95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2299

 

Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. John M. Sullivan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 105/3-40   from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40

    Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "gasohol".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning renewable fuels.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section
5 3-40 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 105/3-40)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-40)
7     Sec. 3-40. Gasohol. As used in this Act, "gasohol" means
8 motor fuel that is a blend of denatured ethanol and and
9 gasoline that contains no more than 1.25% water by weight. The
10 blend must contain 90% gasoline and 10% denatured ethanol. A
11 maximum of one percent error factor in the amount of denatured
12 ethanol used in the blend is allowable to compensate for
13 blending equipment variations. Any person who knowingly sells
14 or represents as gasohol any fuel that does not qualify as
15 gasohol under this Act is guilty of a business offense and
16 shall be fined not more than $100 for each day that the sale or
17 representation takes place after notification from the
18 Department of Agriculture that the fuel in question does not
19 qualify as gasohol.
20 (Source: P.A. 93-724, eff. 7-13-04.)