93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4509

 

Introduced 02/03/04, by Dan Reitz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 105/3-40   from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40

    Amends the Use Tax Act. Provides that "gasohol" means motor fuel that is at least (now, no more than) 90% gasoline and no more than (now, at least) 10% denatured ethanol that contains no more than 1.25% water by weight. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning taxation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section
5 3-40 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 105/3-40)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40)
7     Sec. 3-40. Gasohol. As used in this Act, "gasohol" means
8 motor fuel that is at least no more than 90% gasoline and no
9 more than at least 10% denatured ethanol that contains no more
10 than 1.25% water by weight. Any person who knowingly sells or
11 represents as gasohol any fuel that does not qualify as gasohol
12 under this Act is guilty of a business offense and shall be
13 fined not more than $100 for each day that the sale or
14 representation takes place after notification from the
15 Department of Agriculture that the fuel in question does not
16 qualify as gasohol.
17 (Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.