HB3668 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3668

Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 689/35 new

Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Sets forth goals for the use of denatured ethanol as a blending agent to produce gasohol and majority blended ethanol as follows: a minimum of 15% of all taxable gasoline sold in Illinois beginning January 1, 2012 and a minimum of 20% beginning January 1, 2017. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning renewable fuels.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act is amended by adding Section 35 as follows:

(20 ILCS 689/35 new)

Sec. 35. Renewable Fuels Goals.

(a) Beginning January 1, 2012, it is the goal of the State of Illinois that denatured ethanol used as a blending agent to produce gasohol or majority blended ethanol in Illinois for the current fiscal year shall equate to a minimum of 15% of all taxable gasoline sold in Illinois during the previous fiscal year.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2017, it shall be the goal of the State of Illinois that denatured ethanol used as a blending agent to produce gasohol or majority blended ethanol in Illinois for the current fiscal year shall equate to a minimum of 20% of all taxable gasoline sold in Illinois during the previous fiscal year.

(c) "Denatured ethanol" means an agriculturally derived ethyl alcohol for blending with gasolines for use as automotive spark-ignition engine fuel.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.