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 1        AN ACT in relation to alternate fuels.

 2        Be it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Alternate  Fuels  Act  is  amended   by
 5    changing  Sections  10,  25,  30,  35,  40, and 45 and adding
 6    Sections 21, 31, and 32 as follows:

 7        (415 ILCS 120/10)
 8        Sec. 10.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
 9        "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
10        "Alternate fuel" means liquid petroleum gas, natural gas,
11    E85 blend fuel, fuel  composed  of  a  minimum  80%  ethanol,
12    bio-based methanol, fuels that are at least 70%  derived from
13    biomass,   or   electricity,   excluding   on-board  electric
14    generation.
15        "Alternate  fuel  vehicle"  means  any  vehicle  that  is
16    operated in Illinois and is capable  of  using  an  alternate
17    fuel.
18        "Conventional",  when  used to modify the word "vehicle",
19    "engine",  or  "fuel",  means  gasoline  or  diesel  or   any
20    reformulations of those fuels.
21        "Covered  Area" means the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane,
22    Lake, McHenry, and Will and those portions of  Grundy  County
23    and  Kendall  County  that  are included in the following ZIP
24    code areas, as designated by the U.S. Postal Service  on  the
25    effective  date of this amendatory Act of 1998: 60416, 60444,
26    60447, 60450, 60481, 60538, and 60543.
27        "Director"  means  the  Director  of  the   Environmental
28    Protection Agency.
29        "Domestic  renewable  fuel" means a fuel, produced in the
30    United States, composed of a minimum 80%  ethanol,  bio-based
31    methanol, and fuels derived from bio-mass.
 
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 1        "E85 blend fuel" means fuel that contains 85% ethanol and
 2    15% gasoline.
 3        "GVWR" means Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.
 4        "Location"  means  (i)  a parcel of real property or (ii)
 5    multiple,  contiguous  parcels  of  real  property  that  are
 6    separated by private roadways, public roadways, or private or
 7    public rights-of-way and  are  owned,  operated,  leased,  or
 8    under common control of one party.
 9        "Original   equipment  manufacturer"  or  "OEM"  means  a
10    manufacturer of alternate fuel vehicles or a manufacturer  or
11    remanufacturer  of  alternate  fuel  engines used in vehicles
12    greater than 8500 pounds GVWR.
13        "Rental vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is owned or
14    controlled primarily for the purpose of short-term leasing or
15    rental pursuant to a contract.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-726, eff.  8-7-98;  90-797,  eff.  12-15-98;
17    91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

18        (415 ILCS 120/21 new)
19        Sec.  21.   Alternate Fuel Infrastructure Advisory Board.
20    The Governor shall appoint an Alternate  Fuel  Infrastructure
21    Advisory  Board.   The Advisory Board shall be chaired by the
22    Director of the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs,
23    who may be represented at all meetings by a designee.   Other
24    members appointed  by  the  Governor  shall  consist  of  one
25    representative  from the ethanol industry, one representative
26    from the natural gas industry, one  representative  from  the
27    auto  manufacturing  industry,  one  representative  from the
28    liquid petroleum gas industry, one  representative  from  the
29    Agency,   one  representative  from  the  heavy  duty  engine
30    manufacturing  industry,  one  representative  from  Illinois
31    private fleet operators,  and  one  representative  of  local
32    government from the Chicago nonattainment area.
33        The Advisory Board shall (1) prepare and recommend to the
 
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 1    Department  of  Commerce  and  Community  Affairs  a  program
 2    implementing  Section  31  of  this  Act  and  (2)  recommend
 3    criteria and procedures to be followed in awarding grants.
 4        Members  of  the  Advisory  Board shall not be reimbursed
 5    their costs and expenses of participation.  All decisions  of
 6    the  Advisory Board shall be decided on a one vote per member
 7    basis with a majority of the  Advisory  Board  membership  to
 8    rule.

