Bill Text: IL HB6047 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Alternate Fuels Act. Provides that a conversion cost rebate may be issued for the cost of converting a conventional vehicle or a hybrid vehicle (now, just a conventional vehicle) to an alternate fuel vehicle. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1278 [HB6047 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB6047-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 Alternate Fuels Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 30 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 120/30)
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7 | Sec. 30. Rebate program. Beginning January 1, 1997, and as | ||||||
8 | long as funds
are available, each owner of an
alternate fuel
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9 | vehicle shall be eligible to apply for a rebate.
Beginning July | ||||||
10 | 1, 2005, each owner of a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel
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11 | is eligible to apply for a fuel cost differential rebate under | ||||||
12 | subsection (c)
of this Section.
The Agency
shall cause rebates | ||||||
13 | to be
issued under the provisions of this Act. An owner may
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14 | apply for only one of 3 types of rebates with
regard to an | ||||||
15 | individual alternate fuel vehicle: (i) a
conversion cost | ||||||
16 | rebate, (ii) an OEM differential cost rebate, or
(iii) a fuel | ||||||
17 | cost differential rebate. Only one rebate may be
issued with | ||||||
18 | regard to a particular alternate fuel vehicle during
the life | ||||||
19 | of that vehicle. A rebate shall not exceed $4,000 per
vehicle. | ||||||
20 | Over the life of this rebate program, an owner of an
alternate | ||||||
21 | fuel vehicle or a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel may not
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22 | receive rebates for more than 150
vehicles per location or for | ||||||
23 | 300 vehicles in total.
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1 | (a) A conversion cost rebate may be issued to an
owner or | ||||||
2 | his or her designee in order to reduce the cost of
converting | ||||||
3 | of a conventional vehicle or a hybrid vehicle to an alternate | ||||||
4 | fuel
vehicle. Conversion of a conventional vehicle or a hybrid | ||||||
5 | vehicle to alternate fuel
capability must take place in | ||||||
6 | Illinois for the owner to be
eligible for the conversion cost | ||||||
7 | rebate. Amounts spent by
applicants within a calendar year may | ||||||
8 | be claimed on a rebate
application submitted within 12 months | ||||||
9 | after the month in which the conversion of the vehicle took | ||||||
10 | place. Approved
conversion cost rebates applied for during or | ||||||
11 | after calendar year 1997 shall be 80% of all
approved | ||||||
12 | conversion
costs claimed and documented. Approval of | ||||||
13 | conversion cost rebates may
continue after calendar year 2002, | ||||||
14 | if funds are still available. An
applicant
may include on an
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15 | application submitted in 1997 all amounts spent within that
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16 | calendar year on the conversion, even if the expenditure
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17 | occurred before promulgation of the Agency rules.
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18 | (b) An OEM differential cost rebate may be issued to
an | ||||||
19 | owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost
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20 | differential between a conventional vehicle or engine and the
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21 | same vehicle or engine, produced by an original equipment
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22 | manufacturer, that has the capability to use alternate fuels.
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23 | A new OEM vehicle or engine must be purchased in Illinois
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24 | and must either be an alternate fuel vehicle or used in an
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25 | alternate fuel vehicle, respectively, for the owner to be
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26 | eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate. Large vehicles, |
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1 | over 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight, purchased outside | ||||||
2 | Illinois are eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate if | ||||||
3 | the same or a comparable vehicle is not available for purchase | ||||||
4 | in Illinois. Amounts spent by
applicants within a calendar year | ||||||
5 | may be claimed on a rebate
application submitted within 12 | ||||||
6 | months after the month in which the new OEM vehicle or engine | ||||||
7 | was purchased.
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8 | Approved OEM differential cost rebates applied for during
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9 | or after calendar year 1997 shall be 80% of all
approved cost | ||||||
10 | differential claimed and documented. Approval of OEM
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11 | differential cost rebates may continue after calendar year | ||||||
12 | 2002, if funds are
still
available. An applicant
may include on | ||||||
13 | an application submitted in 1997 all amounts
spent within that | ||||||
14 | calendar year on OEM equipment, even if the
expenditure | ||||||
15 | occurred before promulgation of the Agency rules.
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16 | (c) A fuel cost differential rebate may be issued to
an | ||||||
17 | owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost
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18 | differential between conventional fuels and domestic renewable
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19 | fuels or alternate fuels purchased to operate an alternate fuel | ||||||
20 | vehicle. The fuel cost differential shall be
based on a 3-year | ||||||
21 | life cycle cost analysis developed by the
Agency by rulemaking. | ||||||
22 | The rebate shall apply to and be
payable during a consecutive | ||||||
23 | 3-year period commencing on the
date the application is | ||||||
24 | approved by the Agency. Approved
fuel cost differential rebates | ||||||
25 | may be applied for during or after calendar
year 1997 and | ||||||
26 | approved
rebates shall be
80% of the cost differential for a |
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1 | consecutive 3-year period.
Approval of fuel cost differential | ||||||
2 | rebates may continue after calendar year
2002 if funds are | ||||||
3 | still available.
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4 | Twenty-five percent of the amount
that is appropriated | ||||||
5 | under Section 40 to be used to fund programs
authorized by this | ||||||
6 | Section during calendar year 2001 shall be
designated to fund | ||||||
7 | fuel cost differential rebates. If the total
dollar amount of | ||||||
8 | approved fuel cost differential rebate
applications as of July | ||||||
9 | 1, 2001 is less than the amount
designated for that calendar | ||||||
10 | year, the balance of designated
funds shall be immediately | ||||||
11 | available to fund any rebate
authorized by this Section and | ||||||
12 | approved in the calendar year.
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13 | An approved fuel cost differential rebate shall be paid to | ||||||
14 | an owner
in 3 annual installments on or about the anniversary | ||||||
15 | date of the
approval of the application. Owners receiving a | ||||||
16 | fuel cost
differential rebate shall be required to demonstrate, | ||||||
17 | through
recordkeeping, the use of domestic renewable fuels | ||||||
18 | during the
3-year period commencing on the date the application | ||||||
19 | is approved
by the Agency. If the vehicle ceases to be
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20 | registered to the original applicant owner, a prorated
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21 | installment shall be paid to that owner or the owner's designee
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22 | and the remainder of the rebate shall be canceled.
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23 | (d) Vehicles owned by the federal government or
vehicles | ||||||
24 | registered in a state outside Illinois are not eligible
for | ||||||
25 | rebates.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 96-537, eff. 8-14-09 .)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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