HB5978ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Agriculture & Conservation Committee

Filed: 3/11/2008

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5978

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5978 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:

(20 ILCS 689/20)

Sec. 20. Grants. Subject to appropriation, the Director is authorized to award grants to eligible applicants. The annual aggregate amount of grants awarded shall not exceed $20,000,000, except that this amount does not include amounts, up to $4,000,000 per grant, that may be awarded to each eligible applicant who installs advanced technologies for water usage, carbon footprint reduction, and other blending improvements designed to optimize processes at the applicant's renewable fuels facility.

(Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-618, eff. 12-11-03; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)

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