Bill Text: IL HB3407 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that authorized emergency vehicles are excluded from the definitions of "flexible fuel vehicles" and "fuel efficient hybrid vehicles".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3407 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3407-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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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 Procurement Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 25-75 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 500/25-75) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline-powered vehicles | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | "flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | fuel , excluding authorized emergency vehicles, and "Fuel | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an electric motor to | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | provide power and gain at least a 20% increase in combined | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the equivalent or | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | most-similar conventionally-powered model , excluding | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | authorized emergency vehicles . | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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1 | of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State | ||||||
2 | funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the | ||||||
3 | manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel. | ||||||
4 | (b-5) On and after January 1, 2016, 15% of passenger | ||||||
5 | vehicles, other than Department of Corrections vehicles, | ||||||
6 | Secretary of State vehicles (except for mid-sized sedans), and | ||||||
7 | Illinois State Police patrol vehicles, purchased with State | ||||||
8 | funds shall be vehicles fueled by electricity, electricity and | ||||||
9 | gasohol (hybrids or plug-in hybrids), compressed natural gas, | ||||||
10 | liquid petroleum gas, or liquid natural gas, including | ||||||
11 | dedicated or non-dedicated fuel type vehicles. | ||||||
12 | (c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that | ||||||
13 | certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section | ||||||
14 | based on intended use or other reasonable considerations such | ||||||
15 | as health and safety of Illinois citizens.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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