Full Text of SB0293 96th General Assembly
SB0293sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Michael Noland
Filed: 3/25/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 293
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 293 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development | 5 |
| Program Act is amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 25 and | 6 |
| by adding Sections 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, and 15.4 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 689/15)
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| Sec. 15. Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program.
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| (a) The Department must develop and administer the Illinois | 10 |
| Renewable Fuels
Development Program to assist in the | 11 |
| construction, modification, alteration, or
retrofitting of | 12 |
| renewable fuel plants in Illinois.
The recipient of a grant | 13 |
| under
this Section
must:
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| (1) be constructing, modifying, altering, or | 15 |
| retrofitting a plant in the
State
of Illinois;
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| (2) be constructing, modifying, altering, or |
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| retrofitting a plant that has a base total
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| production capacity of no less than 20,000,000 30,000,000 | 3 |
| gallons of renewable fuel
per year; and
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| (3) enter into a project labor agreement as prescribed | 5 |
| by Section 25 of
this
Act.
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| (b) Grant applications must be made on forms provided by | 7 |
| and in accordance
with
procedures established by the | 8 |
| Department.
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| (c) The Department must give preference to applicants that | 10 |
| use Illinois
agricultural products in the production of | 11 |
| renewable fuel at the plant for
which the
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| requested.
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| (d) Grant recipients under this Program shall be: | 14 |
| (1) awarded a grant equal to a minimum of 4 cents per | 15 |
| gallon of annual production capacity but no more than | 16 |
| $5,000,000 for each facility that produces biodiesel and no | 17 |
| more than $10,000,000 for each facility that produces any | 18 |
| other type of renewable fuel; and | 19 |
| (2) eligible for additional incentives beyond those | 20 |
| otherwise mentioned in this Act for facilities utilizing | 21 |
| technologies that increase the overall efficiency of the | 22 |
| renewable fuel production process or reduce the overall | 23 |
| full life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of the renewable | 24 |
| fuel produced, including, but not limited to, processes | 25 |
| that: | 26 |
| (1) improve water conservation; |
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| (2) improve energy conservation; | 2 |
| (3) add value to bio-fuel co-products and | 3 |
| bi-products; | 4 |
| (4) utilize corn fiber conversion; | 5 |
| (5) utilize fractionation; or | 6 |
| (6) utilize cellulosic conversion. | 7 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)
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| (20 ILCS 689/15.1 new) | 9 |
| Sec. 15.1. Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol | 10 |
| Infrastructure Program. The Department must, subject to | 11 |
| appropriation, establish and administer the Renewable Fuels | 12 |
| Majority Blended Ethanol Program to encourage the | 13 |
| construction, installation, and marketing of majority blended | 14 |
| ethanol, as defined in Section 3-44 of the Use Tax Act. The | 15 |
| Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol Program shall provide | 16 |
| financial assistance for units of local government and | 17 |
| petroleum distribution centers to install the necessary | 18 |
| infrastructure for the use of majority blended ethanol. | 19 |
| The Program shall be for the purpose of providing grants to | 20 |
| units of local government and motor fuel delivering suppliers, | 21 |
| as defined in Section 5-5 of the Gas Use Tax Law, that operate | 22 |
| or will be operating majority blended ethanol fueling | 23 |
| distribution infrastructure. A unit of local government | 24 |
| applying for a grant under this program shall receive a | 25 |
| matching grant equaling 50% of the total cost of installation |
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| of a majority blended ethanol distribution pump, but not to | 2 |
| exceed $40,000. Delivering suppliers shall be eligible to | 3 |
| receive a matching grant equal to 50% of the cost of | 4 |
| installation per pump location, but not to exceed a total of | 5 |
| $250,000 in grants annually for each delivering supplier for | 6 |
| locations in the supplier's ownership and control. The | 7 |
| recipient of a grant under this Section must enter into a | 8 |
| project labor agreement as provided in Section 25 of this Act | 9 |
| if the recipient plans to install majority blended ethanol | 10 |
| distribution pumps at 3 or more locations. Grant applications | 11 |
| shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the Department. The | 12 |
| Department shall have the authority to adopt rules and forms as | 13 |
| it deems necessary for the implementation of this Section. | 14 |
| (20 ILCS 689/15.2 new) | 15 |
| Sec. 15.2. Illinois Renewable Fuels Competitive | 16 |
| Commercialization Program. The Department shall, subject to | 17 |
| appropriation, develop and administer a grant program to assist | 18 |
| members of the Illinois Corn Grain to Fuel Research Consortium | 19 |
| in research and support efforts on behalf of corn kernel to | 20 |
| fuel alcohol and value added co-products, corn stover to fuel | 21 |
| alcohol, and cellulosic fuel alcohol production. The | 22 |
| Department shall solicit proposals for funding if they provide | 23 |
| for research in the Consortium member's own laboratories, for | 24 |
