93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4508


 
Introduced 02/03/04, by Dan Reitz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning the findings of the General Assembly.



















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A BILL FOR









 














HB4508

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    AN ACT concerning renewable fuels. 

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


 
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    Section  5. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development 
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Program Act is amended
by changing Section 5 as follows:


 
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    Sec. 5. Findings and State policy.  The General Assembly 
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recognizes that
agriculture is a vital sector of the Illinois 
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economy and that an important
growth industry
for the Illinois 
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agricultural sector is renewable fuels production. Renewable

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fuels
produced from Illinois agricultural products hold great 
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potential for growing
the State's
economy, reducing our 
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dependence on foreign oil supplies, and
improving the

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environment by reducing harmful emissions from vehicles. 
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Illinois is the
nation's leading
producer of ethanol, a clean, 
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renewable fuel with significant environmental
benefits. The

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General Assembly finds that reliable supplies of renewable 
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fuels will be
integral to
the long term
energy security of the 
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United States.
The General Assembly declares that it is the 
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public policy of this
the
State of
Illinois to promote and 
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encourage the production and use of renewable fuels as
a means

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not only to improve air quality in the State and the nation, 
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but also to grow
the
agricultural sector of the Illinois 
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economy. To achieve these public
policy
objectives, the General 
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Assembly hereby authorizes the creation and
implementation of

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the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program within the 
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Department.


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(Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)