 9        (415 ILCS 120/25)
10        Sec.  25.  Ethanol fuel research program.  The Department
11    of Commerce and Community Affairs shall administer a research
12    program to reduce the costs of producing  ethanol  fuels  and
13    increase  the  viability of ethanol fuels, new ethanol engine
14    technologies, and  ethanol  refueling  infrastructure.   This
15    research  shall be funded from the Alternate Fuels Fund.  The
16    research  program  shall  remain  in   effect,   subject   to
17    appropriation  after  calendar  year  until December 31, 2004
18    2002, or until funds are no longer available.
19    (Source: P.A. 90-726, eff.  8-7-98;  90-797,  eff.  12-15-98;
20    91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

21        (415 ILCS 120/30)
22        Sec. 30.  Rebate program.  Beginning January 1, 1997, and
23    as  long  as  funds are available, each owner of an alternate
24    fuel vehicle shall be eligible to apply for  a  rebate.   The
25    Agency  shall cause rebates to be issued under the provisions
26    of this  Act.   The  Alternate  Fuels  Advisory  Board  shall
27    develop  and  recommend  to  the  Agency  rules  that provide
28    incentives or other  measures  to  ensure  that  small  fleet
29    operators  and  owners  participate in, and benefit from, the
30    rebate program.  Such rules shall define and  identify  small
31    fleet  operators  and  owners  in  the  covered area and make
32    provisions for the establishment of criteria to  ensure  that
 
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 1    funds from the Alternate Fuels Fund specified in this Act are
 2    made readily available to these entities.  The Advisory Board
 3    shall,  in  the  development of its rebate application review
 4    criteria, make provisions  for  preference  to  be  given  to
 5    applications   proposing  a  partnership  between  the  fleet
 6    operator or owner and  a  fueling  service  station  to  make
 7    alternate  fuels  available to the public. An owner may apply
 8    for only one  of  3  types  of  rebates  with  regard  to  an
 9    individual  alternate  fuel  vehicle:  (i)  a conversion cost
10    rebate, (ii) an  OEM differential cost  rebate,  or  (iii)  a
11    fuel cost differential rebate.  Only one rebate may be issued
12    with regard to a particular alternate fuel vehicle during the
13    life  of  that vehicle.  A rebate shall not exceed $4,000 per
14    vehicle.  Over the life of this rebate program, an  owner  of
15    an  alternate  fuel  vehicle may not receive rebates for more
16    than 150 vehicles per location or for 300 vehicles in total.
17        (a)  A conversion cost rebate may be issued to  an  owner
18    or  his  or  her  designee  in  order  to  reduce the cost of
19    converting of a conventional vehicle  to  an  alternate  fuel
20    vehicle.   Conversion  of a conventional vehicle to alternate
21    fuel capability must take place in Illinois for the owner  to
22    be eligible for the conversion cost rebate.  Amounts spent by
23    applicants  within a calendar year may be claimed on a rebate
24    application submitted during that  calendar  year.   Approved
25    conversion  cost rebates applied for during or after calendar
26    year years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and  2002  shall  be
27    80%  of all approved conversion costs claimed and documented.
28    Approval  of  conversion  cost  rebates  may  continue  after
29    calendar  year  2002,  if  funds  are  still  available.   An
30    applicant may include on an application submitted in 1997 all
31    amounts spent within that calendar year  on  the  conversion,
32    even  if  the expenditure occurred before promulgation of the
33    Agency rules.
34        (b)  An OEM differential cost rebate may be issued to  an
 
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 1    owner or his or her designee in  order  to  reduce  the  cost
 2    differential between a conventional vehicle or engine and the
 3    same  vehicle  or  engine,  produced by an original equipment
 4    manufacturer, that has the capability to use alternate fuels.
 5        A new OEM vehicle or engine must be purchased in Illinois
 6    and must either be an alternate fuel vehicle or  used  in  an
 7    alternate  fuel  vehicle,  respectively,  for the owner to be
 8    eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate.  Amounts  spent
 9    by  applicants  within  a  calendar  year may be claimed on a
10    rebate application submitted during that calendar year.
11        Approved OEM differential cost rebates applied for during
12    or after calendar year years 1997, 1998,  1999,  2000,  2001,
13    and  2002  shall  be  80%  of  all approved cost differential
14    claimed and documented.  Approval of  OEM  differential  cost
15    rebates  may  continue after calendar year 2002, if funds are
16    still available.  An applicant may include on an  application
17    submitted  in  1997  all  amounts  spent within that calendar
18    year on OEM  equipment,  even  if  the  expenditure  occurred
19    before promulgation of the Agency rules.
20        (c)  A  fuel cost differential rebate may be issued to an
21    owner or his or her designee in  order  to  reduce  the  cost
22    differential   between   conventional   fuels   and  domestic
23    renewable  fuels  purchased  to  operate  an  alternate  fuel
24    vehicle that runs on domestic renewable fuel.  The fuel  cost
25    differential  shall  be  based  on  a  3-year life cycle cost
26    analysis developed by the Agency by rulemaking.   The  rebate
27    shall  apply  to  and  be payable during a consecutive 3-year
28    period commencing on the date the application is approved  by
29    the  Agency.   Approved fuel cost differential rebates may be
30    applied for during or after calendar year years  1997,  1998,
31    1999, 2000, and 2001 and approved rebates shall be 80% of the
32    cost  differential for a consecutive 3-year period.  Approval
33    of fuel cost differential rebates may continue after calendar
34    year 2002 if funds are still available.  Twenty-five  percent
 
