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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Program Act is amended by changing Sections 15 and 20 and by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | adding Sections 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, and 15.4 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 689/15)
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8 | Sec. 15. Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program.
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9 | (a) The Department must develop and administer the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Renewable Fuels
Development Program to assist in the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | construction, modification, alteration, or
retrofitting of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | renewable fuel plants in Illinois.
The recipient of a grant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | under
this Section
must:
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14 | (1) be constructing, modifying, altering, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | retrofitting a plant in the
State
of Illinois;
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16 | (2) be constructing, modifying, altering, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | retrofitting a plant that has
a base total annual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | production capacity of no less than 20,000,000 30,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | gallons of renewable fuel
per year; and
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20 | (3) enter into a project labor agreement as prescribed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | by Section 25 of
this
Act.
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22 | (b) Grant applications must be made on forms provided by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | and in accordance
with
procedures established by the |
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1 | Department.
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2 | (c) The Department must give preference to applicants that | ||||||
3 | use Illinois
agricultural products in the production of | ||||||
4 | renewable fuel at the plant for
which the
grant is being | ||||||
5 | requested.
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6 | (d) Facilities that produce ethanol for gasohol or majority | ||||||
7 | blended ethanol fuel shall receive a grant equal to 10 cents | ||||||
8 | per gallon of annual production capacity, not to exceed | ||||||
9 | $10,000,000 for each facility. | ||||||
10 | Rulemaking authority to implement this Section, if any, is | ||||||
11 | conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all | ||||||
12 | provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all | ||||||
13 | rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative | ||||||
14 | Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, | ||||||
15 | is unauthorized. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)
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17 | (20 ILCS 689/15.1 new) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 15.1. Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol | ||||||
19 | Infrastructure Program. The Department must establish and | ||||||
20 | administer the Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol | ||||||
21 | Program to encourage the construction, installation, and | ||||||
22 | marketing of majority blended ethanol, as defined in Section | ||||||
23 | 3-44 of the Use Tax Act. The Renewable Fuels Majority Blended | ||||||
24 | Ethanol Program shall provide financial assistance for units of | ||||||
25 | local government and petroleum distribution centers to install |
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1 | the necessary infrastructure for the use of majority blended | ||||||
2 | ethanol. | ||||||
3 | The Department must establish the program for the purpose | ||||||
4 | of providing grants to units of local government and gasoline | ||||||
5 | stations or service stations offering to the public retail | ||||||
6 | sales of motor fuel that operate or will be operating majority | ||||||
7 | blended ethanol fueling distribution infrastructure. A unit of | ||||||
8 | local government applying for a grant under this program shall | ||||||
9 | receive a matching grant equaling 50% of the total cost of | ||||||
10 | installation of a majority blended ethanol distribution pump, | ||||||
11 | but not to exceed $40,000. Gasoline stations or service | ||||||
12 | stations shall be eligible to receive a matching grant equal to | ||||||
13 | 50% the cost of installation per pump location, but not to | ||||||
14 | exceed a total of $250,000 in grants annually for each gasoline | ||||||
15 | station or service station retailer for locations in the | ||||||
16 | gasoline station or service station retailer's ownership and | ||||||
17 | control. The Department shall adopt necessary rules and forms | ||||||
18 | for the implementation of this Section. | ||||||
19 | Rulemaking authority to implement this Section, if any, is | ||||||
20 | conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all | ||||||
21 | provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all | ||||||
22 | rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative | ||||||
