Full Text of SB3171 093rd General Assembly
SB3171 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB3171
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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415 ILCS 120/10 |
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415 ILCS 120/30 |
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415 ILCS 120/31 |
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Amends the Alternate Fuels Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2004, owners
of vehicles using domestic renewable fuel are eligible to apply for a fuel cost
differential rebate. Provides that biodiesel blended fuel facilities may be
included
in the Alternate Fuel Infrastructure Program administered by the Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Provides that "alternate fuel" includes,
among other fuels, "80% bio-based methanol" (instead of "bio-based
methanol"), fuels that are 80% (instead of 70%) derived from biomass, and
hydrogen fuel. Provides that "domestic renewable fuel" includes, among other
fuels, "80% bio-based methanol" (instead of "bio-based methanol") and 20%
biodiesel fuel (instead of "fuels derived from bio mass"). Makes other
changes. Effective
immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning alternate fuels.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Alternate Fuels Act is amended by changing
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| Sections 10, 30, and 31 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 120/10)
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| Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
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| "Alternate fuel" means liquid petroleum gas, natural gas,
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| E85 blend fuel, fuel composed of a minimum 80% ethanol, 80%
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| bio-based
methanol, fuels that are at least 80%
70% derived | 12 |
| from biomass,
hydrogen fuel, or
electricity, excluding | 13 |
| on-board electric generation.
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| "Alternate fuel vehicle" means any vehicle that is
operated | 15 |
| in Illinois and is capable of using an alternate fuel.
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| "Biodiesel fuel" means a renewable fuel conforming to the | 17 |
| industry standard
ASTM-D6751 and registered with the U.S. | 18 |
| Environmental Protection Agency.
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| "Conventional", when used to modify the word "vehicle",
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| "engine", or "fuel", means gasoline or diesel or any
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| reformulations of those fuels.
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| "Covered Area" means the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, | 23 |
| Lake, McHenry, and
Will and those portions of Grundy County and | 24 |
| Kendall County that are included
in the following ZIP code | 25 |
| areas, as designated by the U.S. Postal Service on
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998: 60416, 60444, | 27 |
| 60447, 60450,
60481, 60538, and 60543.
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| "Director" means the Director of the Environmental | 29 |
| Protection Agency.
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| "Domestic renewable fuel" means a fuel, produced in the
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| United States, composed of a minimum 80% ethanol, 80% bio-based
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| methanol, or 20% biodiesel fuel
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| bio-mass .
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| "E85 blend fuel" means fuel that contains 85% ethanol and | 3 |
| 15% gasoline.
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| "GVWR" means Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.
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| "Location" means (i) a parcel of real property or (ii)
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| multiple, contiguous parcels of real property that are | 7 |
| separated
by private roadways, public roadways, or private or | 8 |
| public
rights-of-way and are owned, operated, leased, or under | 9 |
| common
control of one party.
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| "Original equipment manufacturer" or "OEM" means a
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| manufacturer of alternate fuel vehicles or a manufacturer or
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| remanufacturer of alternate fuel engines used in vehicles | 13 |
| greater
than 8500 pounds GVWR.
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| "Rental vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is owned
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| controlled primarily for the purpose of short-term leasing or
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| rental pursuant to a contract.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-858, eff. 1-3-03.)
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| (415 ILCS 120/30)
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| Sec. 30. Rebate program. Beginning January 1, 1997, and as | 20 |
| long as funds
are available, each owner of an
alternate fuel
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| vehicle shall be eligible to apply for a rebate.
Beginning July | 22 |
| 1, 2004, each owner of a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel
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| is eligible to apply for a fuel cost differential rebate under | 24 |
| subsection (c)
of this Section.
The Agency
shall cause rebates | 25 |
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issued under the provisions of this Act. An owner may
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| apply for only one of 3 types of rebates with
regard to an | 27 |
| individual alternate fuel vehicle: (i) a
conversion cost | 28 |
| rebate, (ii) an OEM differential cost rebate, or
(iii) a fuel | 29 |
| cost differential rebate. Only one rebate may be
issued with | 30 |
| regard to a particular alternate fuel vehicle during
the life | 31 |
| of that vehicle. A rebate shall not exceed $4,000 per
vehicle. | 32 |
| Over the life of this rebate program, an owner of an
alternate | 33 |
| fuel vehicle or a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel may not
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| receive rebates for more than 150
vehicles per location or for | 35 |
| 300 vehicles in total.