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 1    of  the  amount  appropriated  under Section 40 to be used to
 2    fund the programs authorized by this Section during  calendar
 3    year  1998 shall be designated to fund fuel cost differential
 4    rebates.  If the total dollar amount of  approved  fuel  cost
 5    differential  rebate  applications  as  of October 1, 1998 is
 6    less than the amount designated for that calendar  year,  the
 7    balance of designated funds shall be immediately available to
 8    fund  any  rebate  authorized by this Section and approved in
 9    the  calendar  year.   An  applicant  may   include   on   an
10    application  submitted  in 1997 all amounts spent within that
11    calendar  year  on  fuel  cost  differential,  even  if   the
12    expenditure  occurred  before  the promulgation of the Agency
13    rules.
14        Twenty-five percent  of  the  amount  appropriated  under
15    Section 40 to be used to fund the programs authorized by this
16    Section during calendar year 1999 shall be designated to fund
17    fuel  cost  differential rebates.  If the total dollar amount
18    of approved fuel cost differential rebate applications as  of
19    July  1,  1999  is  less  than the amount designated for that
20    calendar year, the  balance  of  designated  funds  shall  be
21    immediately  available  to fund any rebate authorized by this
22    Section and approved in the calendar year.
23        Twenty-five percent  of  the  amount  appropriated  under
24    Section  40  to  be  used to fund programs authorized by this
25    Section during calendar year 2000 shall be designated to fund
26    fuel cost differential rebates.  If the total  dollar  amount
27    of  approved fuel cost differential rebate applications as of
28    July 1, 2000 is less than  the  amount  designated  for  that
29    calendar  year,  the  balance  of  designated  funds shall be
30    immediately available to fund any rebate authorized  by  this
31    Section and approved in the calendar year.
32        Twenty-five  percent  of  the amount that is appropriated
33    under Section 40 to be used to fund  programs  authorized  by
34    this Section during calendar year 2001 shall be designated to
 
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 1    fund  fuel  cost  differential  rebates.  If the total dollar
 2    amount of approved fuel cost differential rebate applications
 3    as of July 1, 2001 is less than  the  amount  designated  for
 4    that  calendar year, the balance of designated funds shall be
 5    immediately available to fund any rebate authorized  by  this
 6    Section and approved in the calendar year.
 7        An  approved  fuel cost differential rebate shall be paid
 8    to an  owner  in  3  annual  installments  on  or  about  the
 9    anniversary  date of the approval of the application.  Owners
10    receiving a fuel cost differential rebate shall  be  required
11    to  demonstrate,  through  recordkeeping, the use of domestic
12    renewable fuels during the 3-year period  commencing  on  the
13    date  the  application  is  approved  by  the Agency.  If the
14    alternate  fuel  vehicle  ceases  to  be  registered  to  the
15    original applicant owner, a  prorated  installment  shall  be
16    paid  to that owner or the owner's designee and the remainder
17    of the rebate shall be canceled.
18        (d)  Vehicles owned by the federal government or vehicles
19    registered in a state outside Illinois are not  eligible  for
20    rebates.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-410; 90-726, eff. 8-7-98.)

22        (415 ILCS 120/31 new)
23        Sec.  31.  Alternate Fuel Infrastructure Program. Subject
24    to appropriation, the Department of  Commerce  and  Community
25    Affairs  shall  establish  a grant program to provide funding
26    for the  building  of  E85  blend,  propane,  and  compressed
27    natural  gas  (CNG)  fueling  facilities,  including  private
28    on-site  fueling  facilities,  to be built within the covered
29    area or  in  Illinois  metropolitan  areas  over  100,000  in
30    population.  The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
31    shall be responsible for reviewing the proposals and awarding
32    the grants.
 
