Bill Text: IL HB0901 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purchase of motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0901 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0901-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0901 Introduced 2/10/2009, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/25-75
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purchase of motor vehicles.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
changing Section 25-75 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/25-75)
Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles.
(a) Beginning on the the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles
purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles.
Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline-powered vehicles
purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel
efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section,
"flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that
operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline)
fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or
light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an
electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20%
increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the
equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model.
(b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State
funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the

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manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel.
(c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that
certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based
on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as
health and safety of Illinois citizens.
(Source: P.A. 94-1079, eff. 6-1-07.)