SB2839 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 


 
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2839

 

Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/13C-21 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Sets forth the General Assembly's intentions. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules to implement the motor vehicle emission standards of the State of California and the advanced clean cars II program. Permits the rules to incorporate by reference the California motor vehicle standards established in the final regulations issued by the California Air Resources Board pursuant to Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations and adopted under the authority of Division 26 of the California Health and Safety Code. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
5Section 13C-21 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/13C-21 new)
7    Sec. 13C-21. Vehicle emission testing standards.
8    (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish
9sales targets in this State that would allow manufacturers of
10vehicles to increase the supply of zero-emission vehicles.
11Establishing targets for the sale of zero-emission vehicles is
12needed to meet State goals, address greenhouse gas and
13criteria pollutant emissions, and provide market certainty to
14help prepare the grid and alternative fueling infrastructure
15for the zero-emission vehicle transition.
16    (b) By no later than December 1, 2024, the Environmental
17Protection Agency shall adopt rules to implement the following
18motor vehicle emission standards of the State of California,
19the advanced clean cars II program, including the (i)
20zero-emission vehicle program, (ii) low-emission vehicle
21program, (iii) advanced clean trucks program, and (iv)
22heavy-duty low NOx omnibus program, and shall amend the rules
23within 6 months of any changes that arise to maintain

 

 

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1consistency with the California motor vehicle emission
2standards and Section 177 of the federal Clean Air Act. The
3rules may incorporate by reference the California motor
4vehicle standards established in the final regulations issued
5by the California Air Resources Board pursuant to Title 13 of
6the California Code of Regulations and adopted under the
7authority of Division 26 of the California Health and Safety
8Code.
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.