||||
2 | (A) The local governmental unit must have voted on | ||||||
3 | and passed a local ordinance or nonbinding declaration | ||||||
4 | of its intent to transition its passenger vehicle | ||||||
5 | fleet to 100% zero-emissions by 2030 or earlier; or | ||||||
6 | (B) The local governmental unit must have voted on | ||||||
7 | and passed a local ordinance or nonbinding declaration | ||||||
8 | of its intent to transition the majority of its | ||||||
9 | vehicle fleet to zero-emissions by 2030 or earlier. | ||||||
10 | (2) In awarding Phase 1 grants under this subsection, | ||||||
11 | the Agency shall give priority to applicants who: | ||||||
12 | (A) have submitted the earliest date for | ||||||
13 | transitioning their vehicle fleet to zero emissions; | ||||||
14 | (B) have been disproportionately affected by the | ||||||
15 | effects of climate change and carbon pollution; and | ||||||
16 | (C) have a higher percentage of their vehicle | ||||||
17 | fleet to be converted. | ||||||
18 | (3) Phase 1 grants under this subsection may not | ||||||
19 | exceed $50,000, and they require at least a 20% match from | ||||||
20 | the local governmental unit applying for the grant. | ||||||
21 | (c) The requirements for a grant under Phase 2 of the Local | ||||||
22 | Government Zero Emissions Transition Grant Program are as | ||||||
23 | follows: | ||||||
24 | (1) To qualify for a grant under Phase 2, a local | ||||||
25 | governmental unit must have conducted its own zero | ||||||
26 | emissions or electric vehicle readiness study to evaluate |
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1 | the local governmental unit's readiness and plan for the | ||||||
2 | arrival of electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging, | ||||||
3 | and other zero-emissions vehicles, or it must have | ||||||
4 | completed Phase 1 of the Local Government Zero Emissions | ||||||
5 | Grant Program. A grant recipient of Phase 2 must provide | ||||||
6 | the Agency with an application that meets the following | ||||||
7 | requirements: | ||||||
8 | (A) The application shall define specific goals | ||||||
9 | and projects, identified in the local governmental | ||||||
10 | units electric vehicle readiness study, that the local | ||||||
11 | governmental unit needs in order to build out its | ||||||
12 | electric vehicle infrastructure and fleet, including, | ||||||
13 | but not limited to: | ||||||
14 | (I) projects to out its electric vehicle | ||||||
15 | infrastructure; | ||||||
16 | (II) projects to increase its load capacity; | ||||||
17 | (III) projects to train existing or new staff | ||||||
18 | to work on new electric vehicles; and | ||||||
19 | (IV) any other projects or barriers that are | ||||||
20 | preventing the local governmental unit from | ||||||
21 | transitioning its fleet to 100% electric, except | ||||||
22 | for the purchase of the vehicle itself. | ||||||
23 | (B) If the local governmental unit applying for | ||||||
24 | the Phase 2 grant did not use Phase 1 to complete its | ||||||
25 | zero emissions readiness study, it must submit a date | ||||||
26 | that the local governmental unit will have |
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1 | transitioned its fleet. | ||||||
2 | (2) In awarding grants under this subsection, the | ||||||
3 | Agency must give priority to local governmental units | ||||||
4 | that: | ||||||
5 | (A) have submitted the earliest date for | ||||||
6 | transitioning 100% of their fleet to zero emissions; | ||||||
7 | (B) have been disproportionately affected by the | ||||||
8 | effects of climate change and carbon pollution; and | ||||||
9 | (C) have a higher percentage of their fleet | ||||||
10 | converted. | ||||||
11 | (d) The Agency may adopt any rules necessary for the | ||||||
12 | purposes of this Act. | ||||||
13 | Section 15. Severability. The provisions of this Act shall | ||||||
14 | be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision | ||||||
15 | of this Act or the applicability thereof to any person or | ||||||
16 | circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act | ||||||
17 | and the application thereof shall not be affected thereby. |