103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4938

 

Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Katie Stuart

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 520/6.6

    Amends the Southern Illinois University Management Act. In provisions concerning the members of the Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board, provides that the Board may be composed of designees of the members. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Southern Illinois University Management Act
5is amended by changing Section 6.6 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 520/6.6)
7    Sec. 6.6. The Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board.
8    (a) There is established the Illinois Ethanol Research
9Advisory Board (the "Advisory Board").
10    (b) The Advisory Board shall be composed of 14 members,
11including: the President of Southern Illinois University or
12the President's designee, who shall be Chairperson Chairman;
13the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or the
14Director's designee; the Director of Agriculture or the
15Director's designee; the President of the Illinois Corn
16Growers Association or the President's designee; the President
17of the National Corn Growers Association or the President's
18designee; the President of the Renewable Fuels Association or
19the President's designee; the Dean of the College of
20Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Science, University
21of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, or the Dean's designee; the
22Dean of the College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical
23Sciences, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, or the

 

 

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1Dean's designee; and 6 at-large members appointed by the
2Governor representing the ethanol industry, growers,
3suppliers, and universities or those members' designees.
4    (c) The 6 at-large members shall serve a term of 4 years.
5The Advisory Board shall meet at least annually or at the call
6of the Chairman. At any time a majority of the Advisory Board
7may petition the Chairman for a meeting of the Board. Seven
8members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a quorum.
9    (d) The Advisory Board shall:
10        (1) Review the annual operating plans and budget of
11    the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Pilot Plant.
12        (2) Advise on research and development priorities and
13    projects to be carried out at the Corn-to-Ethanol Research
14    Pilot Plant.
15        (3) Advise on policies and procedures regarding the
16    management and operation of the ethanol research pilot
17    plant. This may include contracts, project selection, and
18    personnel issues.
19        (4) Develop bylaws.
20        (5) Submit a final report to the Governor and General
21    Assembly outlining the progress and accomplishments made
22    during the year along with a financial report for the
23    year.
24        (6) Establish and operate, subject to specific
25    appropriation for the purpose of providing facility
26    operating funds, the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research

 

 

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1    Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville as
2    a State Biorefining Center of Excellence with the
3    following purposes and goals:
4            (A) To utilize interdisciplinary,
5        interinstitutional, and industrial collaborations to
6        conduct research.
7            (B) To provide training and services to the
8        ethanol fuel industry to make projects and training to
9        advance the biofuels industry in the State more
10        affordable for the institutional and industrial
11        bodies, including, but not limited to, Illinois
12        farmer-owned ethanol cooperatives.
13            (C) To coordinate near-term industry research
14        needs and laboratory services by identifying needs and
15        pursuing federal and other funding sources.
16            (D) To develop and provide hands-on training to
17        prepare students for the biofuels workforce and train
18        workforce reentrants.
19            (E) To serve as an independent, third-party source
20        for review, testing, validation standardization, and
21        definition in areas of industry need.
22            (F) To provide seminars, tours, and informational
23        sessions advocating renewable energy.
24            (G) To provide consultation services and
25        information for those interested in renewable energy.
26            (H) To develop demonstration projects by pursuing

 

 

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1        federal and other funding sources.
2    (e) The Advisory Board established by this Section is a
3continuation, as changed by the Section, of the Board
4established under Section 8a of the Energy Conservation and
5Coal Development Act and repealed by Public Act 92-736.
6(Source: P.A. 102-370, eff. 8-13-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.