Public Act 096-1278
 
HB6047 EnrolledLRB096 18198 JDS 33573 b



    AN ACT concerning safety.

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


 
    Section 5. The Alternate Fuels Act is amended  by changing 
Section 30 as follows:
 
    (415 ILCS 120/30)

    Sec. 30. Rebate program.   Beginning January 1, 1997, and as 
long as funds
are available, each owner of an
alternate fuel

vehicle shall be eligible to apply for a rebate.
Beginning July 
1, 2005, each owner of a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel

is eligible to apply for a fuel cost differential rebate under 
subsection (c)
of this Section.
The Agency
shall cause rebates 
to be
issued under the provisions of this Act.  An owner may

apply for only one of 3 types of rebates with
regard to an 
individual alternate fuel vehicle:  (i)  a
conversion cost 
rebate, (ii) an  OEM differential cost rebate, or
(iii) a fuel 
cost differential rebate.  Only one rebate may be
issued with 
regard to a particular alternate fuel vehicle during
the life 
of that vehicle.  A rebate shall not exceed $4,000 per
vehicle.  
Over the life of this rebate program, an owner of an
alternate 
fuel vehicle or a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel may not

receive rebates for more than 150
vehicles per location or for 
300 vehicles in total.


    (a) A conversion cost rebate may be issued to an
owner or 
his or her designee in order to reduce the cost of
converting 
of a conventional vehicle or a hybrid vehicle to an alternate 
fuel
vehicle.  Conversion of a conventional vehicle or a hybrid 
vehicle to alternate fuel
capability must take place in 
Illinois for the owner to be
eligible for the conversion cost 
rebate.  Amounts spent by
applicants within a calendar year may 
be claimed on a rebate
application submitted within 12 months 
after the month in which the conversion of the vehicle took 
place.  Approved
conversion cost rebates applied for during or 
after calendar year 1997 shall be 80% of all
approved 
conversion
costs claimed and documented.  Approval of 
conversion cost rebates may
continue after calendar year 2002, 
if funds are still available.  An
applicant
may include on an

application submitted in 1997 all amounts spent within that

calendar year on the conversion, even if the expenditure

occurred before promulgation of the Agency rules.


    (b) An OEM differential cost rebate may be issued to
an 
owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost

differential between a conventional vehicle or engine and the

same vehicle or engine, produced by an original equipment

manufacturer, that has the capability to use alternate fuels.


    A new OEM vehicle or engine must be purchased in Illinois

and must either be an alternate fuel vehicle or used in an

alternate fuel vehicle, respectively, for the owner to be

eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate.  Large vehicles, 
over 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight, purchased outside 
Illinois are eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate if 
the same or a comparable vehicle is not available for purchase 
in Illinois. Amounts spent by
applicants within a calendar year 
may be claimed on a rebate
application submitted within 12 
months after the month in which the new OEM vehicle or engine 
was purchased.


    Approved OEM differential cost rebates applied for during

or after calendar year 1997 shall be 80% of all
approved cost 
differential claimed and documented.  Approval of OEM

differential cost rebates may continue after calendar year 
2002, if funds are
still
available.  An applicant
may include on 
an application submitted in 1997 all amounts
spent within that 
calendar year on OEM equipment, even if the
expenditure 
occurred before promulgation of the Agency rules.


    (c) A fuel cost differential rebate may be issued to
an 
owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost

differential between conventional fuels and domestic renewable

fuels or alternate fuels purchased to operate an alternate fuel 
vehicle.  The fuel cost differential shall be
based on a 3-year 
life cycle cost analysis developed by the
Agency by rulemaking.  
The rebate shall apply to and be
payable during a consecutive 
3-year period commencing on the
date the application is 
approved by the Agency.  Approved
fuel cost differential rebates 
may be applied for during or after calendar
year 1997 and 
approved
rebates shall be
80% of the cost differential for a 
consecutive 3-year period.
Approval of fuel cost differential 
rebates may continue after calendar year
2002 if funds are 
still available.


    Twenty-five percent of the amount
that is appropriated 
under Section 40 to be used to fund programs
authorized by this 
Section during calendar year 2001 shall be
designated to fund 
fuel cost differential rebates.  If the total
dollar amount of 
approved fuel cost differential rebate
applications as of July 
1, 2001 is less than the amount
designated for that calendar 
year, the balance of designated
funds shall be immediately 
available to fund any rebate
authorized by this Section and 
approved in the calendar year.


    An approved fuel cost differential rebate shall be paid to 
an owner
in 3 annual installments on or about the anniversary 
date of the
approval of the application.  Owners receiving a 
fuel cost
differential rebate shall be required to demonstrate, 
through
recordkeeping, the use of domestic renewable fuels 
during the
3-year period commencing on the date the application 
is approved
by the Agency.  If the vehicle ceases to be

registered to the original applicant owner, a prorated

installment shall be paid to that owner or the owner's designee

and the remainder of the rebate shall be canceled.


    (d) Vehicles owned by the federal government or
vehicles 
registered in a state outside Illinois are not eligible
for 
rebates.


(Source: P.A. 96-537, eff. 8-14-09.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.