HB4652ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Environment & Energy Committee

Filed: 3/10/2010

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4652

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4652 on page 1, line 12, immediately after "Act.", by inserting the following:

"However, if, on or after June 1, 2010, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), while acting under the authority granted it in Section 211 of the Clean Air Act, authorizes an increase in the maximum proportion of ethanol that may be included in motor fuel blends, then (i) a motor fuel blend containing a proportion of ethanol greater than that which was authorized prior to the USEPA action shall not be treated as gasohol under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, or the Service Use Tax Act, until (A) the State Fire Marshal, the Director of Agriculture, and the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency have each separately certified to the Director of Revenue that the new motor fuel blend meets the definition of "gasohol" in this Section and that the blend can be legally and safely produced and delivered to consumers with non-flex fuel vehicles and (B) the State Fire Marshal has also certified that the fuel delivery infrastructure is safe and (ii) a motor fuel blend containing a proportion of ethanol equal to or less than that which was authorized prior to the USEPA action shall, for 180 days after the Director of Revenue receives the last of the required certifications, continue to be treated as gasohol under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, and the Service Use Tax Act.".