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91_HB3011
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1 AN ACT to amend the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards
2 Act.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act is
6 amended by changing Section 4.1 as follows:
7 (815 ILCS 370/4.1) (from Ch. 5, par. 1704.1)
8 Sec. 4.1. Motor fuel containing ethanol or methanol.
9 (a) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device which
10 is used to dispense a motor fuel containing at least 1% by
11 volume of ethanol, of methanol, or of a combination thereof,
12 there shall be displayed a label which identifies the maximum
13 percentage by volume, to the nearest whole percent, of
14 ethanol, of methanol, and of co-solvent contained in the
15 motor fuel. Such labelling shall be done in contrasting
16 colors with block letters at least 1/2 inch in height and 1/4
17 inch in width, and not more than one inch in height and 1/2
18 inch in width, and shall be visible to customers. Devices
19 used to dispense only motor fuels which contain a total of
20 less than 1% by volume of methanol and ethanol need not be so
21 labelled.
22 (b) Each seller of a motor fuel which contains methanol
23 or ethanol shall notify the purchaser thereof of the
24 percentage by volume of ethanol, of methanol, and of
25 co-solvent which have been added to such motor fuel, and this
26 information shall appear on the bill of lading, manifest or
27 delivery ticket for such motor fuel. However, this
28 subsection (b) shall not apply to sales at retail.
29 (c) No motor fuel, whether or not it contains any lead
30 or lead compounds, may contain more ethanol or methanol than
31 is permitted, or contain less co-solvent than is required, by
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1 the United States Environmental Protection Agency for
2 unleaded motor fuels under Section 211(f) of the federal
3 Clean Air Act.
4 (d) All motor fuel sold or offered for sale by the
5 distributor shall contain the percentage and type of alcohol
6 as stated on the bill of lading, manifest or delivery ticket.
7 (Source: P.A. 86-232.)