SB1769sam002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Rachel Ventura

Filed: 3/20/2023

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1769

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1769, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Government Zero-Emission Vehicle Act.

Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.

"Governmental unit" means the State, a State agency, a unit of local government, or any other political subdivision of the State.

"Law enforcement vehicle" means a publicly owned or leased vehicle operated by a law enforcement agency and which is used for the law enforcement functions of the agency.

"Passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, designed primarily for the transportation of persons and designed for carrying no more than 10 passengers, including the driver, and primarily used for the transportation of persons. "Passenger vehicle" includes motor vehicles which are designed with seats that may be readily removed and reinstalled, but does not include such vehicles if used primarily for the transportation of property.

"Zero-emission vehicle" means a passenger motor vehicle that produces zero exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant, precursor pollutant, or greenhouse gas, but only produces water vapor, in any mode of operation or condition, as determined by the Agency.

Section 10. Zero-emission vehicles of governmental units. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all vehicles purchased or leased by a governmental must be either a manufactured zero-emission vehicle or a converted zero-emission vehicle by:

(1) January 1, 2028 for units of local government;

(2) January 1, 2030 for State government; and

(3) January 1, 2040 for State and local law enforcement vehicles.

Section 90. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate the unit's vehicles in a manner inconsistent with this Act. This Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

Section 95. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.47 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.47 new)

Sec. 8.47. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by the Government Zero-Emission Vehicle Act.".