Full Text of HB3447 103rd General Assembly
HB3447 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB3447 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Kam Buckner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Electric Vehicle Rebate Act. Defines "electric bicycle" and "nonattainment area". Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, and continuing as long as funds are available, a person may apply for a rebate following the purchase of an electric bicycle in the State. Provides for a schedule of rebates awarded. Provides for a secondary schedule of rebates awarded for individuals who can provide proof of eligibility for the Food Assistance for Women, Infants, and Children, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance, or otherwise make less than 300% of the federal poverty limit. Provides that a community shall be prioritized for the electric bicycle rebate program if the community is within a nonattainment area. Provides that the incentive for a rebate for an electric bicycle shall be available at the point of sale in order to maximize the impact for low-income and mid-income communities. Provides that a business in a nonattainment area shall register with the Department of Revenue to directly receive rebates for the business' sales with the retailer collecting specified information.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Electric Vehicle Rebate Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 10 and by adding Section 50 as follows: | 6 | | (415 ILCS 120/10)
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 8 | | "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
| 9 | | "Covered Area" means the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, | 10 | | Lake, McHenry, and
Will, the townships of Aux Sable and Goose | 11 | | Lake in Grundy County, and the township of Oswego in Kendall | 12 | | County. | 13 | | "Electric bicycle" means a bicycle equipped with an | 14 | | electric motor that may be activated in order to assist with or | 15 | | replace pedaling.
| 16 | | "Electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is exclusively | 17 | | powered by and refueled by electricity, must be plugged in to | 18 | | charge, and is licensed to drive on public roadways. "Electric | 19 | | Vehicle" does not include electric bicycles, electric mopeds, | 20 | | electric off-highway vehicles, or hybrid electric vehicles and | 21 | | extended-range electric vehicles that are also equipped with | 22 | | conventional fueled propulsion or auxiliary engines. | 23 | | "Environmental justice community" has the same meaning, |
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| 1 | | based on existing methodologies and findings, used and as may | 2 | | be updated by the Illinois Power Agency and its Program | 3 | | Administrator of the Illinois Solar for All Program. | 4 | | "Low income" means persons and families whose income does
| 5 | | not exceed 80% of the State median income for the current State | 6 | | fiscal year, as established by the United States Department of | 7 | | Health and Human Services. | 8 | | "Nonattainment area" means an area of the State that the | 9 | | United States Environmental Protection Agency has designated | 10 | | as being in nonattainment with a national ambient air quality | 11 | | standard.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21; 102-820, eff. 5-13-22.)
| 13 | | (415 ILCS 120/50 new) | 14 | | Sec. 50. Electric bicycle rebate. | 15 | | (a) Beginning July 1, 2024, and continuing as long as | 16 | | funds are available, a person may apply to the Agency for a | 17 | | rebate following the retail purchase of an electric bicycle in | 18 | | the State. Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall, upon | 19 | | receiving proof of the retail purchase of the electric bicycle | 20 | | in the State, award the purchaser a rebate under this Section | 21 | | in the amount of: | 22 | | (1) $750 for an electric bicycle sold to the retail | 23 | | purchaser for $1,750 or less; | 24 | | (2) $500 for an electric bicycle sold to the retail | 25 | | purchaser for more than $1,750 but less than $4,000; and |
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| 1 | | (3) $250 for an electric bicycle sold to the retail | 2 | | purchaser for at least $4,000 but less than $5,000. | 3 | | (b) There shall be a secondary schedule for individuals | 4 | | who can provide proof of eligibility for the for Food | 5 | | Assistance for Women, Infants, and Children Program, the | 6 | | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or the Supplemental | 7 | | Low-Income Energy Assistance Program or whose household income | 8 | | is not greater than 300% of the federal poverty guidelines | 9 | | updated periodically in the Federal Register by the United | 10 | | States Department of Health and Human Services under the | 11 | | authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). Under that schedule, a $1,000 | 12 | | rebate would be provided for the first $2,000 spent. every | 13 | | dollar after up to $5,000. This calculation would give a | 14 | | maximum of $2,000 for a purchase of $5,000 and more. | 15 | | (c) If a community is located within a nonattainment area | 16 | | in the State, then purchasers from that community shall be | 17 | | prioritized for the electronic bicycle rebate program | 18 | | established in subsection (a). | 19 | | (d) The incentive for a rebate for an electronic bicycle | 20 | | under subsection (a) shall be available at the point of sale in | 21 | | order to maximize the impact for low and mid-income | 22 | | communities. A business in a nonattainment area as determined | 23 | | by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall | 24 | | register with the Department of Revenue to directly receive | 25 | | rebates for the business' sale with the retailer collecting | 26 | | the following information: voucher number; employee name; |
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| 1 | | bicycle manufacturer; bicycle model; bicycle serial number; | 2 | | rebate amount; total bicycle cost; and any other information | 3 | | the Department of Revenue would need to provide a rebate to the | 4 | | retailer.
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