Bill Text: IL HB2287 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all school buses that are newly purchased, leased, or contracted after January 1, 2028, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students operating primarily within an equity investment eligible community or primarily serving students living in an equity investment eligible community after January 1, 2030, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students in the State after January 1, 2035, shall be an electric vehicle. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-20 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-General Services Committee [HB2287 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2287-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 12-830 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-830 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 12-830. Electric school buses. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
| 9 | "Electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is exclusively | ||||||
| 10 | powered by and refueled by electricity, must be plugged in to | ||||||
| 11 | charge, and is licensed to drive on public roadways as defined | ||||||
| 12 | in the Electric Vehicle Rebate Act. | ||||||
| 13 | "Equity investment eligible community" and "eligible | ||||||
| 14 | community" are synonymous and mean the geographic areas | ||||||
| 15 | throughout the State which would most benefit from equitable | ||||||
| 16 | investments by the State designed to combat discrimination and | ||||||
| 17 | foster sustainable economic growth as defined in the Illinois | ||||||
| 18 | Power Agency Act. | ||||||
| 19 | "School bus" means every motor vehicle owned or operated | ||||||
| 20 | by or for any of the following entities for the transportation | ||||||
| 21 | of persons regularly enrolled as students in grade 12 or below | ||||||
| 22 | in connection with any activity of such entities as defined in | ||||||
| 23 | Section 1-182. | ||||||
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| 1 | (b) All school buses shall be an electric vehicle if: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) it is newly purchased, leased, or contracted after | ||||||
| 3 | January 1, 2028; | ||||||
| 4 | (2) it provides transportation for enrolled students | ||||||
| 5 | operating primarily within an equity investment eligible | ||||||
| 6 | community or primarily serving students living in an | ||||||
| 7 | equity investment eligible community after January 1, | ||||||
| 8 | 2030; and | ||||||
| 9 | (3) it provides transportation for enrolled students | ||||||
| 10 | in the State after January 1, 2035.
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| 11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 12 | becoming law.
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