103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1864
 
Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Mike Simmons
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
70 ILCS 3615/2.10a new
30 ILCS 805/8.47 new

     Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that, after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a Service Board may not enter into a contract or contract amendment to purchase a bus that is not a zero-emission bus for the purpose of the Service Board's transit bus fleet. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
  


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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
MAY APPLY
					
 
 
A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 2.10a as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 3615/2.10a new)
7    Sec. 2.10a. Zero-emission buses.
8    (a) As used in this Section:
9    "Zero-emission bus" means a bus that is:
10        (1) designed to carry more than 10 passengers and is 
11    used to carry passengers for compensation.
12        (2) a zero-emission vehicle; and
13        (3) not a taxi.
14    "Zero-emission vehicle" means a fuel cell or electric 
15vehicle that:
16        (1) is a motor vehicle;
17        (2) is made by a commercial manufacturer;
18        (3) is manufactured primarily for use on public 
19    streets, roads, and highways;
20        (4) has a maximum speed capability of at least 55 
21    miles per hour;
22        (5) is powered entirely by electricity or powered by 
23    combining hydrogen and oxygen, which runs the motor;
 
 
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1        (6) has an operating range of at least 100 miles; and
2        (7) produces only water vapor and heat as byproducts.
3    (b) A Service Board may not enter into a contract or 
4contract amendment after the effective date of this amendatory 
5Act of the 103rd General Assembly to purchase a bus that is not 
6a zero-emission bus for the purpose of the Service Board's 
7transit bus fleet.
 
8    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
9Section 8.47 as follows:
 
10    (30 ILCS 805/8.47 new)
11    Sec. 8.47. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 
128 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for 
13the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory 
14Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.