102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0165

 

Introduced 1/22/2021, by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Legislation Task Force Act. Creates the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Legislation Task Force. Adds provisions governing Task Force membership, duties, powers, and compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall meet no less than once a month beginning in July 2021. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2021. Dissolves the Task Force upon the filing of the report. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2023. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Carbon
5Capture, Utilization, and Storage Legislation Task Force Act.
 
6    Section 5. Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
7Legislation Task Force.
8    (a) The Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
9Legislation Task Force is created and shall include the
10following members:
11        (1) the Director of the Department of Natural
12    Resources, or his or her designee, who shall serve as the
13    ex officio chairperson of the Task Force;
14        (2) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House
15    of Representatives;
16        (3) one member appointed by the President of the
17    Senate;
18        (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
19    House of Representatives;
20        (5) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
21    Senate;
22        (6) the Director of the Illinois Environmental
23    Protection Agency, or his or her designee;

 

 

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1        (7) two members appointed by the Executive Director of
2    the Prairie Research Institute of the University of
3    Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and
4        (8) the following members appointed by the Governor:
5            (i) one member with legal expertise;
6            (ii) one member with financial expertise;
7            (iii) one member representing the State's largest
8        general farm organization;
9            (iv) one member representing a statewide
10        environmental organization;
11            (v) one member representing a national
12        environmental organization;
13            (vi) one member representing the corn industry;
14            (vii) one member representing the natural gas
15        industry;
16            (viii) one member representing a business that is
17        considering a carbon capture, utilization, and storage
18        project;
19            (ix) one member representing a business that is
20        currently performing a carbon capture, utilization,
21        and storage project;
22            (x) one member representing an energy business
23        that has global experience and investments in carbon
24        capture, utilization, and storage technologies; and
25            (xi) one member representing a statewide labor
26        federation that represents more than one international

 

 

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1        union recognized under the National Labor Relations
2        Act.
3    (b) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources
4may retain services from outside parties with legal,
5engineering, and financial expertise to assist the Task Force
6in carrying out its duties.
7    (c) Task Force members are not eligible to receive
8compensation or reimbursement of expenses.
 
9    Section 10. Report on carbon capture, utilization, and
10storage legislation.
11    (a) The Task Force shall meet no less than once a month
12beginning in July 2021.
13    (b) The Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor
14and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2021 of its
15recommendations on all issues deemed appropriate to carbon
16capture, utilization, and storage legislation, including, but
17not limited to:
18        (1) a recommended plan to develop carbon capture,
19    utilization, and storage in the State that both protects
20    the environment and supports short-term and long-term
21    economic growth;
22        (2) ownership of the carbon dioxide in a carbon
23    capture, utilization, and storage project;
24        (3) liability for the storage and monitoring
25    maintenance of the carbon dioxide after the completion of

 

 

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1    a carbon capture, utilization, and storage project;
2        (4) acquisition, ownership, and amalgamation of pore
3    space;
4        (5) procedures and safeguards for the capture,
5    utilization, and storage of carbon dioxide;
6        (6) methodology to establish any necessary fees,
7    costs, or offsets;
8        (7) potential uses of carbon dioxide;
9        (8) coordination with applicable federal law or
10    regulatory commissions, including the Class VI injection
11    well permitting process;
12        (9) creation of rules to develop carbon dioxide
13    pipelines and their related issues;
14        (10) development of knowledge capacity of appropriate
15    State agencies and stakeholders; and
16        (11) a recommended plan for the leveraging of
17    public-private partnerships for research, design, and
18    development to benefit the State.
19    (c) The Task Force is dissolved upon the filing of its
20report with the General Assembly.
 
21    Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
222023.
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.