102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3152

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Margaret Croke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/25-75

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that any vehicle purchased with State funds shall be a vehicle fueled by electricity or electricity and gasohol, including hybrid vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles, when the cost is less than 10% more than a similar gasoline-fueled vehicle.


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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,
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, 15% of passenger
3vehicles, other than Department of Corrections vehicles,
4Secretary of State vehicles (except for mid-sized sedans), and
5Department of State Police patrol vehicles, purchased with
6State funds shall be vehicles fueled by electricity,
7electricity and gasohol (hybrids or plug-in hybrids),
8compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, or liquid
9natural gas, including dedicated or non-dedicated fuel type
10vehicles.
11    (b-10) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
12contrary, any vehicle purchased with State funds shall be a
13vehicle fueled by electricity or electricity and gasohol,
14including hybrid vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles, when the
15cost is less than 10% more than a similar gasoline-fueled
16vehicle.
17    (c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that
18certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section
19based on intended use or other reasonable considerations such
20as health and safety of Illinois citizens.
21(Source: P.A. 98-442, eff. 1-1-14; 98-759, eff. 7-16-14;
2299-406, eff. 1-1-16.)