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 1        (415 ILCS 120/32 new)
 2        Sec.  32.   Clean  Fuel  Education  Program.   Subject to
 3    appropriation,  the  Department  of  Commerce  and  Community
 4    Affairs, in cooperation with  the  Agency  and  Chicago  Area
 5    Clean  Cities,  shall  administer  the  Clean  Fuel Education
 6    Program,  the  purpose  of  which   is   to   educate   fleet
 7    administrators  and  Illinois' citizens about the benefits of
 8    using alternate fuels.  The program  shall  include  a  media
 9    campaign.

10        (415 ILCS 120/35)
11        Sec. 35.  User fees.
12        (a)  During  fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002  the
13    Office of the Secretary of State shall  collect  annual  user
14    fees   from   any   individual,   partnership,   association,
15    corporation,  or  agency of the United States government that
16    registers any combination of 10  or  more  of  the  following
17    types  of  motor vehicles in the Covered Area:  (1)  Vehicles
18    of the First Division, as defined  in  the  Illinois  Vehicle
19    Code;  (2)   Vehicles of the Second Division registered under
20    the B, D, F, H, MD, MF, MG, MH and MJ  plate  categories,  as
21    defined  in the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (3)  Commuter vans
22    and livery vehicles as defined in the Illinois Vehicle  Code.
23    This  Section does not apply to vehicles registered under the
24    International Registration Plan under Section 3-402.1 of  the
25    Illinois  Vehicle  Code.  The  user fee shall be $20 for each
26    vehicle registered in the Covered Area for each fiscal  year.
27    The  Office  of  the Secretary of State shall collect the $20
28    when a vehicle's registration fee is paid.
29        (b)  Owners  of  State,  county,  and  local   government
30    vehicles,   rental   vehicles,   antique  vehicles,  electric
31    vehicles, and motorcycles are exempt  from  paying  the  user
32    fees on such vehicles.
33        (c)  The  Office  of the Secretary of State shall deposit
 
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 1    the user fees collected into the Alternate Fuels Fund.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-410; 90-726, eff. 8-7-98.)

 3        (415 ILCS 120/40)
 4        Sec. 40.  Appropriations from the Alternate Fuels Fund.
 5        (a)  User Fees  Funds.  The  Agency  shall  estimate  the
 6    amount of user fees expected to be collected under Section 35
 7    of  this  Act  for  fiscal  years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
 8    User fee funds shall be deposited into and  distributed  from
 9    the Alternate Fuels Fund in the following manner:
10             (1)  In  each  of fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and
11        2002,  an  amount  not  to   exceed   $200,000   may   be
12        appropriated  to the Agency from the Alternate Fuels Fund
13        to pay its costs of administering the programs authorized
14        by Section  30  of  this  Act.  Up  to  $200,000  may  be
15        appropriated  to  the Office of the Secretary of State in
16        each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 from  the
17        Alternate  Fuels  Fund  to  pay  the Secretary of State's
18        costs of administering the programs authorized under this
19        Act.
20             (2)  In fiscal years 1999,  2000,  2001,  and  2002,
21        after appropriation of the amounts authorized by item (1)
22        of  subsection  (a) of this Section, the remaining moneys
23        estimated to be collected during each fiscal  year  shall
24        be  appropriated  as follows: 80% of the remaining moneys
25        shall be appropriated to fund the programs authorized  by
26        Section  30,  and  20%  shall be appropriated to fund the
27        programs authorized by Section 25.
28             (3)  Additional appropriations to  the  Agency  from
29        the   Alternate   Fuels   Fund   to   pay  its  costs  of
30        administering the programs authorized by  Section  30  of
31        this  Act may be made in fiscal years following 2002, not
32        to exceed the amount of $200,000 in any fiscal  year,  if
33        funds  are  still  available  and program costs are still
 
