SB0474sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 3/7/2005

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 474

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 474, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 12-705.1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/12-705.1 new)

Sec. 12-705.1. Required use of biodiesel by certain vehicles.

(a) Beginning January 1, 2006, any diesel powered vehicle owned or operated by this State, any county or unit of local government, any community college or public college or university, or any mass transit agency must, when refueling at a bulk central fueling facility, use a biodiesel blend that contains 2 percent biodiesel, as those terms are defined in the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act, where available, unless the engine is designed or retrofitted to operate on a higher percentage of biodiesel.

(b) Nothing in this Section prohibits any unit of government from using a biodiesel blend containing more than 2 percent biodiesel.

(c) As used in this Section, a "bulk central fueling facility" means a non-commercial fueling facility whose primary purpose is the fueling of vehicles owned or operated by the State, a county or unit of local government, a community college or public college or university, or a mass transit agency.

(d) This Section does not apply to any elementary or secondary school district.

(e) The Secretary of Transportation shall adopt rules for implementing this Section.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".