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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 52.10 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (415 ILCS 5/52.10) | ||||||
| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2022) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 52.10. Electric Vehicle Permitting Task Force. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The Electric Vehicle Permitting Task Force is hereby | ||||||
| 10 | created within the Environmental Protection Agency. | ||||||
| 11 | (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members, | ||||||
| 12 | which shall represent the diversity of the people of Illinois: | ||||||
| 13 | (1) The Director of the Environmental Protection | ||||||
| 14 | Agency or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 15 | (2) The Director of Natural Resources or his or her | ||||||
| 16 | designee; | ||||||
| 17 | (3) The Secretary of Transportation or their designee; | ||||||
| 18 | (4) Nine 8 members appointed by the Governor as | ||||||
| 19 | follows: | ||||||
| 20 | (A) one member of a statewide organization | ||||||
| 21 | representing manufacturers; | ||||||
| 22 | (B) one member of a statewide organization | ||||||
| 23 | representing business interests; | ||||||
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| 1 | (C) one member representing an environmental | ||||||
| 2 | justice organization; | ||||||
| 3 | (D) one member representing a statewide | ||||||
| 4 | environmental advocacy organization; | ||||||
| 5 | (E) one member representing the electric vehicle | ||||||
| 6 | industry; | ||||||
| 7 | (F) one member representing the waste management | ||||||
| 8 | industry; | ||||||
| 9 | (G) one member of a statewide organization | ||||||
| 10 | representing agricultural interests; and | ||||||
| 11 | (H) one member representing a labor organization; | ||||||
| 12 | . | ||||||
| 13 | (I) one member representing a statewide | ||||||
| 14 | organization of municipalities as authorized under | ||||||
| 15 | Section 1-8-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code; and | ||||||
| 16 | (J) one member from an association representing | ||||||
| 17 | automobile manufacturers. | ||||||
| 18 | (c) The duties and responsibilities of the Task Force | ||||||
| 19 | include the following: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) identify existing and potential challenges faced | ||||||
| 21 | by the electric vehicle industry with respect to the | ||||||
| 22 | process for obtaining necessary permits from the | ||||||
| 23 | Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Natural | ||||||
| 24 | Resources, and the Department of Transportation, and | ||||||
| 25 | potential solutions; | ||||||
| 26 | (2) conduct an assessment of State permitting fees, | ||||||
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| 1 | including those necessary for electric vehicle investment | ||||||
| 2 | in Illinois, and the revenue generated by those fees; | ||||||
| 3 | (3) assess the permitting needs of the electric | ||||||
| 4 | vehicle industry, including electric vehicle | ||||||
| 5 | manufacturers, electric vehicle power supply equipment | ||||||
| 6 | manufacturers, and electric vehicle component parts | ||||||
| 7 | manufacturers; | ||||||
| 8 | (4) recommend changes to expedite permitting processes | ||||||
| 9 | to support the rapid growth of the electric vehicle | ||||||
| 10 | industry in Illinois, including support for electric | ||||||
| 11 | vehicle businesses locating or relocating in Illinois; | ||||||
| 12 | (5) analyze anticipated staffing needs across State | ||||||
| 13 | agencies to support expedited permitting efforts; | ||||||
| 14 | (6) recommend adjustments to the fee structure for | ||||||
| 15 | state permits, including those permits necessary for | ||||||
| 16 | electric vehicle investment in Illinois, that will support | ||||||
| 17 | increased staffing at state agencies; | ||||||
| 18 | (7) Consider the impact of State and local permitting | ||||||
| 19 | issues on electric vehicle charging station deployments, | ||||||
| 20 | and make recommendations on best practices to streamline | ||||||
| 21 | permitting related to electric vehicle charging stations; | ||||||
| 22 | and | ||||||
| 23 | (8) recommend legislative and regulatory actions that | ||||||
| 24 | are necessary to support changes to permitting processes. | ||||||
| 25 | (d) The Task Force shall not consider or recommend changes | ||||||
| 26 | to environmental permitting standards outside of the scope of | ||||||
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| 1 | the duties and responsibilities outlined in subsection (c). | ||||||
| 2 | (e) Appointments for the Task Force shall be made no later | ||||||
| 3 | than December 15, 2021. The Task Force shall issue a final | ||||||
| 4 | report based upon its findings and recommendations and submit | ||||||
| 5 | the report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later | ||||||
| 6 | than March 1, 2022. | ||||||
| 7 | (f) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 8 | compensation. The Environmental Protection Agency shall | ||||||
| 9 | provide administrative support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 10 | (g) The Task Force shall be dissolved upon the filing of | ||||||
| 11 | its report. | ||||||
| 12 | (h) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2022.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 102-669, eff. 11-16-21.)
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