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 1                     AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 20

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill  20  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:

 4        "AN ACT concerning renewable fuels."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The  Illinois  Renewable  Fuels  Development
 8    Program  Act  is  amended  by  changing Sections 10 and 20 as
 9    follows:

10        (20 ILCS 689/10)
11        Sec. 10.  Definitions. As used in this Act:
12        "Biodiesel" means a renewable diesel  fuel  derived  from
13    biomass that is intended for use in diesel engines.
14        "Biodiesel   blend"  means  a  blend  of  biodiesel  with
15    petroleum-based diesel fuel in which  the  resultant  product
16    contains no less than 1% and no more than 99% biodiesel.
17        "Biomass" means non-fossil organic materials that have an
18    intrinsic chemical energy content. "Biomass" includes, but is
19    not  limited  to,  soybean  oil,  other  vegetable  oils, and
20    ethanol.
21        "Department"  means  the  Department  of   Commerce   and
 
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 1    Community Affairs.
 2        "Diesel  fuel"  means  any  product  intended  for use or
 3    offered for sale as a fuel for engines in which the  fuel  is
 4    injected  into the combustion chamber and ignited by pressure
 5    without electric spark.
 6        "Director" means the Director of Commerce  and  Community
 7    Affairs.
 8        "Ethanol"  means  a  product  produced  from agricultural
 9    commodities or by-products used as a fuel or  to  be  blended
10    with other fuels for use in motor vehicles.
11        "Fuel" means fuel as defined in Section 1.19 of the Motor
12    Fuel Tax Law.
13        "Gasohol"  means  motor  fuel  that  is  no more than 90%
14    gasoline and at least 10% denatured ethanol that contains  no
15    more than 1.25% water by weight.
16        "Gasoline"  means  all  products commonly or commercially
17    known  or  sold  as  gasoline  (including  casing  head   and
18    absorption or natural gasoline).
19        "Illinois  agricultural  product"  means any agricultural
20    commodity grown in Illinois that  is  used  by  a  production
21    facility  to  produce  renewable fuel in Illinois, including,
22    but not limited to, corn, barley, and soy beans.
23        "Labor Organization" means any organization defined as  a
24    "labor  organization"  under  Section 2 of the National Labor
25    Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152) means any organization:
26             (1)  in which construction trades, crafts, or  labor
27        employees, or all or any of these participate; and
28             (2)  that represents construction trades, crafts, or
29        labor employees, or any or all of these; and
30             (3)  that  exists  for  the  purpose, in whole or in
31        part, of negotiating with the employers  of  construction
32        trades,  crafts,  or  labor  employees,  or any or all of
33        these, terms and conditions of employment, including  but
34        not   limited   to:   wages,   hours  of  work,  overtime
 
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 1        provisions,  fringe  benefits,  and  the  settlement   of
 2        grievances; and
 3             (4)  that   participates   in   apprenticeship   and
 4        training  approved  and registered with the United States
 5        Department  of  Labor's  Bureau  of  Apprenticeship   and
 6        Training, in the State of Illinois.
 7        "Majority  blended  ethanol  fuel"  means motor fuel that
 8    contains no less than 70% and  no  more  than  90%  denatured
 9    ethanol and no less than 10% and no more than 30% gasoline.
10        "Motor  vehicles"  means motor vehicles as defined in the
11    Illinois Vehicle Code and watercraft propelled by an internal
12    combustion engine.
13        "Owner"  means  any  individual,   sole   proprietorship,
14    limited    partnership,    co-partnership,   joint   venture,
15    corporation, cooperative, or other  legal  entity,  including
16    its  agents,  that  operates  or will operate a plant located
17    within the State of Illinois.
18        "Plant" means  a  production  facility  that  produces  a
19    renewable  fuel. "Plant" includes land, any building or other
20    improvement on or to land, and any personal properties deemed
21    necessary  or  suitable  for  use,  whether  or  not  now  in
22    existence,  in  the  processing  of  fuel  from  agricultural
23    commodities or by-products.
24        "Renewable fuel" means ethanol, gasohol, majority blended
25    ethanol fuel, biodiesel blend fuel, and biodiesel.
26    (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)

27        (20 ILCS 689/20)
28        Sec. 20.  Grants. Subject to appropriation from the Build
29    Illinois Bond Fund General  Revenue  Fund,  the  Director  is
30    authorized to award grants to eligible applicants. The annual
31    aggregate   amount   of   grants  awarded  shall  not  exceed
32    $15,000,000.
33    (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)
 
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.".