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John M. Sullivan
Filed: 2/23/2004
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2370
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2370 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section |
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| 3-40 as follows:
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| (35 ILCS 105/3-40) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40)
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| Sec. 3-40. Gasohol. As used in this Act, "gasohol" means |
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| motor
fuel that is
a blend of
no more than 90% gasoline and
at |
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| least 10%
denatured ethanol and gasoline that contains no more |
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| than 1.25% water by weight.
The blend must contain 90% gasoline |
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| and 10% denatured ethanol. A maximum of one percent error |
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| factor in the amount of denatured ethanol used in the blend is |
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| allowable to compensate for blending equipment variations. Any |
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| person who knowingly
sells or represents as gasohol any fuel |
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| that does not qualify as gasohol
under this Act is guilty of a |
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| business offense and shall be fined not more
than $100 for each |
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| day that the sale or representation takes place after
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| notification from the Department of Agriculture that the fuel |
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| in question
does not qualify as gasohol.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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