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90_HB0998enr
New Act
Creates the Energy Education and Marketing Act. Provides
the short title.
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1 AN ACT to create the Illinois Petroleum Education and
2 Marketing Act.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Illinois Petroleum Education and Marketing Act.
7 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8 "Board" means the Illinois Petroleum Resources Board.
9 "Person" means an individual, group of individuals,
10 partnership, corporation, association, limited liability
11 company, cooperative, or any other entity or an employee of
12 the entity.
13 "Producer" means a person who produces oil and gas or who
14 derives a majority of his or her oil and gas income from
15 working interest.
16 "Qualified producer association" means an entity that is
17 organized and operating within the State and that represents
18 oil producers on a Statewide basis.
19 Section 10. Illinois Petroleum Resources Board.
20 (a) There is hereby created until July 1, 2002, the
21 Illinois Petroleum Resources Board which shall be subject to
22 the provisions of the Regulatory Agency Sunset Act. The
23 purpose of the Board is to coordinate a program designed to
24 demonstrate to the general public the importance of the
25 Illinois oil exploration and production industry, to
26 encourage the wise and efficient use of energy, to promote
27 environmentally sound production methods and technologies, to
28 develop existing supplies of State oil resources, and to
29 support research and educational activities concerning the
30 oil exploration and production industry.
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1 (b) The Board shall be composed of 12 members to be
2 appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall make
3 appointments from a list of names submitted by qualified
4 producer associations, of which 10 shall be oil and gas
5 producers.
6 (c) A member of the Board shall:
7 (1) be at least 25 years of age;
8 (2) be a resident of the State of Illinois; and
9 (3) have at least 5 years of active experience in
10 the oil industry.
11 (d) Members shall serve for a term of 3 years, except
12 that of the initial appointments, 4 members shall serve for
13 one year, 4 members for 2 years, and 4 members for 3 years.
14 (e) Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of
15 office in the same manner as the original appointment.
16 (f) The Board shall, at its first meeting, elect one of
17 its members as chairperson, who shall preside over meetings
18 of the Board and perform other duties that may be required by
19 the Board. The first meeting of the Board shall be called by
20 the Governor.
21 (g) No member of the Board shall receive a salary or
22 reimbursement for duties performed as a member of the Board,
23 except that members are eligible to receive reimbursement for
24 travel expenses incurred in the performance of Board duties.
25 Section 15. Board powers and duties. The Board shall
26 have the following powers and duties:
27 (1) To administer and enforce the provisions of
28 this Act.
29 (2) To establish an office for the Board within the
30 State of Illinois.
31 (3) To elect a chairperson and any other officers
32 that may be necessary to direct the operations of the
33 Board.
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1 (4) To employ personnel as shall be deemed
2 necessary to carry out the purpose and provisions of this
3 Act and to prescribe their duties and fix their
4 compensation.
5 (5) To administer the Petroleum Resources Revolving
6 Fund.
7 (6) To approve or disapprove the budget of the
8 Board.
9 (7) To adopt rules as it deems necessary to carry
10 out the provisions of this Act.
11 (8) To enter into contracts or agreements for
12 studies, research projects, experimental work, supplies,
13 or other services to carry out the purposes of this Act
14 and to incur those expenses necessary to carry out those
15 purposes. A contract or agreement entered into under
16 this item shall provide that:
17 (A) the person entering the contract or
18 agreement on behalf of the Board shall develop and
19 submit to the Board a plan or project together with
20 a budget that shows estimated costs to be incurred
21 for the plan or project; and
22 (B) the person entering the contract or
23 agreement shall keep accurate records of all of its
24 transactions, account for funds received and
25 expended, and make periodic reports to the Board of
26 activities conducted and other reports that the
27 Board may require.
28 (9) To keep accurate records of all financial
29 transactions performed pursuant to this Act. These
30 records shall be audited annually by an independent
31 auditor and an annual report shall be compiled and
32 presented to the Governor.
33 (10) To cooperate with any private, local, state,
34 or national commission, organization, agency, or group
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1 and to make contracts and agreements for joint programs
2 beneficial to the oil industry.
3 (11) To accept donations, grants, contributions,
4 and gifts from any public or private source and deposit
5 them into the Petroleum Resources Revolving Fund.
6 (12) To approve or disapprove the investment of
7 moneys into the Petroleum Resources Revolving Fund under
8 Section 45 of this Act.
9 (13) To keep an accurate record of all assessments
10 collected.
11 Section 20. Board meetings; appointment of Director.
12 (a) There shall be an annual meeting of the Board at
13 which the annual report and proposed budget will be
14 presented. The Board shall, at the call of the chairperson,
15 hold at least 3 other regular meetings each year. The
16 chairperson shall establish the time, manner, and place for
17 all meetings and shall provide notice of the meetings. A
18 majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a
19 quorum for the transaction of any Board business. In
20 addition, the Board shall determine the circumstances under
21 which additional meetings of the Board may be held.
