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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding Section 9.19 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (415 ILCS 5/9.19 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 9.19. Fleet Electrification Incentive Program. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) In this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Class 6 truck" means a truck categorized by the Federal | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Highway Administration, using gross vehicle weight ratings, as | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | a Class 6 vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Class 7 truck" means a truck categorized by the Federal | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Highway Administration, using gross vehicle weight ratings, as | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | a Class 7 vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | "Class 8 truck" means a truck categorized by the Federal | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Highway Administration, using gross vehicle weight ratings, as | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | a Class 8 vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (b) The Agency shall establish a Fleet Electrification | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Incentive Program to provide private fleet owners and | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | operators in Illinois grants to promote their use of electric | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Class 6 trucks, electric Class 7 trucks, and electric Class 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | trucks. The Program shall offer qualifying applicants a grant | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | of $200,000 per electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 |
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1 | truck, or electric Class 8 truck purchased or leased for a | ||||||
2 | private fleet by the fleet's owner or operator. | ||||||
3 | (c) The Agency shall award grants under the Fleet | ||||||
4 | Electrification Incentive Program on a competitive basis | ||||||
5 | according to the availability of funding. To be eligible to | ||||||
6 | receive a grant under the Program an applicant must, at a | ||||||
7 | minimum, satisfy all of the following criteria: | ||||||
8 | (1) The electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 | ||||||
9 | truck, or electric Class 8 truck must be registered in | ||||||
10 | Illinois or recognized under the International | ||||||
11 | Registration Plan. | ||||||
12 | (2) The fleet owner or operator must be domiciled in | ||||||
13 | Illinois. | ||||||
14 | (3) If the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 | ||||||
15 | truck, or electric Class 8 truck is leased by the fleet | ||||||
16 | owner or operator, the term of the lease must be at least | ||||||
17 | 36 months. | ||||||
18 | In providing grants under the Program, the Agency may give | ||||||
19 | weight to applications based upon the potential impact of the | ||||||
20 | geographic locations and routes of the applicant's fleet on | ||||||
21 | pollution affecting environmental justice communities. | ||||||
22 | In providing grants under the Program, the Agency shall | ||||||
23 | give priority to applicants who have negotiated and entered | ||||||
24 | into a collective bargaining agreement at the time of | ||||||
25 | application for the grant. | ||||||
26 | (d) A grant provided under the Program is limited to a |
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1 | maximum award of $200,000 to purchase or lease one electric | ||||||
2 | Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 | ||||||
3 | truck. However, a fleet owner or operator may submit one | ||||||
4 | application for each diesel Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 | ||||||
5 | truck, or diesel Class 8 truck eligible to be replaced under | ||||||
6 | the Program and that is owned by the fleet owner or operator. A | ||||||
7 | fleet owner or operator may be awarded multiple grants under | ||||||
8 | the Program. | ||||||
9 | (e) The Agency shall notify an applicant when the | ||||||
10 | applicant's grant request has been granted preliminary | ||||||
11 | approval by the Agency. After an applicant receives | ||||||
12 | notification that the applicant's grant request has been | ||||||
13 | granted preliminary approval by the Agency, the applicant | ||||||
14 | shall submit a proof of purchase, lease, or other binding | ||||||
15 | contract regarding the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class | ||||||
16 | 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck in order to be awarded the | ||||||
17 | grant. The preliminary approval of the grant request may be | ||||||
18 | renewed at 3-month intervals for up to 18 months, pending | ||||||
19 | receipt of the applicant's proof of purchase, lease, or other | ||||||
20 | binding contract regarding the purchase or leasing of the | ||||||
21 | electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric | ||||||
22 | Class 8 truck. | ||||||
23 | (f) A fleet owner or operator who receives a grant under | ||||||
24 | this Section must retain title or right of use of the electric | ||||||
25 | Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 | ||||||
26 | truck incentivized under the Program for a minimum of 60 |
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1 | consecutive months after the purchase date or lease date of | ||||||
2 | the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or | ||||||
3 | electric Class 8 truck. Resale or sublease of the electric | ||||||
4 | Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 | ||||||
5 | truck for financial gain within 60 months after the purchase | ||||||
6 | date or lease date is prohibited. | ||||||
7 | (g) Upon approval of an initial application for a grant | ||||||
8 | under the Program, the applicant may participate in a vehicle | ||||||
9 | replacement program through which: | ||||||
10 | (1) a diesel Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, or | ||||||
11 | diesel Class 8 truck from the applicant's existing fleet | ||||||
12 | is scrapped; or | ||||||
13 | (2) ownership of the oldest diesel Class 6 truck, | ||||||
14 | diesel Class 7 truck, or diesel Class 8 truck in the | ||||||
15 | applicant's existing fleet is transferred to another fleet | ||||||
16 | owner or operator who agrees to scrap their oldest diesel | ||||||
17 | Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, or diesel Class 8 | ||||||
18 | truck upon receipt. | ||||||
19 | The electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or | ||||||
20 | electric Class 8 truck for which the grant is awarded must be | ||||||
21 | predominantly used in the same general location in Illinois as | ||||||
22 | the fleet owner's or operators' scrapped or transferred diesel | ||||||
23 | Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, or diesel Class 8 was used | ||||||
24 | by the fleet owner or operator. | ||||||
25 | (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section: | ||||||
26 | (1) a fleet owner or operator shall scrap a diesel |
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1 | Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, or diesel Class 8 | ||||||
2 | truck for which a grant is awarded under this Section if | ||||||
3 | the model year of the diesel Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 | ||||||
4 | truck, or diesel Class 8 truck is 2009 or older; and | ||||||
5 | (2) if the diesel Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, | ||||||
6 | or diesel Class 8 truck for which a grant is awarded under | ||||||
7 | this Section has a model year of 2010 or newer, the fleet | ||||||
8 | owner or operator must keep, donate, or sell that diesel | ||||||
9 | Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, or diesel Class 8 | ||||||
10 | truck. | ||||||
11 | (i) The deployment of the electric Class 6 truck, electric | ||||||
12 | Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck in the applicant's | ||||||
13 | fleet is required within 24 months after receipt of notice of | ||||||
14 | approval of the applicant's Program application. Total | ||||||
15 | completion of the project for which the electric Class 6 | ||||||
16 | truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck is | ||||||
17 | purchased or leased must occur within 36 months after receipt | ||||||
18 | of grant funds under the Program. | ||||||
19 | (j) An applicant who is awarded a grant under this Section | ||||||
20 | must agree to participate in annual surveys regarding metrics | ||||||
21 | as determined by the Agency, such as average daily mileage, | ||||||
22 | kilowatts consumed, and emissions reduction data.
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