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Public Act 096-1278
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| HB6047 Enrolled | LRB096 18198 JDS 33573 b |
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Alternate Fuels Act is amended by changing |
Section 30 as follows:
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(415 ILCS 120/30)
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Sec. 30. Rebate program. Beginning January 1, 1997, and as |
long as funds
are available, each owner of an
alternate fuel
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vehicle shall be eligible to apply for a rebate.
Beginning July |
1, 2005, each owner of a vehicle using domestic renewable fuel
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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
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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
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receive rebates for more than 150
vehicles per location or for |
300 vehicles in total.
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(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
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application submitted in 1997 all amounts spent within that
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calendar year on the conversion, even if the expenditure
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occurred before promulgation of the Agency rules.
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(b) An OEM differential cost rebate may be issued to
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owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost
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differential between a conventional vehicle or engine and the
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same vehicle or engine, produced by an original equipment
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manufacturer, that has the capability to use alternate fuels.
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A new OEM vehicle or engine must be purchased in Illinois
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and must either be an alternate fuel vehicle or used in an
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alternate fuel vehicle, respectively, for the owner to be
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eligible for an OEM differential cost rebate. Large vehicles, |
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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.
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Approved OEM differential cost rebates applied for during
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or after calendar year 1997 shall be 80% of all
approved cost |
differential claimed and documented. Approval of OEM
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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.
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(c) A fuel cost differential rebate may be issued to
an |
owner or his or her designee in order to reduce the cost
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differential between conventional fuels and domestic renewable
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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 |
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consecutive 3-year period.
Approval of fuel cost differential |
rebates may continue after calendar year
2002 if funds are |
still available.
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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.
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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
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registered to the original applicant owner, a prorated
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installment shall be paid to that owner or the owner's designee
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and the remainder of the rebate shall be canceled.
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(d) Vehicles owned by the federal government or
vehicles |
registered in a state outside Illinois are not eligible
for |
rebates.
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(Source: P.A. 96-537, eff. 8-14-09.)
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