22 (b) The Board may appoint a Director who shall carry out
23 the provisions of this Act. The Director shall not be one of
24 the appointed Board members.
25 Section 25. Petroleum Resources Revolving Fund. There is
26 hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be
27 designated the "Petroleum Resources Revolving Fund". The
28 Fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year
29 limitations and shall consist of all moneys received by the
30 Illinois Petroleum Resources Board from assessments received
31 and collected pursuant to Section 30 of this Act and
32 donations, grants, contributions, and gifts from any public
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1 or private source. Pursuant to appropriation, the Board may
2 expend funds as provided for by law. Expenditures from the
3 Fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State
4 Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law.
5 Section 30. Assessment on oil and gas production.
6 (a) To fund the activities of the Illinois Petroleum
7 Resources Board, an assessment shall be levied in the amount
8 of one-tenth of 1% of gross revenues of oil and gas produced
9 from each well in the State of Illinois.
10 (b) The assessment levied by subsection (a) of this
11 Section shall be deducted from the proceeds of production by
12 the first purchaser. The assessment shall be remitted to the
13 Department of Revenue, provided that the person remitting the
14 assessment may remit cumulative amounts of $25 or less
15 quarterly. To defray the costs of receiving and depositing
16 the assessments levied by this Section, the Department of
17 Revenue shall retain $750 per month of the assessments
18 received for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. The
19 remaining moneys received by the Department of Revenue
20 pursuant to this Section shall be deposited into the Illinois
21 Petroleum Resources Revolving Fund.
22 (c) The Board shall be responsible for taking
23 appropriate legal actions to collect any assessment which is
24 not paid or is not properly paid.
25 Section 35. Refunds.
26 (a) Any person subject to the assessment levied by
27 Section 30 of this Act may request a refund as provided in
28 this Section of the assessment paid on production for the
29 preceding calendar year. Upon compliance with the provisions
30 of this Section and rules adopted by the Board to implement
31 this Section, the Board shall refund to each person
32 requesting a refund the amount of the assessment paid by or
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1 on behalf of the person during the preceding calendar year.
2 Refunds made to producers will include interest earned at the
3 rate equal to the average United States Treasury bill rate of
4 the preceding calendar year as certified by the State
5 Treasurer.
6 (b) The request for a refund of the assessment paid on
7 production for the preceding calendar year must be made
8 during the first 3 calendar months following the calendar
9 year for which the refund is requested. Failure to request a
10 refund during this period shall terminate the right of any
11 person to receive a refund for the assessment paid on
12 production for the preceding calendar year. The Board shall
13 give notice of the availability of the refund through press
14 releases or another means it deems appropriate.
15 (c) Each person requesting a refund shall execute an
16 affidavit showing the amount of refund requested and
17 demonstrating that the affiant was the owner of the
18 production for which the refund is requested. The Board may
19 verify the accuracy of the request for refund.
20 (d) No entity or person requesting a refund under this
21 Section shall be eligible to serve or have a representative
22 serve as a member of the Board.
23 Section 45. Investment of funds.
24 (a) The Board may invest, pending disbursement, funds
25 collected through assessments only in obligations of the
26 United States or any agency thereof, in general obligations
27 of any state, in any interest-bearing account or certificate
28 of deposit of a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve
29 System, or in obligations fully guaranteed as to principal
30 and interest by the United States.
31 (b) The Board shall not utilize any funds collected
32 under Section 30 of this Act for the purpose of influencing
33 government action or policy, with the exception of
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1 recommending amendments to this Act.
2 Section 50. Application of Act. Nothing in this Act may
3 be construed to preempt or supersede any other program
4 relating to oil and gas promotion or marketing organized and
5 operated under the laws of the State of Illinois or the
6 United States. In the event of the establishment of a
7 national program for an assessment on oil and natural gas
8 production, the Board by majority vote, may elect to
9 designate up to a maximum of 50% of the funds collected under
10 this Act to the national program in lieu of an additional
11 assessment as may be required by the national program.
12 Section 70. The Regulatory Agency Sunset Act is amended
13 by adding Section 4.18 as follows:
14 (5 ILCS 80/4.18 new)
15 Sec. 4.18. Act repealed on January 1, 2008. The
16 following Act is repealed on January 1, 2008:
17 The Illinois Petroleum Education and Marketing Act.
18 Section 80. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
19 Section 5.449 as follows:
20 (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
21 Sec. 5.449. The Petroleum Resources Revolving Fund.
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
23 October 1, 1997.