Full Text of HB2106 95th General Assembly
HB2106ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Michael K. Smith
Filed: 4/17/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2106
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2106 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development | 5 |
| Program Act is amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 25 and | 6 |
| by adding Sections 15.1, 15.2, and 15.3 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 689/15)
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| Sec. 15. Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program.
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| (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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| (1) be constructing, modifying, altering, or | 15 |
| retrofitting a plant in the
State
of Illinois;
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| (2) be constructing, modifying, altering, or |
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| retrofitting a plant that has
annual production capacity of | 2 |
| no less than 30,000,000 gallons of renewable fuel
per year; | 3 |
| and
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| (3) enter into a project labor agreement as prescribed | 5 |
| by Section 25 of
this
Act.
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| (b) Grant applications must be made on forms provided by | 7 |
| and in accordance
with
procedures established by the | 8 |
| Department.
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| (c) The Department must give preference to applicants that | 10 |
| use Illinois
agricultural products in the production of | 11 |
| renewable fuel at the plant for
which the
grant is being | 12 |
| requested.
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| (d) Facilities that produce ethanol for gasohol or majority | 14 |
| blended ethanol fuel shall receive a grant equal to 10 cents | 15 |
| per gallon of annual production capacity, not to exceed | 16 |
| $10,000,000 for each facility.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)
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| (20 ILCS 689/15.1 new) | 19 |
| Sec. 15.1. Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol | 20 |
| Infrastructure Program. The Department shall establish and | 21 |
| administer the Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol | 22 |
| Program to encourage the construction, installation, and | 23 |
| marketing of majority blended ethanol, as defined in Section | 24 |
| 3-44 of the Use Tax Act. The Renewable Fuels Majority Blended | 25 |
| Ethanol Program shall provide financial assistance for units of |
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| local government and petroleum distribution centers to install | 2 |
| the necessary infrastructure for the use of majority blended | 3 |
| ethanol. | 4 |
| The Department shall establish the program for the purpose | 5 |
| of providing grants to units of local government and motor fuel | 6 |
| delivering suppliers, as defined in Section 5-5 of the Gas Use | 7 |
| Tax Law, that operate or will be operating majority blended | 8 |
| ethanol fueling distribution infrastructure. A unit of local | 9 |
| government applying for a grant under this program shall | 10 |
| receive a matching grant equaling 50% of the total cost of | 11 |
| installation of a majority blended ethanol distribution pump, | 12 |
| but not to exceed $40,000. Delivering suppliers shall be | 13 |
| eligible to receive a matching grant equal to 50% the cost of | 14 |
| installation per pump location, but not to exceed a total of | 15 |
| $250,000 in grants annually for each delivering supplier for | 16 |
| locations in the supplier's ownership and control. The | 17 |
| Department shall adopt necessary rules and forms for the | 18 |
| implementation of this Section.
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| (20 ILCS 689/15.2 new) | 20 |
| Sec. 15.2. Renewable Fuels Competitive Commercialization | 21 |
| Program. The Department shall develop and administer the | 22 |
| Renewable Fuels Competitive Commercialization Program to | 23 |
| coordinate renewable fuel research and distribution of grant | 24 |
| funds to bring the State to the forefront of renewable fuel | 25 |
| development. The Renewable Fuels Competitive Commercialization |
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| Grant Oversight Committee is established to review the grants | 2 |
| and make recommendations to the Director for awarding grants. | 3 |
| The oversight committee shall be comprised of 9 members. The | 4 |
| members shall be appointed as follows: the Director, or his or | 5 |
| her designee; the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the | 6 |
| President of the Senate; the Minority Leader of the House of | 7 |
| Representatives; the Minority Leader of the Senate; and one | 8 |
| member representing each of the following, to be appointed by | 9 |
| the Director: | 10 |
| (1) a general statewide agricultural association;
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| (2) an association representing producers of corn;
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| (3) an association representing producers of soybeans; and
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| (4) renewable fuels production facilities.
