HB0473 Engrossed LRB094 03641 JAM 33646 b

1     AN ACT concerning procurement.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5 adding Section 25-70 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 500/25-70 new)
7     Sec. 25-70. Motor vehicles.
8     (a) Each motor vehicle that burns gasoline and that is
9 purchased under a State contract awarded after July 1, 2005,
10 must be capable of burning majority blended ethanol fuel, as
11 defined in Section 10 of the Illinois Renewable Fuels
12 Development Program Act, in place of gasoline or gasohol.
13     (b) Each motor vehicle that burns diesel fuel and that is
14 purchased under a State contract awarded after July 1, 2005,
15 must be capable of burning biodiesel or blended biodiesel fuel,
16 as defined in Section 10 of the Illinois Renewable Fuels
17 Development Program Act, in place of diesel fuel.
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
19 2005.