Rep. Rich Brauer

Filed: 3/2/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5501

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5501 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development
5 Program Act is amended by changing Section 10 and by adding
6 Section 16 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 689/10)
8     Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9     "Biodiesel" means a renewable diesel fuel derived from
10 biomass that is intended for use in diesel engines.
11     "Biodiesel blend" means a blend of biodiesel with
12 petroleum-based diesel fuel in which the resultant product
13 contains no less than 1% and no more than 99% biodiesel.
14     "Biomass" means non-fossil organic materials that have an
15 intrinsic chemical energy content. "Biomass" includes, but is
16 not limited to, soybean oil, other vegetable oils, and ethanol.
17     "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
18 Opportunity Community Affairs.
19     "Diesel fuel" means any product intended for use or offered
20 for sale as a fuel for engines in which the fuel is injected
21 into the combustion chamber and ignited by pressure without
22 electric spark.
23     "Director" means the Director of Commerce and Economic
24 Opportunity Community Affairs.

 

 

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1     "Ethanol" means a product produced from agricultural
2 commodities or by-products used as a fuel or to be blended with
3 other fuels for use in motor vehicles.
4     "Fischer-Tropsch liquids derived from Illinois coal" means
5 clean-burning, liquid hydrocarbon products derived from
6 Illinois coal.
7     "Fuel" means fuel as defined in Section 1.19 of the Motor
8 Fuel Tax Law.
9     "Gasohol" means motor fuel that is no more than 90%
10 gasoline and at least 10% denatured ethanol that contains no
11 more than 1.25% water by weight.
12     "Gasoline" means all products commonly or commercially
13 known or sold as gasoline (including casing head and absorption
14 or natural gasoline).
15     "Illinois agricultural product" means any agricultural
16 commodity grown in Illinois that is used by a production
17 facility to produce renewable fuel in Illinois, including, but
18 not limited to, corn, barley, and soy beans.
19     "Labor Organization" means any organization defined as a
20 "labor organization" under Section 2 of the National Labor
21 Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152).
22     "Majority blended ethanol fuel" means motor fuel that
23 contains no less than 70% and no more than 90% denatured
24 ethanol and no less than 10% and no more than 30% gasoline.
25     "Motor vehicles" means motor vehicles as defined in the
26 Illinois Vehicle Code and watercraft propelled by an internal
27 combustion engine.
28     "Owner" means any individual, sole proprietorship, limited
29 partnership, co-partnership, joint venture, corporation,
30 cooperative, or other legal entity, including its agents, that
31 operates or will operate a plant located within the State of
32 Illinois.
33     "Plant" means a production facility that produces a
34 renewable fuel. "Plant" includes land, any building or other

 

 

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1 improvement on or to land, and any personal properties deemed
2 necessary or suitable for use, whether or not now in existence,
3 in the processing of fuel from agricultural commodities or
4 by-products.
5     "Renewable fuel" means ethanol, gasohol, majority blended
6 ethanol fuel, biodiesel blend fuel, and biodiesel, and
7 Fischer-Tropsch liquids derived from Illinois coal.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-618, eff. 12-11-03;
9 revised 12-6-03.)
 
10     (20 ILCS 689/16 new)
11     Sec. 16. Illinois Renewable Fuels Fischer-Tropsch Liquids
12 Infrastructure Grant Program. The Department shall establish
13 and administer the Illinois Renewable Fuels Fischer-Tropsch
14 Liquids Infrastructure Grant Program to encourage the
15 construction and installation of infrastructure used for the
16 production of Fischer-Tropsch liquids derived from Illinois
17 coal and to encourage the marketing of Fischer-Tropsch liquids
18 derived from Illinois coal.".