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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2535
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Rep. Raymond Poe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the percentage of biodiesel blend required to be used by a diesel powered vehicle owned by the State or units of local government of the State when refueling at a bulk central fueling facility from 2% to 5%, unless the engine is designed to operate on a higher percentage. Effective July 1, 2009.
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 12-705.1 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-705.1)
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| Sec. 12-705.1. Required use of biodiesel by certain |
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| vehicles. |
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| (a) Beginning July 1, 2006, any diesel powered vehicle |
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| owned or operated by this State, any county or unit of local |
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| government, any school district, any community college or |
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| public college or university, or any mass transit agency must, |
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| when refueling at a bulk central fueling facility, use a |
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| biodiesel blend that contains 5% 2% biodiesel, as those terms |
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| are defined in the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program |
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| Act, where available, unless the engine is designed or |
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| retrofitted to operate on a higher percentage of biodiesel or |
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| on ultra low sulfur fuel. |
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| (b) Nothing in this Section prohibits any unit of |
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| government from using a biodiesel blend containing more than 2% |
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| biodiesel. |
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| (c) As used in this Section, a "bulk central fueling |
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| facility" means a non-commercial fueling facility whose |