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1 | | "Council" means the Electric Vehicle Advisory Council |
2 | | created in Section 20. |
3 | | "Electric vehicle" means (i) a battery-powered electric |
4 | | vehicle operated solely by electricity or (ii) a plug-in hybrid |
5 | | electric vehicle that operates on electricity and gasoline and |
6 | | has a battery that can be recharged from an external source. |
7 | | Section 15. Electric Vehicle Coordinator. The Governor |
8 | | shall appoint a person within the Department of Commerce and |
9 | | Economic Opportunity to serve as the Electric Vehicle |
10 | | Coordinator for the State of Illinois. This person may be an |
11 | | existing employee with other duties. The Coordinator shall act |
12 | | as a point person for electric vehicle related policies and |
13 | | activities in Illinois. |
14 | | Section 20. Electric vehicle advisory council. |
15 | | (a) There is created the Illinois Electric Vehicle Advisory |
16 | | Council. The Council shall investigate and recommend |
17 | | strategies that the Governor and the General Assembly may |
18 | | implement to promote the use of electric vehicles, including, |
19 | | but not limited to, potential infrastructure improvements, |
20 | | State and local regulatory streamlining, and changes to |
21 | | electric utility rates and tariffs. |
22 | | (b) The Council shall include all of the following members: |
23 | | (1) The Electric Vehicle Coordinator to serve as |
24 | | chairperson.
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1 | | (2) Four members of the General Assembly, one appointed |
2 | | by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one |
3 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
4 | | Representatives, one appointed by the President of the |
5 | | Senate, and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
6 | | Senate.
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7 | | (3) The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity |
8 | | or his or her designee.
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9 | | (4) The Director of the Environmental Protection |
10 | | Agency or his or her designee.
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11 | | (5) The Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce |
12 | | Commission or his or her designee. |
13 | | (6) Nine at-large members appointed by the Governor as |
14 | | follows: |
15 | | (A) two representatives of statewide environmental |
16 | | organizations;
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17 | | (B) two representatives of national or regional |
18 | | environmental organizations;
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19 | | (C) one representative of a nonprofit car-sharing |
20 | | organization;
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21 | | (D) two representatives of automobile |
22 | | manufacturers;
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23 | | (E) one representative of the City of Chicago;
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24 | | (F) one representative of an electric utility.
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25 | | (c) The Council shall report its findings to the Governor |
26 | | and General Assembly by December 31, 2011. |