HB4652 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4652

Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 105/3-40

from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40

Amends the Use Tax Act. Provides that "gasohol" means a motor fuel that is a denatured ethanol and gasoline blend that contains (i) no more than 1.25% water by weight and (ii) the maximum proportion of ethanol authorized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Section 211 of the Clean Air Act (rather than a motor fuel blend that contains 90% gasoline, 10% denatured ethanol, and no more than 1.25% water by weight).

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning revenue.

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 a motor fuel that is a denatured ethanol and gasoline blend of denatured ethanol and gasoline that contains (i) no more than 1.25% water by weight and (ii) the maximum proportion of ethanol authorized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Section 211 of the Clean Air Act. 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.)