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Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
Filed: 3/23/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3667
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3667 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 25-75 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 500/25-75) |
| 7 | | Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles. |
| 8 | | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act |
| 9 | | of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles |
| 10 | | purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles. |
| 11 | | Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline-powered vehicles |
| 12 | | purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel |
| 13 | | efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section, |
| 14 | | "flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that |
| 15 | | operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) |
| 16 | | fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or |
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| 1 | | light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an |
| 2 | | electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20% |
| 3 | | increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the |
| 4 | | equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model. |
| 5 | | (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
| 6 | | of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State |
| 7 | | funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the |
| 8 | | manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel. |
| 9 | | (b-5) On and after January 1, 2016, 15% 25% of passenger |
| 10 | | vehicles, other than Department of Corrections vehicles, |
| 11 | | Secretary of State vehicles (except for mid-sized sedans), and |
| 12 | | Department of State Police patrol vehicles, purchased with |
| 13 | | State funds shall be vehicles fueled by electricity, |
| 14 | | electricity and gasohol (hybrids or plug-in hybrids), |
| 15 | | compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, or liquid natural |
| 16 | | gas, including dedicated or non-dedicated fuel type vehicles. |
| 17 | | (c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that |
| 18 | | certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based |
| 19 | | on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as |
| 20 | | health and safety of Illinois citizens.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 98-442, eff. 1-1-14; 98-759, eff. 7-16-14.)".
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