Environment & Energy Committee
Filed: 3/10/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4652




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4652 on page 1, line 
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12, immediately after "Act.", by inserting the following:


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"However, if, on or after June 1, 2010, the United States 
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Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), while acting under 
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the authority granted it in Section 211 of the Clean Air Act, 
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authorizes an increase in the maximum proportion of ethanol 
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that may be included in motor fuel blends, then (i) a motor 
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fuel blend containing a proportion of ethanol greater than that 
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which was authorized prior to the USEPA action shall not be 
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treated as gasohol under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the 
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Service Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, or the Service Use 
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Tax Act, until (A) the State Fire Marshal, the Director of 
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Agriculture, and the Director of the Environmental Protection 
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Agency have each separately certified to  the Director of 
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Revenue that the new motor fuel blend meets the definition of 
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"gasohol" in this Section and that the blend can be legally and 
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safely produced and delivered to consumers with non-flex fuel 
 


 






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vehicles and (B) the State Fire Marshal has also certified that 
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the fuel delivery infrastructure is safe and (ii) a motor fuel 
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blend containing a proportion of ethanol equal to or less  than 
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that which was authorized prior to the USEPA action shall, for 
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180 days after the Director of Revenue receives the last of the 
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required certifications, continue to be treated as gasohol 
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under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation 
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Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, and the Service Use Tax Act.".