Full Text of HB4696 95th General Assembly
HB4696 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4696
Introduced , by Rep. Michael K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 689/15 |
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20 ILCS 689/15.1 new |
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20 ILCS 689/15.2 new |
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20 ILCS 689/15.3 new |
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20 ILCS 689/20 |
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30 ILCS 105/5.708 new |
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30 ILCS 105/6z-70 new |
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Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Provides that facilities that produce ethanol for gasohol or majority blended ethanol fuel shall receive a grant equal to 10 cents per gallon of annual production capacity, not to exceed $10,000,000 for each facility. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity must establish the Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol Infrastructure Program for the purpose of providing grants to units of local government and gasoline stations or service stations offering to the public retail sales of motor fuel. Creates the Renewable Fuels Competitive Commercialization Grant Oversight Committee. Sets forth the membership of the Committee. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity must establish the Renewable Fuels Rail Infrastructure Assistance Program. Provides that grants awarded from the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund are subject to certain limitations. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Renewable Fuels Development | 5 |
| Program Act is amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 25 and | 6 |
| by adding Sections 15.1, 15.2, and 15.3 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 689/15)
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| Sec. 15. Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program.
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| (a) The Department must develop and administer the Illinois | 10 |
| Renewable Fuels
Development Program to assist in the | 11 |
| construction, modification, alteration, or
retrofitting of | 12 |
| renewable fuel plants in Illinois.
The recipient of a grant | 13 |
| under
this Section
must:
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| (1) be constructing, modifying, altering, or | 15 |
| retrofitting a plant in the
State
of Illinois;
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| (2) be constructing, modifying, altering, or | 17 |
| retrofitting a plant that has
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| production capacity of no less than 30,000,000 gallons of | 19 |
| renewable fuel
per year; and
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| (3) enter into a project labor agreement as prescribed | 21 |
| by Section 25 of
this
Act.
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| (b) Grant applications must be made on forms provided by | 23 |
| and in accordance
with
procedures established by the |
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| Department.
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| (c) The Department must give preference to applicants that | 3 |
| use Illinois
agricultural products in the production of | 4 |
| renewable fuel at the plant for
which the
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| requested.
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| (d) Facilities that produce ethanol for gasohol or majority | 7 |
| blended ethanol fuel shall receive a grant equal to 10 cents | 8 |
| per gallon of annual production capacity, not to exceed | 9 |
| $10,000,000 for each facility. | 10 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)
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| (20 ILCS 689/15.1 new) | 12 |
| Sec. 15.1. Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol | 13 |
| Infrastructure Program. The Department must establish and | 14 |
| administer the Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol | 15 |
| Program to encourage the construction, installation, and | 16 |
| marketing of majority blended ethanol, as defined in Section | 17 |
| 3-44 of the Use Tax Act. The Renewable Fuels Majority Blended | 18 |
| Ethanol Program shall provide financial assistance for units of | 19 |
| local government and petroleum distribution centers to install | 20 |
| the necessary infrastructure for the use of majority blended | 21 |
| ethanol. | 22 |
| The Department must establish the program for the purpose | 23 |
| of providing grants to units of local government and gasoline | 24 |
| stations or service stations offering to the public retail | 25 |
| sales of motor fuel that operate or will be operating majority |
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| blended ethanol fueling distribution infrastructure. A unit of | 2 |
| local government applying for a grant under this program shall | 3 |
| receive a matching grant equaling 50% of the total cost of | 4 |
| installation of a majority blended ethanol distribution pump, | 5 |
| but not to exceed $40,000. Gasoline stations or service | 6 |
| stations shall be eligible to receive a matching grant equal to | 7 |
| 50% the cost of installation per pump location, but not to | 8 |
| exceed a total of $250,000 in grants annually for each gasoline | 9 |
| station or service station retailer for locations in the | 10 |
| gasoline station or service station retailer's ownership and | 11 |
| control. The Department shall adopt necessary rules and forms | 12 |
| for the implementation of this Section. | 13 |
| (20 ILCS 689/15.2 new) | 14 |
| Sec. 15.2. Renewable Fuels Competitive Commercialization | 15 |
| Program. The Department must develop and administer the | 16 |
| Renewable Fuels Competitive Commercialization Program to | 17 |
| coordinate renewable fuel research and distribution of grant | 18 |
| funds to bring the State to the forefront of renewable fuel | 19 |
| development. The Renewable Fuels Competitive Commercialization | 20 |
| Grant Oversight Committee is established to review the grants | 21 |
| and make recommendations to the Director for awarding grants as | 22 |
| provided in this Section. The oversight committee shall be | 23 |
| comprised of 11 members. The members shall be appointed as | 24 |
| follows: the Director, or his or her designee; the Speaker of | 25 |
| the House of Representatives, or his or her designee; the |
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| President of the Senate, or his or her designee; the Minority | 2 |
| Leader of the House of Representatives, or his or her designee; | 3 |
