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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0901
Introduced 2/10/2009, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purchase of motor vehicles.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0901 |
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LRB096 10254 JDS 20422 b |
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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 25-75 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 500/25-75) |
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| Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles. |
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| (a) Beginning on the the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles |
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| purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles. |
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| Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline-powered vehicles |
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| purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel |
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| efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section, |
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| "flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that |
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| operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) |
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| fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or |
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| light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an |
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| electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20% |
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| increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the |
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| equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model. |
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| (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State |
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| funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the |