Bill Text: IL HB2535 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the percentage of biodiesel blend required to be used by a diesel powered vehicle owned by the State or units of local government of the State when refueling at a bulk central fueling facility from 2% to 5%, unless the engine is designed to operate on a higher percentage. Effective July 1, 2009.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0281 [HB2535 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB2535-Enrolled.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 changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 12-705.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-705.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 12-705.1. Required use of biodiesel by certain | ||||||
| 8 | vehicles. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Beginning July 1, 2006, any diesel powered vehicle | ||||||
| 10 | owned or operated by this State, any county or unit of local | ||||||
| 11 | government, any school district, any community college or | ||||||
| 12 | public college or university, or any mass transit agency must, | ||||||
| 13 | when refueling at a bulk central fueling facility, use a | ||||||
| 14 | biodiesel blend that contains 5% 2% biodiesel, as those terms | ||||||
| 15 | are defined in the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program | ||||||
| 16 | Act, where available, unless the engine is designed or | ||||||
| 17 | retrofitted to operate on a higher percentage of biodiesel or | ||||||
| 18 | on ultra low sulfur fuel. | ||||||
| 19 | (b) Nothing in this Section prohibits any unit of | ||||||
| 20 | government from using a biodiesel blend containing more than 2% | ||||||
| 21 | biodiesel. | ||||||
| 22 | (c) As used in this Section, a "bulk central fueling | ||||||
| 23 | facility" means a non-commercial fueling facility whose | ||||||
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| 1 | primary purpose is the fueling of vehicles owned or operated by | ||||||
| 2 | the State, a county or unit of local government, a school | ||||||
| 3 | district, a community college or public college or university, | ||||||
| 4 | or a mass transit agency. | ||||||
| 5 | (d) The Secretary of Transportation shall adopt rules for | ||||||
| 6 | implementing this Section.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 94-346, eff. 7-28-05.)
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| 8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 9 | 2009.
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