23 | Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, | ||||||
24 | is unauthorized. | ||||||
25 | (20 ILCS 689/15.2 new) |
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1 | Sec. 15.2. Renewable Fuels Competitive Commercialization | ||||||
2 | Program. The Department must develop and administer the | ||||||
3 | Renewable Fuels Competitive Commercialization Program to | ||||||
4 | coordinate renewable fuel research and distribution of grant | ||||||
5 | funds to bring the State to the forefront of renewable fuel | ||||||
6 | development. The Renewable Fuels Competitive Commercialization | ||||||
7 | Grant Oversight Committee is established to review the grants | ||||||
8 | and make recommendations to the Director for awarding grants as | ||||||
9 | provided in this Section. The oversight committee shall be | ||||||
10 | comprised of 11 members. The members shall be appointed as | ||||||
11 | follows: the Director, or his or her designee; the Speaker of | ||||||
12 | the House of Representatives, or his or her designee; the | ||||||
13 | President of the Senate, or his or her designee; the Minority | ||||||
14 | Leader of the House of Representatives, or his or her designee; | ||||||
15 | the Minority Leader of the Senate, or his or her designee; and | ||||||
16 | the following members to be appointed by the Director: | ||||||
17 | (1) one member representing a general statewide | ||||||
18 | agricultural association; | ||||||
19 | (2) one member representing an association representing | ||||||
20 | producers of corn; | ||||||
21 | (3) one member representing an association representing | ||||||
22 | producers of soybeans; | ||||||
23 | (4) 2 members representing labor organizations affiliated | ||||||
24 | with the Illinois AFL-CIO; and | ||||||
25 | (5) one member representing renewable fuels production | ||||||
26 | facilities. |
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1 | The Department must solicit proposals for grants that | ||||||
2 | provide funds for projects, including but not limited to, | ||||||
3 | adding value to bio-fuel co-products (such as Distillers Dried | ||||||
4 | Grain with solubles (DDGs)), increasing vehicle mileage, and | ||||||
5 | reducing the water usage in manufacturing bio-fuel to increase | ||||||
6 | the competitiveness of renewable fuels produced in the State. | ||||||
7 | Preference shall be given to projects in partnership with | ||||||
8 | industry or pilot-scale demonstration projects that advance | ||||||
9 | the State's leadership in the development of a bio-based | ||||||
10 | economy. | ||||||
11 | Rulemaking authority to implement this Section, if any, is | ||||||
12 | conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all | ||||||
13 | provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all | ||||||
14 | rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative | ||||||
15 | Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, | ||||||
16 | is unauthorized. | ||||||
17 | (20 ILCS 689/15.3 new) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 15.3. Renewable Fuels Rail Infrastructure Assistance | ||||||
19 | Program. The Department must establish and administer the | ||||||
20 | Renewable Fuels Rail Infrastructure Assistance Program to | ||||||
21 | assist in the construction and installation of (i) railroad | ||||||
22 | side track and turnouts to provide rail service to renewable | ||||||
23 | fuels facilities, (ii) side track and turnouts for railroad | ||||||
24 | storage and collection areas for renewable fuels and renewable | ||||||
25 | fuel inputs, and (iii) side track, turnouts, and other |
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1 | necessary infrastructure for renewable fuel and renewable fuel | ||||||
2 | co-products container shipping. Only one grant for the purpose | ||||||
3 | stated under item (iii) of this Section shall be awarded each | ||||||
4 | year. The recipient of a grant under this Section must enter | ||||||
5 | into a project labor agreement for the rail infrastructure | ||||||
6 | project as provided in Section 25 of this Act. Grant | ||||||
7 | applications shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the | ||||||
8 | Department. | ||||||
9 | Rulemaking authority to implement this Section, if any, is | ||||||
10 | conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all | ||||||
11 | provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all | ||||||
12 | rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative | ||||||
13 | Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, | ||||||
14 | is unauthorized. | ||||||
15 | (20 ILCS 689/15.4 new)
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16 | Sec. 15.4. Renewable Fuels Technology Program Fund. To | ||||||
17 | provide incentives to ethanol production facilities to reduce | ||||||
18 | their water and energy usage to better manage our resources and | ||||||
19 | reduce carbon emissions, ethanol facilities modifying their | ||||||
20 | production process or incorporating new technologies in their | ||||||
21 | new construction are also eligible for the following funding: | ||||||
22 | (1) A grant of 10% up to $2,500,000 of the additional | ||||||
23 | costs of reducing their net water usage to 2.8 gallons of | ||||||
24 | water per gallon of ethanol. | ||||||
25 | (2) A grant of 10% up to $4,000,000 of the costs to |
