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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Southern Illinois University Management Act | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing Section 6.6 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (110 ILCS 520/6.6) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 6.6. The Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) There is established the Illinois Ethanol Research | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Advisory Board (the "Advisory Board"). | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | (b) The Advisory Board shall be composed of 14 members, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | including: the President of Southern Illinois University or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | the President's designee, who shall be Chairperson Chairman; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Director's designee; the Director of Agriculture or the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Director's designee; the President of the Illinois Corn | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Growers Association or the President's designee; the President | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | of the National Corn Growers Association or the President's | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | designee; the President of the Renewable Fuels Association or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the President's designee; the Dean of the College of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Science, University | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, or the Dean's designee; the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Dean of the College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Sciences, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, or the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Dean's designee; and 6 at-large members appointed by the | ||||||
| 2 | Governor representing the ethanol industry, growers, | ||||||
| 3 | suppliers, and universities or those members' designees. | ||||||
| 4 | (c) The 6 at-large members shall serve a term of 4 years. | ||||||
| 5 | The Advisory Board shall meet at least annually or at the call | ||||||
| 6 | of the Chairman. At any time a majority of the Advisory Board | ||||||
| 7 | may petition the Chairman for a meeting of the Board. Seven | ||||||
| 8 | members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a quorum. | ||||||
| 9 | (d) The Advisory Board shall: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) Review the annual operating plans and budget of | ||||||
| 11 | the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Pilot Plant. | ||||||
| 12 | (2) Advise on research and development priorities and | ||||||
| 13 | projects to be carried out at the Corn-to-Ethanol Research | ||||||
| 14 | Pilot Plant. | ||||||
| 15 | (3) Advise on policies and procedures regarding the | ||||||
| 16 | management and operation of the ethanol research pilot | ||||||
| 17 | plant. This may include contracts, project selection, and | ||||||
| 18 | personnel issues. | ||||||
| 19 | (4) Develop bylaws. | ||||||
| 20 | (5) Submit a final report to the Governor and General | ||||||
| 21 | Assembly outlining the progress and accomplishments made | ||||||
| 22 | during the year along with a financial report for the | ||||||
| 23 | year. | ||||||
| 24 | (6) Establish and operate, subject to specific | ||||||
| 25 | appropriation for the purpose of providing facility | ||||||
| 26 | operating funds, the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research | ||||||
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| 1 | Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville as | ||||||
| 2 | a State Biorefining Center of Excellence with the | ||||||
| 3 | following purposes and goals: | ||||||
| 4 | (A) To utilize interdisciplinary, | ||||||
| 5 | interinstitutional, and industrial collaborations to | ||||||
| 6 | conduct research. | ||||||
| 7 | (B) To provide training and services to the | ||||||
| 8 | ethanol fuel industry to make projects and training to | ||||||
| 9 | advance the biofuels industry in the State more | ||||||
| 10 | affordable for the institutional and industrial | ||||||
| 11 | bodies, including, but not limited to, Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | farmer-owned ethanol cooperatives. | ||||||
| 13 | (C) To coordinate near-term industry research | ||||||
| 14 | needs and laboratory services by identifying needs and | ||||||
| 15 | pursuing federal and other funding sources. | ||||||
| 16 | (D) To develop and provide hands-on training to | ||||||
| 17 | prepare students for the biofuels workforce and train | ||||||
| 18 | workforce reentrants. | ||||||
| 19 | (E) To serve as an independent, third-party source | ||||||
| 20 | for review, testing, validation standardization, and | ||||||
| 21 | definition in areas of industry need. | ||||||
| 22 | (F) To provide seminars, tours, and informational | ||||||
| 23 | sessions advocating renewable energy. | ||||||
| 24 | (G) To provide consultation services and | ||||||
| 25 | information for those interested in renewable energy. | ||||||
| 26 | (H) To develop demonstration projects by pursuing | ||||||
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| 1 | federal and other funding sources. | ||||||
| 2 | (e) The Advisory Board established by this Section is a | ||||||
| 3 | continuation, as changed by the Section, of the Board | ||||||
| 4 | established under Section 8a of the Energy Conservation and | ||||||
| 5 | Coal Development Act and repealed by Public Act 92-736. | ||||||
| 6 | (Source: P.A. 102-370, eff. 8-13-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) | ||||||
| 7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 8 | becoming law. | ||||||