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 1        AN ACT concerning petroleum.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  1.  Short  title.  This  Act may be cited as the
 5    Petroleum Business Education, Safety, and Security Act.

 6        Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
 7        (1)  Tragic world events have demonstrated that a  normal
 8    occurrence  can  be  transformed  into  a catastrophic crisis
 9    causing death and environmental destruction.
10        (2)  Federal and State governments have determined  there
11    is  a  need  for public information, heightened security, and
12    enhanced training regarding  the  sale  and  distribution  of
13    fuel.
14        (3)  In  the  102  counties  of  Illinois  there are fuel
15    processing at facilities, gasoline  bulk  storage,  and  fuel
16    deliveries occurring daily.
17        (4)  Precise rules and regulations pertaining to employee
18    and  public  awareness,  facility and equipment security, and
19    owner responsibility require advanced technical training  and
20    education for the distribution of fuel.
21        (5)  In the interest of public safety and security, it is
22    necessary  to  establish  the  Petroleum  Business Education,
23    Safety, and Security Council.

24        Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
25        "Education"  means  any  action  to  provide  information
26    regarding  fuel,  fuel  equipment,  environmental  awareness,
27    mechanical and technical practices,  security,  conservation,
28    safety,  and fuel uses to consumers, owners, and employees of
29    the fuel distribution industry.
30        "Fuel" means all  liquids  defined  as  "motor  fuel"  in
 
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 1    Section  1.1  of the Motor Fuel Tax Law and aviation fuel and
 2    kerosene but excluding liquefied petroleum gases.
 3        "Industry" means  persons  involved  in  the  production,
 4    transportation, and distribution of fuel, and the manufacture
 5    and distribution of fuel utilization equipment.
 6        "Producer"  means  the  owner  of  fuel at the time it is
 7    produced, manufactured, or blended.
 8        "Public member" means a member of the Council other  than
 9    a  representative of producers or retail marketers or a State
10    employee.
11        "Qualified  industry  organization"  means  the  Illinois
12    Petroleum   Council,   the   Illinois   Petroleum   Marketers
13    Association, and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association.
14        "Research" means any type  of  study,  investigation,  or
15    other  activity  designed to advance the image, desirability,
16    conservation, security, or environmental safety of  fuel  and
17    to further the development of such information.
18        "Security" means the education and training of owners and
19    employees  on  the  awareness  of  possible  actions that can
20    initiate aggressive violent behavior  against  employees  and
21    customers, as well as damage the environment and sabotage and
22    destroy fueling stations and fueling distribution facilities.
23        "Retail  merchant"  means  a person or company engaged in
24    the sale of fuel whose primary  business  is  to  sell  other
25    consumable items to the actual consumer.
26        "Retail  marketer"  means  a  person  or  company engaged
27    primarily in the sale of fuel to the actual consumer.
28        "Training" means  to  make  proficient  with  specialized
29    instruction   in   environmental   awareness   and  handling,
30    security, conservation, and safety  concerning  the  use  and
31    distribution of fuel products.

32        Section  15.  Petroleum  Business  Education, Safety, and
33    Security Council.
 
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 1        (a)  The Council shall consist  of  13  members,  with  2
 2    members representing retail marketers, 2 members representing
 3    producers,  2 members representing retail merchants, 2 public
 4    members, the Director of Revenue or his or her designate, the
 5    State Fire Marshall or his or her designate, the Director  of
 6    the  Environmental Protection Agency or his or her designate,
 7    the  Director  of  Traffic  Safety  for  the  Department   of
 8    Transportation  or  his or her designate, and the Director of
 9    the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs  or  his  or
10    her   designate.    The   members   representing  the  retail
11    marketers, retail merchants, and producers shall be full-time
12    employees or  owners  of  businesses  in  the  industry.   No
13    employee  or  current  officer of the board of directors of a
14    qualified industry organization shall serve as  a  member  of
15    the  Council.   Only one person at a time from any company or
16    its affiliate may serve on the Council.
17        (b)  The qualified industry  organizations  shall  select
18    all  retail  marketer,  retail merchant, public, and producer
19    members of the Council, giving  due  regard  to  selecting  a
20    Council that is representative of the industry.  The producer
21    organization  of  the  qualified industry organizations shall
22    select the 2 producer members  of  the  Council,  the  retail
23    marketer  organization of the qualified industry organization
24    shall select the 2 retail marketer members  of  the  Council,
25    and   the  retail  merchant  organization  of  the  qualified
26    industry organizations shall select 2 retail merchant members
27    of the  Council.   The  Governor  shall  appoint  the  public
28    members.
29        (c)  Council  members  shall  receive no compensation for
30    their services.  Council  members  may  be  reimbursed,  upon
31    request,  for  reasonable  expenses directly related to their
32    participation in Council meetings.
33        (d)  Council members shall serve a term of 5 years.   The
34    Council  shall notify the Executive of the Illinois Petroleum
 
