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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0735
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. John E. Bradley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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35 ILCS 105/3-40 |
from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40 |
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Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "gasohol".
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A BILL FOR
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HB0735 |
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LRB096 03446 JDS 13470 b |
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| AN ACT concerning renewable fuels.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section |
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| 3-40 as follows:
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| (35 ILCS 105/3-40) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40)
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| Sec. 3-40. Gasohol. As used in this Act, "gasohol" means |
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| motor
fuel that is
a blend of
denatured ethanol and and |
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| gasoline that contains no more than 1.25% water by weight.
The |
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| blend must contain 90% gasoline and 10% denatured ethanol. A |
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| maximum of one percent error factor in the amount of denatured |
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| ethanol used in the blend is allowable to compensate for |
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| blending equipment variations. Any person who knowingly
sells |
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| or represents as gasohol any fuel that does not qualify as |
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| gasohol
under this Act is guilty of a business offense and |
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| shall be fined not more
than $100 for each day that the sale or |
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| representation takes place after
notification from the |
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| Department of Agriculture that the fuel in question
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| qualify as gasohol.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-724, eff. 7-13-04.)
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