SB2299 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2299

Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. John M. Sullivan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 105/3-40

from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40

Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "gasohol".

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning renewable fuels.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section 3-40 as follows:

(35 ILCS 105/3-40) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40)

Sec. 3-40. Gasohol. As used in this Act, "gasohol" means motor fuel that is a blend of denatured ethanol and and gasoline that contains no more than 1.25% water by weight. The blend must contain 90% gasoline and 10% denatured ethanol. A maximum of one percent error factor in the amount of denatured ethanol used in the blend is allowable to compensate for blending equipment variations. Any person who knowingly sells or represents as gasohol any fuel that does not qualify as gasohol under this Act is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not more than $100 for each day that the sale or representation takes place after notification from the Department of Agriculture that the fuel in question does not qualify as gasohol.

(Source: P.A. 93-724, eff. 7-13-04.)