| research collaborations among Consortium members, or for | 25 |
| members outside the Consortium conducting pilot testing at the |
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| National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center. Preference will be | 2 |
| given to projects in partnership with industry or for | 3 |
| pilot-scale demonstration projects that advance Illinois | 4 |
| leadership in the development of a bio-based economy. | 5 |
| (20 ILCS 689/15.3 new) | 6 |
| Sec. 15.3. Renewable Fuels Rail Infrastructure Assistance | 7 |
| Program. The Department must, subject to appropriation, | 8 |
| establish and administer the Renewable Fuels Rail | 9 |
| Infrastructure Assistance Program to assist in the | 10 |
| construction and installation of (i) railroad side track and | 11 |
| turnouts to provide rail service to renewable fuels facilities, | 12 |
| (ii) side track and turnouts for railroad storage and | 13 |
| collection areas for renewable fuels and renewable fuel inputs, | 14 |
| and (iii) side track, turnouts, and other necessary | 15 |
| infrastructure for container shipping of renewable fuel and | 16 |
| renewable fuel co-products. Only one grant for the purpose | 17 |
| stated under item (iii) of this Section shall be awarded each | 18 |
| year. The recipient of a grant under this Section must enter | 19 |
| into a project labor agreement for the rail infrastructure | 20 |
| project as provided in Section 25 of this Act. Grant | 21 |
| applications shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the | 22 |
| Department. | 23 |
| (20 ILCS 689/15.4 new) | 24 |
| Sec. 15.4. Renewable Fuels Technology Program. To provide |
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| incentives to existing ethanol production facilities to reduce | 2 |
| their water and energy usage to better manage our resources and | 3 |
| reduce carbon emissions, ethanol facilities modifying their | 4 |
| production process or incorporating new technologies in their | 5 |
| new construction are also eligible for the following funding: | 6 |
| (1) A grant of 10% up to $2,500,000 of the additional costs | 7 |
| of reducing their net water usage to 2.8 gallons of water per | 8 |
| gallon of ethanol. | 9 |
| (2) A grant of 10% up to $4,000,000 of the costs to reduce | 10 |
| by 20% the natural gas required to produce a gallon of absolute | 11 |
| ethanol using a base energy requirement for a dry mill natural | 12 |
| gas fired ethanol plant of 34,500 BTUs per gallon of ethanol. | 13 |
| (3) A grant of 10% up to $2,500,000 of the costs to add a | 14 |
| co-generation system designed to provide the electrical needs | 15 |
| of the facility. | 16 |
| (20 ILCS 689/20)
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| Sec. 20. Grants. Subject to appropriation,
the
Director is | 18 |
| authorized to award Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund | 19 |
| grants to eligible applicants. The annual
aggregate
amount of | 20 |
| grants awarded under this Section is subject to the following | 21 |
| limits: | 22 |
| (1) grants awarded under the Illinois Renewable Fuels | 23 |
| Development Program shall not exceed $25,000,000 annually in | 24 |
| fiscal years 2010 and 2014 and $20,000,000 thereafter .
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| (2) the Illinois Corn Grain to Fuel Research Consortium |
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| Assistance Program shall not exceed $10,000,000 annually, of | 2 |
| which no less than $5,000,000 annually shall be used for corn | 3 |
| stover to fuel alcohol and other cellulosic fuel alcohol | 4 |
| research.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-618, eff. 12-11-03; | 6 |
| 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
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| (20 ILCS 689/25)
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| Sec. 25. Project labor agreements.
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| (a) The project labor agreement must include the following:
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| (1) provisions establishing the minimum hourly wage | 11 |
| for each class of
labor organization employee;
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| (2) provisions establishing the benefits and other | 13 |
| compensation for each
class of labor organization | 14 |
| employee; and
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| (3) provisions establishing that no strike or disputes | 16 |
| will be engaged in
by
the labor organization employees ; | 17 |
| and .
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| (4) Provisions establishing that no lockout or | 19 |
| disputes will be engaged in by the owner of the plant, | 20 |
| including any person or entity constructing, modifying, | 21 |
| altering, or retrofitting a plant on behalf of the owner, | 22 |
| or by a grant recipient under Section 15.1 of this Act, | 23 |
| including any person or entity constructing or installing | 24 |
| majority blended ethanol infrastructure facilities on the | 25 |
| recipient's behalf. |
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| A labor organization and the The owner of the plant receiving a | 2 |
| grant under Section 15 or 15.3 of this Act and the labor | 3 |
| organizations shall have the authority to
include
other terms | 4 |
| and conditions as they deem necessary.
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| (b) The project labor agreement shall be filed with the | 6 |
| Director in
accordance
with procedures established by the | 7 |
| Department. At a minimum, the project labor
agreement must | 8 |
| provide the names, addresses, and occupations of the owner of
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| the plant
and the individuals representing the labor | 10 |
| organization employees participating
in the
project labor | 11 |
| agreement. The agreement must also specify the terms and
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| conditions
required in subsection (a).
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| (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 |
| becoming law.".
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