Bill Text: IL HB0735 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "gasohol".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0735 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0735-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning renewable fuels.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 3-40 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 105/3-40) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40)
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7 | Sec. 3-40. Gasohol. As used in this Act, "gasohol" means | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | motor
fuel that is
a blend of
denatured ethanol and and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | gasoline that contains no more than 1.25% water by weight.
The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | blend must contain 90% gasoline and 10% denatured ethanol. A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | maximum of one percent error factor in the amount of denatured | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | ethanol used in the blend is allowable to compensate for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | blending equipment variations. Any person who knowingly
sells | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | or represents as gasohol any fuel that does not qualify as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | gasohol
under this Act is guilty of a business offense and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | shall be fined not more
than $100 for each day that the sale or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | representation takes place after
notification from the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Department of Agriculture that the fuel in question
does not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | qualify as gasohol.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 93-724, eff. 7-13-04.)
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