Full Text of HB4009 96th General Assembly
HB4009 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB4009
Introduced 2/26/2009, by Rep. Dave Winters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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815 ILCS 370/4.1 |
from Ch. 5, par. 1704.1 |
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Amends the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act. Provides that on and after specified dates any diesel fuel sold in Illinois must have a minimum percentage of biodiesel fuel oil. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4009 |
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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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 Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 4.1 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 370/4.1) (from Ch. 5, par. 1704.1)
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| Sec. 4.1. (a) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device | 8 |
| which is
used to dispense a motor fuel containing at least 1% | 9 |
| by volume of ethanol,
of methanol,
or of a combination thereof, | 10 |
| there shall be displayed a label
which identifies the maximum | 11 |
| percentage by volume, to the nearest whole
percent, of ethanol, | 12 |
| of methanol, and of
co-solvent contained in the motor fuel. | 13 |
| Such labelling shall be done in
contrasting colors with block | 14 |
| letters at least 1/2 inch in height and 1/4 inch
in width, and | 15 |
| not more than one inch in height and 1/2 inch in width, and | 16 |
| shall
be visible to customers. The label shall be located on | 17 |
| the front or sides of
the dispenser and within the top 30 | 18 |
| percent of the height of the dispenser. On
a dual-faced | 19 |
| dispenser, the label shall be affixed on each front or each | 20 |
| side
in accordance with these requirements.
Devices used to | 21 |
| dispense only motor fuels which contain
a total of less than 1% | 22 |
| by volume of methanol and ethanol
need not be so labelled.
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| (a-5) (Blank).
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| (a-10) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device that is | 2 |
| used to dispense a motor fuel containing biodiesel or biodiesel | 3 |
| blends, the biodiesel and biodiesel blends shall be identified | 4 |
| by the capital letter "B" followed by the numerical value | 5 |
| representing the volume percentage of biodiesel fuel, such as | 6 |
| B10, B20, or B100, as follows:
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| (1) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device that | 8 |
| is used to dispense a motor fuel containing between 5% and | 9 |
| up to and including 20% of biodiesel, there shall be | 10 |
| displayed on each retail dispenser:
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| (a) the capital letter "B" followed by the | 12 |
| numerical value representing the maximum volume | 13 |
| percentage of biodiesel fuel and ending with | 14 |
| "biodiesel blend", such as B10 biodiesel fuel blend or | 15 |
| B20 biodiesel fuel blend; or
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| (b) the phrase "biodiesel blend between 5% and 20%" | 17 |
| or similar words.
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| (2) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device that | 19 |
| is used to dispense a motor fuel containing more than 20% | 20 |
| of biodiesel, there shall be displayed on each retail | 21 |
| dispenser the capital letter "B" followed by the numerical | 22 |
| value representing the volume percentage of biodiesel fuel | 23 |
| and ending with either "biodiesel" or "biodiesel blend", | 24 |
| such as B100 biodiesel or B60 biodiesel blend.
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| (3) The label shall be done in contrasting colors with | 26 |
| block letters at least 1/2 inch in height and 1/4 inch in |
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| width, and not more than one inch in height and 1/2 inch in | 2 |
| width, and shall be visible to customers. The label shall | 3 |
| be located on the front or sides of the dispenser and | 4 |
| within the top 30% of the height of the dispenser. On a | 5 |
| dual-faced dispenser, the label shall be affixed on each | 6 |
| front or each side in accordance with these requirements. | 7 |
| Devices used to dispense only motor fuels that contain a | 8 |
| total of 5% or less by volume of biodiesel need not be | 9 |
| labeled.
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| (b) Each seller of a motor fuel which contains methanol,
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| ethanol, or biodiesel
shall notify the purchaser thereof of the | 12 |
| percentage by volume of ethanol,
of methanol, of biodiesel, and | 13 |
| of co-solvent which have
been added to such motor fuel,
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| this information shall appear on the bill of lading, manifest | 15 |
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delivery ticket for such motor fuel. However, this | 16 |
| subsection (b)
shall not apply to sales at retail.
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| (c) No motor fuel, whether or not it contains any lead or | 18 |
| lead
compounds, may contain more ethanol
or methanol than is | 19 |
| permitted, or contain less co-solvent than is
required, by the | 20 |
| United States Environmental Protection Agency for
unleaded | 21 |
| motor fuels under Section 211(f) of the federal Clean Air Act.
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| (d) All motor fuel sold or offered for sale by the | 23 |
| distributor shall
contain the percentage and type of alcohol as | 24 |
| stated on the bill of lading,
manifest or delivery ticket.
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| (e) (Blank).
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| (e-5) All diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in the State |
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| of Illinois must contain at a minimum the stated percentage by | 2 |
| volume of biodiesel on or after the following dates: | 3 |
| (1) June 1, 2010 - 2% | 4 |
| (2) June 1, 2012 - 5% | 5 |
| (3) June 1, 2015 - 10% | 6 |
| For purposes of this subsection (e-5) "diesel fuel" has the | 7 |
| same meaning ascribed to it in Section 3-44.5 of the Use Tax | 8 |
| Act. | 9 |
| (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require | 10 |
| or impose an
obligation upon the owner or operator of a retail | 11 |
| motor fuel dispensing
station,
facility, or device to perform a | 12 |
| test on or measurement of a shipment of motor
fuel received to | 13 |
| determine the specific content of ethanol, methanol, or | 14 |
| biodiesel.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-381, eff. 7-1-08 .)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 |
| becoming law.
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