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1 | reduce by 20% the natural gas required to produce a gallon | ||||||
2 | of absolute ethanol using a base energy requirement for a | ||||||
3 | dry mill natural gas fired ethanol plant of 34,500 BTUs per | ||||||
4 | gallon of ethanol. | ||||||
5 | (3) A grant of 10% up to $2,500,000 of the costs to add | ||||||
6 | a co-generation system designed to provide the electrical | ||||||
7 | needs of the facility. | ||||||
8 | Rulemaking authority to implement this Section, if any, is | ||||||
9 | conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all | ||||||
10 | provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all | ||||||
11 | rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative | ||||||
12 | Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, | ||||||
13 | is unauthorized. | ||||||
14 | (20 ILCS 689/20)
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15 | Sec. 20. Grants. Subject to appropriation,
the
Director is | ||||||
16 | authorized to award Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund | ||||||
17 | grants to eligible applicants. The annual
aggregate
amount of | ||||||
18 | grants awarded under this Section is subject to the following | ||||||
19 | limits: | ||||||
20 | (1) grants awarded under the Illinois Renewable Fuels | ||||||
21 | Development Program awarded shall not exceed $20,000,000 | ||||||
22 | annually in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 and $15,000,000 | ||||||
23 | thereafter; no more than $5,000,000 annually of these grant | ||||||
24 | funds may be used for bio-diesel plants; $20,000,000.
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25 | (2) grants awarded under the Renewable Fuels Majority |
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1 | Blended Ethanol Infrastructure Program may not exceed | ||||||
2 | $3,500,000 annually for fiscal years 2010 through 2015; | ||||||
3 | (3) grants awarded under the Renewable Fuels Rail | ||||||
4 | Infrastructure Assistance Program may not exceed | ||||||
5 | $5,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2010 through 2013; | ||||||
6 | (4) grants awarded under the Renewable Fuels | ||||||
7 | Technology Program Fund may not exceed $10,000,000 | ||||||
8 | annually for fiscal years 2010 through 2015. | ||||||
9 | Rulemaking authority to implement this Section, if any, is | ||||||
10 | conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all | ||||||
11 | provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all | ||||||
12 | rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative | ||||||
13 | Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, | ||||||
14 | is unauthorized. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-618, eff. 12-11-03; | ||||||
16 | 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
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17 | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
18 | Sections 5.719 and 6z-80 as follows: | ||||||
19 | (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 5.719. The Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. | ||||||
21 | (30 ILCS 105/6z-80 new)
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22 | Sec. 6z-80. Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. The | ||||||
23 | Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund is created as a |
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1 | special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund may be | ||||||
2 | used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, | ||||||
3 | subject to appropriation, for the Illinois Renewable Fuels | ||||||
4 | Development Program, the Renewable Fuels Majority Blended | ||||||
5 | Ethanol Infrastructure Program, the Renewable Fuels | ||||||
6 | Competitive Commercialization Program, the Renewable Fuels | ||||||
7 | Rail Infrastructure Assistance Program, and other renewable | ||||||
8 | energy programs as set forth in Section 20 of the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. | ||||||
10 | Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, | ||||||
11 | including, without limitation, fund transfers, gifts, grants, | ||||||
12 | and awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited | ||||||
13 | into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must | ||||||
14 | be deposited into the Fund. | ||||||
15 | There shall be deposited into the Renewable Fuels | ||||||
16 | Development Program Fund those bond proceeds and other moneys | ||||||
17 | that may, from time to time, be provided by law. If the moneys | ||||||
18 | provided by law are not sufficient to provide the annual | ||||||
19 | funding level in the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund | ||||||
20 | at the levels prescribed below, the State Comptroller must | ||||||
21 | direct the State Treasurer to transfer from the General Revenue | ||||||
22 | Fund to the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund, no later | ||||||
23 | than February 1, 2009 and on December 1 each year thereafter, | ||||||
24 | the necessary amount to provide the funds at the level | ||||||
25 | specified for each fiscal year below: | ||||||
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6 | Rulemaking authority to implement this Section, if any, is | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | is unauthorized.
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | becoming law. |