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91_HB0632
LRB9101751SMdvA
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Propane Education and
2 Research Act of 1997 by changing Section 5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Propane Education and Research
6 Act of 1997 is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
7 (430 ILCS 27/5)
8 Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context
9 otherwise requires:
10 "Council" means a Propane Education and Research Council
11 created pursuant to Section 10 of this Act;
12 "Director" means Director of Agriculture or his or her
13 designee;
14 "Education" means any action to provide information
15 regarding propane, propane equipment, mechanical and
16 technical practices, and propane uses to consumers and
17 members of the propane industry;
18 "Industry" means those persons involved in the
19 production, transportation, and sale of propane, and the
20 manufacture and distribution of propane utilization
21 equipment;
22 "Industry trade association" means an organization exempt
23 from tax, under Section 501(c)(3), or (6) of the Internal
24 Revenue Code of 1986, representing the propane industry;
25 "Odorized propane" means propane which has an odorant
26 added to it;
27 "Placed into commerce" means delivered, transported for
28 storage, or sold within the State of Illinois.
29 "Producer" means the owner of propane at the time it is
30 recovered at a gas processing plant or refinery; irrespective
31 of the state where production occurs;
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1 "Propane" means a hydrocarbon whose chemical composition
2 is predominately C3H8, whether recovered from natural gas or
3 crude oil, and includes liquified petroleum gases and
4 mixtures thereof;
5 "Public member" means a member of the Council other than
6 a representative of producers or retail marketers
7 representing significant users of propane, public safety
8 officials, state regulatory officials, or other groups
9 knowledgeable about propane;
10 "Qualified industry organization" means the Illinois
11 Propane Gas Association, the National Propane Gas
12 Association, the Gas Processors Association, a successor
13 association of these associations, or any other propane
14 industry organization;
15 "Research" means any type of study, investigation or
16 other activities designed to advance the image, desirability,
17 usage, marketability, efficiency, and safety of propane and
18 to further the development of such information;
19 "Retail marketer" means a person engaged primarily in the
20 sale of odorized propane to the ultimate consumer or to
21 retail propane dispensers; and
22 "Retail propane dispenser" means a person who sells
23 odorized propane to the ultimate consumer but is not engaged
24 primarily in the business of such sales.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-305, eff. 1-1-98.)