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| (a) A conversion cost rebate may be issued to an
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| his or her designee in order to reduce the cost of
converting | 3 |
| of a conventional vehicle to an alternate fuel
vehicle. | 4 |
| Conversion of a conventional vehicle to alternate fuel
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| capability must take place in Illinois for the owner to be
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| eligible for the conversion cost rebate. Amounts spent by
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| applicants within a calendar year may be claimed on a rebate
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| application submitted during that calendar year. Approved
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| conversion cost rebates applied for during or after calendar | 10 |
| year 1997 shall be 80% of all
approved conversion
costs claimed | 11 |
| and documented. Approval of conversion cost rebates may
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| continue after calendar year 2002, if funds are still | 13 |
| available. An
applicant
may include on an
application submitted | 14 |
| in 1997 all amounts spent within that
calendar year on the | 15 |
| conversion, even if the expenditure
occurred before | 16 |
| promulgation of the Agency rules.
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| (b) An OEM differential cost rebate may be issued to
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| owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost
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| differential between a conventional vehicle or engine and the
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| same vehicle or engine, produced by an original equipment
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| manufacturer, that has the capability to use alternate fuels.
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| A new OEM vehicle or engine must be purchased in Illinois
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| and must either be an alternate fuel vehicle or used in an
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| alternate fuel vehicle, respectively, for the owner to be
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| eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate. Amounts spent by
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| applicants within a calendar year may be claimed on a rebate
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| application submitted during that calendar year.
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| Approved OEM differential cost rebates applied for during
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| or after calendar year 1997 shall be 80% of all
approved cost | 30 |
| differential claimed and documented. Approval of OEM
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| differential cost rebates may continue after calendar year | 32 |
| 2002, if funds are
still
available. An applicant
may include on | 33 |
| an application submitted in 1997 all amounts
spent within that | 34 |
| calendar year on OEM equipment, even if the
expenditure | 35 |
| occurred before promulgation of the Agency rules.
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| (c) A fuel cost differential rebate may be issued to
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| owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost
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| differential between conventional fuels and domestic renewable
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| fuels or alternate fuels purchased to operate an alternate fuel | 4 |
| vehicle
that runs on
domestic renewable fuel . The fuel cost | 5 |
| differential shall be
based on a 3-year life cycle cost | 6 |
| analysis developed by the
Agency by rulemaking. The rebate | 7 |
| shall apply to and be
payable during a consecutive 3-year | 8 |
| period commencing on the
date the application is approved by | 9 |
| the Agency. Approved
fuel cost differential rebates may be | 10 |
| applied for during or after calendar
year 1997 and approved
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| rebates shall be
80% of the cost differential for a consecutive | 12 |
| 3-year period.
Approval of fuel cost differential rebates may | 13 |
| continue after calendar year
2002 if funds are still available.
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| Twenty-five percent of the amount
that is appropriated | 15 |
| under Section 40 to be used to fund programs
authorized by this | 16 |
| Section during calendar year 2001 shall be
designated to fund | 17 |
| fuel cost differential rebates. If the total
dollar amount of | 18 |
| approved fuel cost differential rebate
applications as of July | 19 |
| 1, 2001 is less than the amount
designated for that calendar | 20 |
| year, the balance of designated
funds shall be immediately | 21 |
| available to fund any rebate
authorized by this Section and | 22 |
| approved in the calendar year.
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| An approved fuel cost differential rebate shall be paid to | 24 |
| an owner
in 3 annual installments on or about the anniversary | 25 |
| date of the
approval of the application. Owners receiving a | 26 |
| fuel cost
differential rebate shall be required to demonstrate, | 27 |
| through
recordkeeping, the use of domestic renewable fuels | 28 |
| during the
3-year period commencing on the date the application | 29 |
| is approved
by the Agency. If the alternate fuel vehicle ceases | 30 |
| to be
registered to the original applicant owner, a prorated
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| installment shall be paid to that owner or the owner's designee
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| and the remainder of the rebate shall be canceled.
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| (d) Vehicles owned by the federal government or
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| registered in a state outside Illinois are not eligible
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| rebates.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-858, eff. 1-3-03.)
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| (415 ILCS 120/31)
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| Sec. 31. Alternate Fuel Infrastructure Program. Subject to | 3 |
| appropriation,
the
Department of Commerce and Community | 4 |
| Affairs
(now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) | 5 |
| shall establish a grant program to provide funding for the | 6 |
| building of
E85 blend,
propane, at least 20% biodiesel blended | 7 |
| fuel, and compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling facilities, | 8 |
| including private
on-site fueling facilities, to be built | 9 |
| within
the
covered area or in Illinois metropolitan areas over | 10 |
| 100,000 in population.
The
Department of Commerce and Economic | 11 |
| Opportunity
Community Affairs
shall be responsible for
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| reviewing the
proposals and awarding the grants.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-858, eff. 1-3-03; revised 12-6-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 |
| becoming law. |
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