| the Minority Leader of the Senate, or his or her designee; and | 4 |
| the following members to be appointed by the Director: | 5 |
| (1) one member representing a general statewide | 6 |
| agricultural association; | 7 |
| (2) one member representing an association representing | 8 |
| producers of corn; | 9 |
| (3) one member representing an association representing | 10 |
| producers of soybeans; | 11 |
| (4) 2 members representing labor organizations affiliated | 12 |
| with the Illinois AFL-CIO; and | 13 |
| (5) one member representing renewable fuels production | 14 |
| facilities. | 15 |
| The Department must solicit proposals for grants that | 16 |
| provide funds for projects, including but limited not to, | 17 |
| adding value to bio-fuel co-products (such as Distillers Dried | 18 |
| Grain with solubles (DDGs)), increasing vehicle mileage, and | 19 |
| reducing the water usage in manufacturing bio-fuel to increase | 20 |
| the competitiveness of renewable fuels produced in the State. | 21 |
| Preference shall be given to projects in partnership with | 22 |
| industry or pilot-scale demonstration projects that advance | 23 |
| the State's leadership in the development of a bio-based | 24 |
| economy. | 25 |
| (20 ILCS 689/15.3 new) |
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| Sec. 15.3. Renewable Fuels Rail Infrastructure Assistance | 2 |
| Program. The Department must establish and administer the | 3 |
| Renewable Fuels Rail Infrastructure Assistance Program to | 4 |
| assist in the construction and installation of (i) railroad | 5 |
| side track and turnouts to provide rail service to renewable | 6 |
| fuels facilities, (ii) side track and turnouts for railroad | 7 |
| storage and collection areas for renewable fuels and renewable | 8 |
| fuel inputs, and (iii) side track, turnouts, and other | 9 |
| necessary infrastructure for renewable fuel and renewable fuel | 10 |
| co-products container shipping. Only one grant for the purpose | 11 |
| stated under item (iii) of this Section shall be awarded each | 12 |
| year. The recipient of a grant under this Section must enter | 13 |
| into a project labor agreement for the rail infrastructure | 14 |
| project as provided in Section 25 of this Act. Grant | 15 |
| applications shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the | 16 |
| Department. | 17 |
| (20 ILCS 689/20)
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| Sec. 20. Grants. Subject to appropriation,
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Director is | 19 |
| authorized to award Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund | 20 |
| grants to eligible applicants. The annual
aggregate
amount of | 21 |
| grants awarded under this Section is subject to the following | 22 |
| limits: | 23 |
| (1) grants awarded under the Illinois Renewable Fuels | 24 |
| Development Program awarded shall not exceed $30,000,000 | 25 |
| annually in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 and $15,000,000 |
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| thereafter; no more than $5,000,000 annually of these grant | 2 |
| funds may be used for bio-diesel plants; $20,000,000.
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| (2) grants awarded under the Renewable Fuels Majority | 4 |
| Blended Ethanol Infrastructure Program may not exceed | 5 |
| $3,500,000 annually for fiscal years 2009 through 2014; | 6 |
| (3) grants awarded under the Renewable Fuels | 7 |
| Competitive Commercialization Program may not exceed | 8 |
| $1,000,000 annually in fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011; | 9 |
| and | 10 |
| (4) grants awarded under the Renewable Fuels Rail | 11 |
| Infrastructure Assistance Program may not exceed | 12 |
| $5,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. | 13 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-618, eff. 12-11-03; | 14 |
| 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
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| Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 16 |
| Section 5.708 and 6z-70 as follows: | 17 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.708 new)
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| Sec. 5.708. The Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. | 19 |
| (30 ILCS 105/6z-70 new) | 20 |
| Sec. 6z-70. Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. The | 21 |
| Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund is created as a | 22 |
| special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund may be | 23 |
| used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, |
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| subject to appropriation, for the Illinois Renewable Fuels | 2 |
| Development Program, the Renewable Fuels Majority Blended | 3 |
| Ethanol Infrastructure Program, the Renewable Fuels | 4 |
| Competitive Commercialization Program, the Renewable Fuels | 5 |
| Rail Infrastructure Assistance Program, and other renewable | 6 |
| energy programs as set forth in Section 20 of the Illinois | 7 |
| Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. | 8 |
| Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, | 9 |
| including, without limitation, fund transfers, gifts, grants, | 10 |
| and awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited | 11 |
| into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must | 12 |
| be deposited into the Fund. | 13 |
| There shall be deposited into the Renewable Fuels | 14 |
| Development Program Fund such bond proceeds and other moneys as | 15 |
| may, from time to time, be provided by law. If the moneys | 16 |
| provided by law are not sufficient to provide the annual | 17 |
| funding level in the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund | 18 |
| at the levels prescribed below, the State Comptroller must | 19 |
| direct the State Treasurer to transfer from the General Revenue | 20 |
| Fund to the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund, no later | 21 |
| than February 1, 2009 and on December 1 each year thereafter | 22 |
| the necessary amount to provide the funds at the level | 23 |
| specified for each fiscal year below: | |
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25 | | 2009 through 2010 | $39,500,000 |
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26 | | 2011 | $24,500,000 |
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| 1 | | 2012 | $23,500,000 |
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2 | | 2013 and 2014 | $18,500,000 |
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3 | | 2015 | $15,000,000 |
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 |
| becoming law. |
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