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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Section 25-75 as follows:
 
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
9of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles
10purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles.
11Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline-powered vehicles
12purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel
13efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section,
14"flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that
15operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline)
16fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or
17light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an
18electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20%
19increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the
20equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model.
21    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
22of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State
23funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the

 

 

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1manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel.
2    (b-5) On and after January 1, 2016, 25% of vehicles, other
3than Department of Corrections vehicles, Secretary of State
4vehicles (except for mid-sized sedans), and Department of State
5Police patrol vehicles, purchased with State funds shall be
6vehicles fueled by electricity, compressed natural gas, liquid
7petroleum gas, or liquid natural gas.
8    (c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that
9certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based
10on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as
11health and safety of Illinois citizens.
12(Source: P.A. 98-442, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.