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 1    Marketers Association, the President of the  Illinois  Retail
 2    Merchants  Association, and the Illinois Petroleum Council of
 3    the name, address, and relevant affiliations, if any, of  any
 4    new  Council  member  within 30 days after the appointment of
 5    the member to the Council.
 6        (e)  The Council shall develop programs and projects  and
 7    enter into contracts or agreements for the implementation and
 8    administration  of  this  Act,  including programs to enhance
 9    consumer  safety,  security,  conservation,  protection,  and
10    other issues associated with  the  use  and  distribution  of
11    petroleum  products;  educate owners and employers on safety,
12    training, security, protection, and conservation relating  to
13    the  environmental  equipment  and environmental and personal
14    dangers associated with the use and distribution of petroleum
15    products; provide research and development of environmentally
16    sound, safe, secure,  and  efficient  petroleum  distribution
17    equipment;  and  coordinate  with industry trade associations
18    and any other appropriate association  to  provide  efficient
19    delivery  of services and to avoid unnecessary duplication of
20    services.
21        (f)  Issues related to  security,  environmental  safety,
22    education,  and  training  shall  be  given  priority  by the
23    Council in the development of its programs and projects.
24        (g)  The Council shall select from among  its  members  a
25    Chairperson  and  other  officers as necessary, may establish
26    committees and subcommittees of the Council, and shall  adopt
27    rules  and  bylaws  for  the  conduct  of  business  and  the
28    implementation  of  this  Act.  The  Council  shall establish
29    procedures for  the  solicitation  of  industry  comment  and
30    recommendations  on any significant plan, program, or project
31    to be funded by the  Council.  The  Council  shall  establish
32    advisory committees, as needed, of persons other than Council
33    members.
34        (h)  If  a  Council  member  elects  to vacate his or her
 
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 1    position before the completion of the  term  of  appointment,
 2    the  member  shall  provide  the  Chairperson  with a written
 3    notification  at  least  30  days  prior  to  leaving.    The
 4    qualified  industry organizations shall have 30 days from the
 5    date of the written notification  to  appoint  a  replacement
 6    member.   The  member shall be selected in the same manner as
 7    the initial appointment.
 8        (i)  The Council shall keep minutes, books,  and  records
 9    that  clearly reflect all of the acts and transactions of the
10    Council and make public this information. The  books  of  the
11    Council  shall be audited by a certified public accountant at
12    least once per year and at any other times that  the  Council
13    may  designate.  The  expense  of  the  audit  shall  be  the
14    responsibility  of  the  Council. Copies of an audit shall be
15    provided to the Governor, 4 leaders of the General  Assembly,
16    and  all members of the Council, and upon request to all fuel
17    industry  organizations,   other   constitutional   officers,
18    General  Assembly  members, industry members, and the general
19    public.

20        Section 20.  Petroleum Business  Education,  Safety,  and
21    Security Fund.
22        (a)  Beginning July 1, 2003, or as soon thereafter as may
23    be practicable, the State Comptroller shall annually transfer
24    from the Underground Storage Tank  Fund  created  by  Section
25    57.11  of the Environmental Protection Act an amount equal to
26    1/40 of the revenue  deposited  into  that  Fund  during  the
27    previous  fiscal year, but not exceeding $1,500,000 per year,
28    to the Petroleum Business  Education,  Safety,  and  Security
29    Fund,  which is hereby created as a special fund in the State
30    Treasury.
31        (b)  Subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce
32    and Community Affairs shall  make  an  annual  grant  to  the
33    Council  from  the  Petroleum Business Education, Safety, and
 
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 1    Security Fund. The grant shall be used by the Council to  pay
 2    for  programs,  contracts,  related expenses, administration,
 3    and agreements approved by the Council.  No  money  from  the
 4    Fund  shall  be  used by the Council or its employees for any
 5    political or legislative purpose.  The Department of Commerce
 6    and Community Affairs may use money from the fund to  recover
 7    a  necessary  and reasonable amount for the administration of
 8    this Act.

 9        Section 25.  Lobbying. No funds received by  the  Council
10    shall  be  used  in any manner for influencing legislation or
11    elections.

12        Section 30.  Relation to other programs. Nothing in  this
13    Act  may  be  construed  to  preempt  or  supersede any other
14    program relating to petroleum business  training,  education,
15    research,  or  development  organized  and operated under the
16    laws of this State.

17        Section 85.  The Regulatory  Sunset  Act  is  amended  by
18    changing Section 4.20 as follows:

19        (5 ILCS 80/4.20)
20        Sec.  4.20.  Acts  repealed  on  January  1,  2010.   The
21    following Acts are repealed on January 1, 2010:
22        The Auction License Act.
23        The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989.
24        The Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989.
25        The Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989.
26        The Land Sales Registration Act of 1999.
27        The Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act.
28        The Perfusionist Practice Act.
29        The Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989.
30        The Real Estate License Act of 2000.
 
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 1        The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989.
 2        The  Petroleum  Business  Education, Safety, and Security
 3    Act.
 4    (Source: P.A. 91-91, eff. 7-9-99; 91-92, eff. 7-9-99; 91-132,
 5    eff. 7-16-99; 91-133, eff. 7-16-99;  91-245,  eff.  12-31-99;
 6    91-255,  eff.  12-30-99;  91-338, eff. 12-30-99; 91-580, eff.
 7    1-1-00; 91-590, eff. 1-1-00; 91-603, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, eff.
 8    6-28-01.)

 9        Section 90.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
10    Section 5.596 as follows:

11        (30 ILCS 105/5.596 new)
12        Sec.  5.596.  The  Petroleum  Business Education, Safety,
13    and Security Fund.

14        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
15    becoming law.