Environment & Energy Committee

Filed: 3/10/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4652

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4652 on page 1, line
3 12, immediately after "Act.", by inserting the following:
4 "However, if, on or after June 1, 2010, the United States
5 Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), while acting under
6 the authority granted it in Section 211 of the Clean Air Act,
7 authorizes an increase in the maximum proportion of ethanol
8 that may be included in motor fuel blends, then (i) a motor
9 fuel blend containing a proportion of ethanol greater than that
10 which was authorized prior to the USEPA action shall not be
11 treated as gasohol under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the
12 Service Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, or the Service Use
13 Tax Act, until (A) the State Fire Marshal, the Director of
14 Agriculture, and the Director of the Environmental Protection
15 Agency have each separately certified to the Director of
16 Revenue that the new motor fuel blend meets the definition of
17 "gasohol" in this Section and that the blend can be legally and
18 safely produced and delivered to consumers with non-flex fuel

 

 

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1 vehicles and (B) the State Fire Marshal has also certified that
2 the fuel delivery infrastructure is safe and (ii) a motor fuel
3 blend containing a proportion of ethanol equal to or less than
4 that which was authorized prior to the USEPA action shall, for
5 180 days after the Director of Revenue receives the last of the
6 required certifications, continue to be treated as gasohol
7 under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation
8 Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, and the Service Use Tax Act.".