Sen. Deanna Demuzio

Filed: 1/31/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2236

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2236 on page 1,
3 line 6, by replacing "15-e, and 20-a" with "15-e, 20-a, and
4 35"; and
 
5 on page 1, immediately after line 19, by inserting the
6 following:
7     ""Denatured ethanol" means an agriculturally derived ethyl
8 alcohol for blending with gasolines for use as automotive
9 spark-ignition engine fuel."; and
 
10 on page 6, immediately after line 5, by inserting the
11 following:
 
12     "(20 ILCS 689/35 new)
13     Sec. 35. Renewable Fuels Standard.
14     (a) Illinois has a long-standing policy of promoting the
15 research, development, and usage of alternative transportation
16 fuels. This policy shall encourage alternative fuel
17 development through a combination of market-based loans,
18 incentives, and promotions. The success of these programs is
19 indicated by Illinois becoming and remaining the leader in the
20 usage of alternative fuels.
21     (b) Beginning January 1, 2008, and notwithstanding any
22 other provision of law, denatured ethanol used as a blending
23 agent to produce gasohol or majority blended ethanol in

 

 

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1 Illinois for the current fiscal year must equate to a minimum
2 of 10% of all taxable gasoline sold in Illinois during the
3 previous fiscal year.
4     (c) Beginning January 1, 2012, it shall be the goal of the
5 State of Illinois that denatured ethanol used as a blending
6 agent to produce gasohol or majority blended ethanol in
7 Illinois for the current fiscal year shall equate to a minimum
8 of 15% of all taxable gasoline sold in Illinois during the
9 previous fiscal year."; and
 
10 on page 20 by deleting lines 13 through 21.