HB1897ham001 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Gregg Johnson

Filed: 3/5/2025

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1897

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1897 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.1030 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new)

Sec. 5.1030. The Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund.

Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding Title XIX as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/Tit. XIX heading new)

TITLE XIX: RENEWABLE FUELS INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM

(415 ILCS 5/60 new)

Sec. 60. Creation; administration. The General Assembly hereby establishes the Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Program (RFI Program). The Department of Agriculture 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 Department of Agriculture, by rule.

(415 ILCS 5/60.1 new)

Sec. 60.1. 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 Department of Agriculture (1) to provide grants to petroleum marketers, petroleum terminal operators, and any other companies that the Department of Agriculture, by rule, determines are eligible for grant funding under this Title and (2) to pay for the administration costs incurred by the Department of Agriculture in the management of the grant program.

(c) An eligible grant recipient shall not receive more than $1,000,000 in grant funding under this Title.

(415 ILCS 5/60.2 new)

Sec. 60.2. Funding. From July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, 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 of 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 the Underground Storage Tank Fund to the Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Fund in any calendar quarter from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, when the Underground Storage Tank Fund has a balance at or below $50,000,000.

(415 ILCS 5/60.3 new)

Sec. 60.3. 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 Department of Agriculture, 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 5/60.4 new)

Sec. 60.4. Expenditures. Eligible expenditures from the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund include tank modifications, tanks, piping, fuel dispensers, and any other equipment deemed necessary by the Department of Agriculture, by rule.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".