HB2717 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2717

Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 120/5

Amends the Alternate Fuels Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

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

Section 5. The Alternate Fuels Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(415 ILCS 120/5)

Sec. 5. Purpose. The The General Assembly declares that it is the public policy of the State to promote and encourage the use of alternate fuel in vehicles as a means to improve air quality in the State and to meet the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and the federal Energy Policy Act of 1992. The General Assembly further declares that the State can play a leadership role in the development of vehicles powered by alternate fuels, as well as in the establishment of the necessary infrastructure to support this emerging technology.

(Source: P.A. 89-410.)