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Public Act 91-0484
HB0379 Enrolled LRB9101752SMpr
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Propane Education and
Research Act of 1997 by changing Section 5.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Propane Education and Research
Act of 1997 is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
(430 ILCS 27/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context
otherwise requires:
"Council" means a Propane Education and Research Council
created pursuant to Section 10 of this Act;
"Director" means Director of Agriculture or his or her
designee;
"Education" means any action to provide information
regarding propane, propane equipment, mechanical and
technical practices, and propane uses to consumers and
members of the propane industry;
"Industry" means those persons involved in the
production, transportation, and sale of propane, and the
manufacture and distribution of propane utilization
equipment;
"Industry trade association" means an organization exempt
from tax, under Section 501(c)(3), or (6) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, representing the propane industry;
"Odorized propane" means propane which has an odorant
added to it;
"Placed into commerce" means delivered, transported for
storage, or sold within the State of Illinois;
"Producer" means the owner of propane at the time it is
recovered at a gas processing plant or refinery; irrespective
of the state where production occurs;
"Propane" means a hydrocarbon whose chemical composition
is predominately C3H8, whether recovered from natural gas or
crude oil, and includes liquified petroleum gases and
mixtures thereof;
"Public member" means a member of the Council other than
a representative of producers or retail marketers
representing significant users of propane, public safety
officials, state regulatory officials, or other groups
knowledgeable about propane;
"Qualified industry organization" means the Illinois
Propane Gas Association, the National Propane Gas
Association, the Gas Processors Association, a successor
association of these associations, or any other propane
industry organization;
"Research" means any type of study, investigation or
other activities designed to advance the image, desirability,
usage, marketability, efficiency, and safety of propane and
to further the development of such information;
"Retail marketer" means a person engaged primarily in the
sale of odorized propane to the ultimate consumer or to
retail propane dispensers; and
"Retail propane dispenser" means a person who sells
odorized propane to the ultimate consumer but is not engaged
primarily in the business of such sales.
(Source: P.A. 90-305, eff. 1-1-98.)
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