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92_HB5948

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to motor fuel.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 4.1 as follows:

 6        (815 ILCS 370/4.1) (from Ch. 5, par. 1704.1)
 7        Sec. 4.1. Ethanol; MTBE.
 8        (a)  Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing  device  which
 9    is  used  to  dispense a motor fuel containing at least 1% by
10    volume of ethanol, of methanol, or of a combination  thereof,
11    there shall be displayed a label which identifies the maximum
12    percentage  by  volume,  to  the  nearest  whole  percent, of
13    ethanol, of methanol, and  of  co-solvent  contained  in  the
14    motor  fuel.   Such  labelling  shall  be done in contrasting
15    colors with block letters at least 1/2 inch in height and 1/4
16    inch in width, and not more than one inch in height  and  1/2
17    inch  in  width, and shall be visible to customers. The label
18    shall be located on the front or sides of the  dispenser  and
19    within the top 30 percent of the height of the dispenser.  On
20    a  dual-faced  dispenser,  the label shall be affixed on each
21    front or each side in  accordance  with  these  requirements.
22    Devices  used  to  dispense  only motor fuels which contain a
23    total of less than 1% by volume of methanol and ethanol  need
24    not be so labelled.
25        (a-5)  Upon  any retail motor fuel dispensing device that
26    is used to dispense a motor fuel containing at  least  2%  by
27    volume of the methanol derivative methyl tertiary butyl ether
28    (MTBE),  there  shall be displayed a label stating: "CONTAINS
29    METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE)".  The label shall be done
30    in contrasting colors with block letters at least 1/2 inch in
31    height and 1/4 inch in width, and not more than one  inch  in
 
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 1    height  and  1/2  inch  in  width,  and  shall  be visible to
 2    customers.  The label shall be located on the front or  sides
 3    of  the dispenser and within the top 30 percent of the height
 4    of the dispenser.  On a dual-faced dispenser, the label shall
 5    be affixed on each front or  each  side  in  accordance  with
 6    these  requirements.   Devices  used  to  dispense only motor
 7    fuels that contain a total of less than 2% by volume  of  the
 8    methanol derivative MTBE need not be so labeled.
 9        (b)  Each seller of a motor fuel which contains methanol,
10    ethanol,  or  the  methanol  derivative MTBE shall notify the
11    purchaser thereof of the percentage by volume of ethanol,  of
12    methanol,  of the methanol derivative MTBE, and of co-solvent
13    which  have  been  added  to  such  motor  fuel,   and   this
14    information  shall  appear on the bill of lading, manifest or
15    delivery  ticket  for  such  motor   fuel.    However,   this
16    subsection (b) shall not apply to sales at retail.
17        (c)  No  motor  fuel, whether or not it contains any lead
18    or lead compounds, may contain more ethanol, methanol, or the
19    methanol derivative MTBE than is permitted, or  contain  less
20    co-solvent   than   is   required,   by   the  United  States
21    Environmental Protection  Agency  for  unleaded  motor  fuels
22    under Section 211(f) of the federal Clean Air Act.
23        (d)  All  motor  fuel  sold  or  offered  for sale by the
24    distributor shall contain the percentage and type of  alcohol
25    as stated on the bill of lading, manifest or delivery ticket.
26        (e)  With  respect  to  the methanol derivative MTBE, the
27    labeling and notification requirements in this Section  shall
28    be  enforced  beginning  60  days after the effective date of
29    this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
30        (f)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to
31    require or impose an obligation upon the owner or operator of
32    a retail motor fuel dispensing station, facility,  or  device
33    to  perform  a  test on or measurement of a shipment of motor
34    fuel received to determine the specific content  of  ethanol,
 
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 1    methanol, or the methanol derivative MTBE.
 2        (g)  Beginning  January  1,  2005,  all  gasoline sold or
 3    offered for sale at retail in this State for use in  cars  or
 4    trucks upon the highways of this State shall contain at least
 5    7.7% ethanol.
 6    (Source: P.A. 91-718, eff. 6-2-00.)

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