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 1        being incurred.
 2             (4)  Moneys  appropriated  to  fund   the   programs
 3        authorized  in  Sections 25 and 30 shall be expended only
 4        after they have been collected  and  deposited  into  the
 5        Alternate Fuels Fund.
 6        (b)  General Revenue Fund Appropriations. General Revenue
 7    Fund amounts appropriated to and deposited into the Alternate
 8    Fuels Fund shall be distributed from the Alternate Fuels Fund
 9    in the following manner:
10             (1)  In  each  of  fiscal  years  2003  and 2004, an
11        amount not to exceed $50,000 may be appropriated  to  the
12        Department  of  Commerce  and  Community Affairs from the
13        Alternate Fuels Fund to pay its  costs  of  administering
14        the programs authorized by Sections 31 and 32.
15             (2)  In  each  of  fiscal  years  2003  and 2004, an
16        amount not to exceed $50,000 may be appropriated  to  the
17        Department  of Commerce and Community Affairs to fund the
18        programs authorized by Section 32.
19             (3)  In each of fiscal years 2003  and  2004,  after
20        appropriation  of the amounts authorized in items (1) and
21        (2) of subsection (b)  of  this  Section,  the  remaining
22        moneys  received  from  the General Revenue Fund shall be
23        appropriated as follows: 52.632% of the remaining  moneys
24        shall  be appropriated to fund the programs authorized by
25        Sections 25 and 30 and 47.368% of  the  remaining  moneys
26        shall  be appropriated to fund the programs authorized by
27        Section  31.     The  moneys  appropriated  to  fund  the
28        programs authorized by Sections 25 and 30 shall  be  used
29        as  follows:  20%  shall  be  used  to  fund the programs
30        authorized by Section 25, and 80% shall be used  to  fund
31        the programs authorized by Section 30.
32        Moneys  appropriated  to  fund the programs authorized in
33    Section 31 shall  be  expended  only  after  they  have  been
34    deposited into the Alternate Fuels Fund.
 
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 1        The  Agency  shall  estimate  the  amount  of  user  fees
 2    expected  to  be collected for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001,
 3    and 2002.  Moneys shall be  deposited  into  and  distributed
 4    from the Alternate Fuels Fund in the following manner:
 5        (1)  In  each  of  fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 an
 6    amount not to exceed $200,000  may  be  appropriated  to  the
 7    Agency  from  the  Alternate  Fuels  Fund to pay its costs of
 8    administering the  programs authorized by  this  Act.  Up  to
 9    $200,000  may  be appropriated to the Office of the Secretary
10    of State in each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001,  and  2002
11    from the Alternate Fuels Fund to pay the Secretary of State's
12    costs  of  administering  the  programs authorized under this
13    Act.
14        (2)  In fiscal year  1999,  after  appropriation  of  the
15    amounts  authorized  by  paragraph  (1), the remaining moneys
16    estimated to be collected during fiscal year  1999  shall  be
17    appropriated  as  follows:  80% of each such remaining moneys
18    shall be appropriated to  fund  the  programs  authorized  in
19    Section 30 and 20% shall be appropriated to fund the programs
20    authorized in Section 25.
21        (3)  In   fiscal   years  2000,  2001,  and  2002,  after
22    appropriation of the amounts authorized by paragraph (1), the
23    remaining estimated  amount  of  user  fees  expected  to  be
24    collected  shall  be  appropriated  as  follows:  80% of such
25    estimated moneys shall be appropriated to fund  the  programs
26    authorized  in  Section  30  and 20% shall be appropriated to
27    fund the programs authorized in Section 25.
28        (4)  Moneys appropriated to fund the programs  authorized
29    in  Sections 25 and 30 shall be expended only after they have
30    been collected and deposited into the Alternate Fuels Fund.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-410; 90-726, eff. 8-7-98.)

32        (415 ILCS 120/45)
33        Sec. 45.  Alternate Fuels Fund; creation; deposit of user
 
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 1    fees.  A separate fund  in  the  State  Treasury  called  the
 2    Alternate   Fuels  Fund  is  created,  into  which  shall  be
 3    transferred the user fees as provided in Section 35  and  any
 4    other     revenues,     deposits,    State    appropriations,
 5    contributions, grants, gifts, bequests, legacies of money and
 6    securities, or transfers as provided  by  law  from,  without
 7    limitation,    governmental    entities,   private   sources,
 8    foundations, trade associations, industry organizations,  and
 9    not-for-profit organizations.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-410.)

11        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
12    becoming law.

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