96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2535

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Rep. Raymond Poe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/12-705.1

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the percentage of biodiesel blend required to be used by a diesel powered vehicle owned by the State or units of local government of the State when refueling at a bulk central fueling facility from 2% to 5%, unless the engine is designed to operate on a higher percentage. Effective July 1, 2009.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 12-705.1 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/12-705.1)
7     Sec. 12-705.1. Required use of biodiesel by certain
8 vehicles.
9     (a) Beginning July 1, 2006, any diesel powered vehicle
10 owned or operated by this State, any county or unit of local
11 government, any school district, any community college or
12 public college or university, or any mass transit agency must,
13 when refueling at a bulk central fueling facility, use a
14 biodiesel blend that contains 5% 2% biodiesel, as those terms
15 are defined in the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program
16 Act, where available, unless the engine is designed or
17 retrofitted to operate on a higher percentage of biodiesel or
18 on ultra low sulfur fuel.
19     (b) Nothing in this Section prohibits any unit of
20 government from using a biodiesel blend containing more than 2%
21 biodiesel.
22     (c) As used in this Section, a "bulk central fueling
23 facility" means a non-commercial fueling facility whose

 

 

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1 primary purpose is the fueling of vehicles owned or operated by
2 the State, a county or unit of local government, a school
3 district, a community college or public college or university,
4 or a mass transit agency.
5     (d) The Secretary of Transportation shall adopt rules for
6 implementing this Section.
7 (Source: P.A. 94-346, eff. 7-28-05.)
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
9 2009.