96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0901

 

Introduced 2/10/2009, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/25-75

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purchase of motor vehicles.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5 changing Section 25-75 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 500/25-75)
7     Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles.
8     (a) Beginning on the the effective date of this amendatory
9 Act 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 and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or
17 light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an
18 electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20%
19 increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the
20 equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model.
21     (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
22 of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State
23 funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the

 

 

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1 manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel.
2     (c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that
3 certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based
4 on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as
5 health and safety of Illinois citizens.
6 (Source: P.A. 94-1079, eff. 6-1-07.)