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| The Department shall solicit proposals for grants that | 15 |
| provide funds for projects, including but limited not to, | 16 |
| adding value to bio-fuel co-products (such as Distillers Dried | 17 |
| Grain with solubles (DDGs)), increasing vehicle mileage, and | 18 |
| reducing the water usage in manufacturing bio-fuel to increase | 19 |
| the competitiveness of renewable fuels produced in the State. | 20 |
| Preference shall be given to projects in partnership with | 21 |
| industry or for project pilot scale demonstrations that advance | 22 |
| the State's leadership in the development of a bio-based | 23 |
| economy.
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| (20 ILCS 689/15.3 new) | 25 |
| Sec. 15.3. Renewable Fuels Rail Infrastructure Assistance |
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| Program. The Department shall establish and administer the | 2 |
| Renewable Fuels Rail Infrastructure Assistance Program to | 3 |
| assist in the construction and installation of (i) railroad | 4 |
| side track and turnouts to provide rail service to renewable | 5 |
| fuels facilities, (ii) side track and turnouts for railroad | 6 |
| storage and collection areas for renewable fuels and renewable | 7 |
| fuel inputs, and (iii) side track, turnouts, and other | 8 |
| necessary infrastructure for renewable fuel and renewable fuel | 9 |
| co-products container shipping. Only one grant for the purpose | 10 |
| stated under item (iii) of this Section shall be awarded each | 11 |
| year. Grant applications shall be submitted on forms prescribed | 12 |
| by the Department. | 13 |
| (20 ILCS 689/20)
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| Sec. 20. Grants. Subject to appropriation,
the
Director is | 15 |
| authorized to award Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund
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| grants to eligible applicants. The annual
aggregate
amount of | 17 |
| grants awarded under this Section is subject to the following | 18 |
| limits: | 19 |
| (1) grants awarded under the Illinois Renewable Fuels | 20 |
| Development Program
awarded shall not exceed $30,000,000 | 21 |
| annually in fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 and | 22 |
| $15,000,000 thereafter; no more than $5,000,000 annually | 23 |
| of these grant funds may be used for a bio-diesel plant;
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| $20,000,000.
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| (2) grants awarded under the Renewable Fuels Majority |
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| Blended Ethanol Infrastructure Program shall not exceed | 2 |
| $3,500,000 annually for fiscal years 2008 through 2014;
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| (3) grants awarded under the Renewable Fuels | 4 |
| Competitive Commercialization Program shall not exceed | 5 |
| $1,000,000 annually in fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and | 6 |
| 2011; and
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| (4) grants awarded under the Renewable Fuels Rail | 8 |
| Infrastructure Assistance Program shall not exceed | 9 |
| $5,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-618, eff. 12-11-03; | 11 |
| 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
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| Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 13 |
| Section 5.675 and 6z-70 as follows: | 14 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new) | 15 |
| Sec. 5.675. The Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. | 16 |
| (30 ILCS 105/6z-70 new) | 17 |
| Sec. 6z-70. Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. The | 18 |
| Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund is created as a | 19 |
| special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund may be | 20 |
| used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, | 21 |
| subject to appropriation, for the Illinois Renewable Fuels | 22 |
| Development Program, the Renewable Fuels Majority Blended | 23 |
| Ethanol Infrastructure Program, the Renewable Fuels |
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| Competitive Commercialization Program, the Renewable Fuels | 2 |
| Rail Infrastructure Assistance Program, and other renewable | 3 |
| energy programs as set forth in Section 20 of the Illinois | 4 |
| Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. | 5 |
| Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, | 6 |
| including, without limitation, fund transfers, gifts, grants, | 7 |
| and awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited | 8 |
| into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must | 9 |
| be deposited into the Fund. | 10 |
| The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall | 11 |
| automatically transfer on the last day of each month, beginning | 12 |
| on July 30, 2007, from the General Revenue Fund to the | 13 |
| Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund, an amount equal to | 14 |
| one twelfth of the amount set forth below in each of the | 15 |
| specified fiscal years: | |
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17 | | 2008 through 2010
| $39,500,000
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18 | | 2011
| $24,500,000
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19 | | 2012
| $23,500,000
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20 | | 2013 and 2014
| $18,500,000
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21 | | 2015
| $15,000,000
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| There shall be deposited into the Renewable Fuels | 23 |
| Development Program Fund such bond proceeds and other moneys as | 24 |
| may, from time to time, be provided by law.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July |
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