State Government Administration Committee

Filed: 1/19/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4137

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4137 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1 on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as
2 health and safety of Illinois citizens.
 
3     Section 10. The Alternate Fuels Act is amended by changing
4 Section 30 as follows:
 
5     (415 ILCS 120/30)
6     Sec. 30. Rebate program. Beginning January 1, 1997, and as
7 long as funds are available, each owner of an alternate fuel
8 vehicle shall be eligible to apply for a rebate. Beginning July
9 1, 2005, each owner of a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel
10 is eligible to apply for a fuel cost differential rebate under
11 subsection (c) of this Section. The Agency shall cause rebates
12 to be issued under the provisions of this Act. An owner may
13 apply for only one of 3 types of rebates with regard to an
14 individual alternate fuel vehicle: (i) a conversion cost
15 rebate, (ii) an OEM differential cost rebate, or (iii) a fuel
16 cost differential rebate. Only one rebate may be issued with
17 regard to a particular alternate fuel vehicle during the life
18 of that vehicle. A rebate shall not exceed $4,000 per vehicle.
19 Over the life of this rebate program, an owner of an alternate
20 fuel vehicle or a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel may not
21 receive rebates for more than 150 vehicles per location or for
22 300 vehicles in total.
23     (a) A conversion cost rebate may be issued to an owner or
24 his or her designee in order to reduce the cost of converting
25 of a conventional vehicle to an alternate fuel vehicle.
26 Conversion of a conventional vehicle to alternate fuel
27 capability must take place in Illinois for the owner to be
28 eligible for the conversion cost rebate. Amounts spent by
29 applicants within a calendar year may be claimed on a rebate
30 application submitted during that calendar year. Approved
31 conversion cost rebates applied for during or after calendar
32 year 1997 shall be 80% of all approved conversion costs claimed

 

 

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1 and documented. Approval of conversion cost rebates may
2 continue after calendar year 2002, if funds are still
3 available. An applicant may include on an application submitted
4 in 1997 all amounts spent within that calendar year on the
5 conversion, even if the expenditure occurred before
6 promulgation of the Agency rules.
7     (b) An OEM differential cost rebate may be issued to an
8 owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost
9 differential between a conventional vehicle or engine and the
10 same vehicle or engine, produced by an original equipment
11 manufacturer, that has the capability to use alternate fuels.
12     A new OEM vehicle or engine must be purchased in Illinois
13 and must either be an alternate fuel vehicle or used in an
14 alternate fuel vehicle, respectively, for the owner to be
15 eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate. Large vehicles,
16 over 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight, purchased outside
17 Illinois are eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate if
18 the same or a comparable vehicle is not available for purchase
19 in Illinois. Amounts spent by applicants within a calendar year
20 may be claimed on a rebate application submitted during that
21 calendar year.
22     Approved OEM differential cost rebates applied for during
23 or after calendar year 1997 shall be 80% of all approved cost
24 differential claimed and documented. Approval of OEM
25 differential cost rebates may continue after calendar year
26 2002, if funds are still available. An applicant may include on
27 an application submitted in 1997 all amounts spent within that
28 calendar year on OEM equipment, even if the expenditure
29 occurred before promulgation of the Agency rules.
30     (c) A fuel cost differential rebate may be issued to an
31 owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost
32 differential between conventional fuels and domestic renewable
33 fuels or alternate fuels purchased to operate an alternate fuel
34 vehicle . The fuel cost differential shall be based on a 3-year

 

 

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1 life cycle cost analysis developed by the Agency by rulemaking.
2 The rebate shall apply to and be payable during a consecutive
3 3-year period commencing on the date the application is
4 approved by the Agency. Approved fuel cost differential rebates
5 may be applied for during or after calendar year 1997 and
6 approved rebates shall be 80% of the cost differential for a
7 consecutive 3-year period. Approval of fuel cost differential
8 rebates may continue after calendar year 2002 if funds are
9 still available.
10     Twenty-five percent of the amount that is appropriated
11 under Section 40 to be used to fund programs authorized by this
12 Section during calendar year 2001 shall be designated to fund
13 fuel cost differential rebates. If the total dollar amount of
14 approved fuel cost differential rebate applications as of July
15 1, 2001 is less than the amount designated for that calendar
16 year, the balance of designated funds shall be immediately
17 available to fund any rebate authorized by this Section and
18 approved in the calendar year.
19     An approved fuel cost differential rebate shall be paid to
20 an owner in 3 annual installments on or about the anniversary
21 date of the approval of the application. Owners receiving a
22 fuel cost differential rebate shall be required to demonstrate,
23 through recordkeeping, the use of domestic renewable fuels
24 during the 3-year period commencing on the date the application
25 is approved by the Agency. If the vehicle ceases to be
26 registered to the original applicant owner, a prorated
27 installment shall be paid to that owner or the owner's designee
28 and the remainder of the rebate shall be canceled.
29     (d) Vehicles owned by the federal government or vehicles
30 registered in a state outside Illinois are not eligible for
31 rebates.
32 (Source: P.A. 94-62, eff. 6-20-05.)".