SB2236sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Deanna Demuzio

Filed: 1/31/2006

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2236

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2236 on page 1, line 6, by replacing "15-e, and 20-a" with "15-e, 20-a, and 35"; and

on page 1, immediately after line 19, by inserting the following:

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

on page 6, immediately after line 5, by inserting the following:

"(20 ILCS 689/35 new)

Sec. 35. Renewable Fuels Standard.

(a) Illinois has a long-standing policy of promoting the research, development, and usage of alternative transportation fuels. This policy shall encourage alternative fuel development through a combination of market-based loans, incentives, and promotions. The success of these programs is indicated by Illinois becoming and remaining the leader in the usage of alternative fuels.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2008, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, denatured ethanol used as a blending agent to produce gasohol or majority blended ethanol in Illinois for the current fiscal year must equate to a minimum of 10% of all taxable gasoline sold in Illinois during the previous fiscal year.

(c) Beginning January 1, 2012, 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 15% of all taxable gasoline sold in Illinois during the previous fiscal year."; and

on page 20 by deleting lines 13 through 21.