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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 25-75 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (30 ILCS 500/25-75 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles. | ||||||
8 | (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
9 | of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles | ||||||
10 | purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel | ||||||
11 | efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section, | ||||||
12 | "flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that | ||||||
13 | operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) | ||||||
14 | fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or | ||||||
15 | light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an | ||||||
16 | electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20% | ||||||
17 | increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the | ||||||
18 | equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model. | ||||||
19 | (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
20 | of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State | ||||||
21 | funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the | ||||||
22 | manufacturer to run on 20% biodiesel (B20) fuel. | ||||||
23 | (c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that | ||||||
24 | certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based | ||||||
25 | on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as | ||||||
26 | health and safety of Illinois citizens. | ||||||
27 | Section 10. The Alternate Fuels Act is amended by changing | ||||||
28 | Section 30 as follows: | ||||||
29 | (415 ILCS 120/30)
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30 | Sec. 30. Rebate program. Beginning January 1, 1997, and as |
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1 | long as funds
are available, each owner of an
alternate fuel
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2 | vehicle shall be eligible to apply for a rebate.
Beginning July | ||||||
3 | 1, 2005, each owner of a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel
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4 | is eligible to apply for a fuel cost differential rebate under | ||||||
5 | subsection (c)
of this Section.
The Agency
shall cause rebates | ||||||
6 | to be
issued under the provisions of this Act. An owner may
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7 | apply for only one of 3 types of rebates with
regard to an | ||||||
8 | individual alternate fuel vehicle: (i) a
conversion cost | ||||||
9 | rebate, (ii) an OEM differential cost rebate, or
(iii) a fuel | ||||||
10 | cost differential rebate. Only one rebate may be
issued with | ||||||
11 | regard to a particular alternate fuel vehicle during
the life | ||||||
12 | of that vehicle. A rebate shall not exceed $4,000 per
vehicle. | ||||||
13 | Over the life of this rebate program, an owner of an
alternate | ||||||
14 | fuel vehicle or a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel may not
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15 | receive rebates for more than 150
vehicles per location or for | ||||||
16 | 300 vehicles in total.
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17 | (a) A conversion cost rebate may be issued to an
owner or | ||||||
18 | his or her designee in order to reduce the cost of
converting | ||||||
19 | of a conventional vehicle to an alternate fuel
vehicle. | ||||||
20 | Conversion of a conventional vehicle to alternate fuel
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21 | capability must take place in Illinois for the owner to be
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22 | eligible for the conversion cost rebate. Amounts spent by
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23 | applicants within a calendar year may be claimed on a rebate
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24 | application submitted during that calendar year. Approved
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25 | conversion cost rebates applied for during or after calendar | ||||||
26 | year 1997 shall be 80% of all
approved conversion
costs claimed | ||||||
27 | and documented. Approval of conversion cost rebates may
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28 | continue after calendar year 2002, if funds are still | ||||||
29 | available. An
applicant
may include on an
application submitted | ||||||
30 | in 1997 all amounts spent within that
calendar year on the | ||||||
31 | conversion, even if the expenditure
occurred before | ||||||
32 | promulgation of the Agency rules.
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33 | (b) An OEM differential cost rebate may be issued to
an | ||||||
34 | owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost
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35 | differential between a conventional vehicle or engine and the
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36 | same vehicle or engine, produced by an original equipment
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1 | manufacturer, that has the capability to use alternate fuels.
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2 | A new OEM vehicle or engine must be purchased in Illinois
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3 | and must either be an alternate fuel vehicle or used in an
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4 | alternate fuel vehicle, respectively, for the owner to be
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5 | eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate. Large vehicles, | ||||||
6 | over 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight, purchased outside | ||||||
7 | Illinois are eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate if | ||||||
8 | the same or a comparable vehicle is not available for purchase | ||||||
9 | in Illinois. Amounts spent by
applicants within a calendar year | ||||||
10 | may be claimed on a rebate
application submitted during that | ||||||
11 | calendar year.
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12 | Approved OEM differential cost rebates applied for during
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13 | or after calendar year 1997 shall be 80% of all
approved cost | ||||||
14 | differential claimed and documented. Approval of OEM
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15 | differential cost rebates may continue after calendar year | ||||||
16 | 2002, if funds are
still
available. An applicant
may include on | ||||||
17 | an application submitted in 1997 all amounts
spent within that | ||||||
18 | calendar year on OEM equipment, even if the
expenditure | ||||||
19 | occurred before promulgation of the Agency rules.
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20 | (c) A fuel cost differential rebate may be issued to
an | ||||||
21 | owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost
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22 | differential between conventional fuels and domestic renewable
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23 | fuels or alternate fuels purchased to operate an alternate fuel | ||||||
24 | vehicle
. The fuel cost differential shall be
based on a 3-year | ||||||
25 | life cycle cost analysis developed by the
Agency by rulemaking. | ||||||
26 | The rebate shall apply to and be
payable during a consecutive | ||||||
27 | 3-year period commencing on the
date the application is | ||||||
28 | approved by the Agency. Approved
fuel cost differential rebates | ||||||
29 | may be applied for during or after calendar
year 1997 and | ||||||
30 | approved
rebates shall be
80% of the cost differential for a | ||||||
31 | consecutive 3-year period.
Approval of fuel cost differential | ||||||
32 | rebates may continue after calendar year
2002 if funds are | ||||||
33 | still available.
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34 | Twenty-five percent of the amount
that is appropriated | ||||||
35 | under Section 40 to be used to fund programs
authorized by this | ||||||
36 | Section during calendar year 2001 shall be
designated to fund |
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1 | fuel cost differential rebates. If the total
dollar amount of | ||||||
2 | approved fuel cost differential rebate
applications as of July | ||||||
3 | 1, 2001 is less than the amount
designated for that calendar | ||||||
4 | year, the balance of designated
funds shall be immediately | ||||||
5 | available to fund any rebate
authorized by this Section and | ||||||
6 | approved in the calendar year.
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7 | An approved fuel cost differential rebate shall be paid to | ||||||
8 | an owner
in 3 annual installments on or about the anniversary | ||||||
9 | date of the
approval of the application. Owners receiving a | ||||||
10 | fuel cost
differential rebate shall be required to demonstrate, | ||||||
11 | through
recordkeeping, the use of domestic renewable fuels | ||||||
12 | during the
3-year period commencing on the date the application | ||||||
13 | is approved
by the Agency. If the vehicle ceases to be
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14 | registered to the original applicant owner, a prorated
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15 | installment shall be paid to that owner or the owner's designee
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16 | and the remainder of the rebate shall be canceled.
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17 | (d) Vehicles owned by the federal government or
vehicles | ||||||
18 | registered in a state outside Illinois are not eligible
for | ||||||
19 | rebates.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 94-62, eff. 6-20-05.)
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