98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4613
 
Introduced , by Rep. Ron Sandack
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
105 ILCS 5/29-20 new

     Amends the School Code. Creates the School Transportation Renewable Fuels Task Force. Requires the task force to   study the potential advantages and disadvantages of using biodiesel in school bus transportation by (1) conducting hearings to determine if biodiesel is currently used in Illinois school transportation and the value of such fuel usage,  (2) determining the effects that biodiesel usage has on the long-term health of students, (3) studying the history of  biodiesel usage in school transportation, (4) studying and reporting on current and past programs or incentives that promote or have promoted the use of biodiesel in school transportation, and (5) recommending programs or incentives that could increase the use of biodiesel in school transportation. Sets forth task force membership. Requires the Department of Transportation to provide staff and administrative support to the task force. Requires the task force to submit a report setting forth its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2015. Further provides that upon filing its report, the task force is dissolved.   Repeals these provisions on January 1, 2016. Effective immediately. 
  


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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
529-20 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/29-20 new)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
8    Sec. 29-20. School Transportation Renewable Fuels Task 
9Force.
10    (a) There is created the School Transportation Renewable 
11Fuels Task Force. The task force shall study the potential 
12advantages and disadvantages of using biodiesel in school bus 
13transportation by:
14        (1) conducting hearings to determine if biodiesel is 
15    currently used in Illinois school transportation and the 
16    value of such fuel usage;
17        (2) determining the effects that biodiesel usage has on 
18    the long-term health of students;
19        (3) studying the history of  biodiesel usage in school 
20    transportation;
21        (4) studying and reporting on current and past programs 
22    or incentives that promote or have promoted the use of 
23    biodiesel in school transportation; and
 
 
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1        (5) recommending programs or incentives that could 
2    increase the use of biodiesel in school transportation.
3    (b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
4        (1) The Director of Transportation, or his or her 
5    designee.
6        (2) The Chairperson of the State Board of Education, or 
7    his or her designee.
8        (3) One person representing a school district, 
9    appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of 
10    the Senate.
11        (4) One person representing a business operating 
12    school buses in this State, appointed by the Governor with 
13    the advice and consent of the Senate.
14        (5) One person representing a business that 
15    manufactures, delivers, or retails biodiesel, appointed by 
16    the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
17    (c) The Department of Transportation shall provide staff 
18and administrative support to the task force.
19    (d) The task force shall submit a report setting forth its 
20findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General 
21Assembly on or before January 1, 2015. Upon filing its report, 
22the task force is dissolved.
23    (e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2016.
 
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
25becoming law.