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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section
53-40 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 a
8motor fuel that is a denatured ethanol and gasoline blend of
9denatured ethanol and gasoline that contains (i) no more than
101.25% water by weight and (ii) the maximum proportion of
11ethanol authorized by the United States Environmental
12Protection Agency under Section 211 of the Clean Air Act.
13However, if, on or after June 1, 2010, the United States
14Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), while acting under
15the authority granted it in Section 211 of the Clean Air Act,
16authorizes an increase in the maximum proportion of ethanol
17that may be included in motor fuel blends, then (i) a motor
18fuel blend containing a proportion of ethanol greater than that
19which was authorized prior to the USEPA action shall not be
20treated as gasohol under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the
21Service Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, or the Service Use
22Tax Act, until (A) the Director of Agriculture has certified to
23the Director of Revenue that the new motor fuel blend meets the

 

 

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1definition of "gasohol" in this Section and that the blend can
2be legally and safely produced and delivered to consumers with
3non-flex fuel vehicles and (B) the State Fire Marshal has been
4provided information by the storage tank owner or operator that
5the storage tank system, including the fuel delivery
6infrastructure, meets technical requirements for these
7regulated storage tank systems under rules promulgated by the
8Office of the State Fire Marshal pursuant to the Gasoline
9Storage Act and (ii) a motor fuel blend containing a proportion
10of ethanol equal to or less than that which was authorized
11prior to the USEPA action shall, for 180 days after the
12Director of Revenue receives the last of the required
13certifications, continue to be treated as gasohol under the
14Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act,
15the Use Tax Act, and the Service Use Tax Act. The blend must
16contain 90% gasoline and 10% denatured ethanol. A maximum of
17one percent error factor in the amount of denatured ethanol
18used in the blend is allowable to compensate for blending
19equipment variations. Any person who knowingly sells or
20represents as gasohol any fuel that does not qualify as gasohol
21under this Act is guilty of a business offense and shall be
22fined not more than $100 for each day that the sale or
23representation takes place after notification from the
24Department of Agriculture that the fuel in question does not
25qualify as gasohol.
26(Source: P.A. 93-724, eff. 7-13-04.)