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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
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| 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, 2005, 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 |
| to be
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
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| 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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