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Introduced
01/22/2025
01/22/2025
In Committee
06/02/2025
06/02/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
Potential new amendment
104th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure program. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide grants to petroleum marketers, petroleum terminal operators, and any other companies that the Department of Agriculture determines are eligible for grant funding. Provides that eligible expenditures include tank modifications, tanks, piping, and fuel dispensers. Provides that an eligible grant recipient shall not receive more than $1,000,000 in grant funding. Provides that no funding under the program shall be made available to a public body. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, $3,000,000 each calendar quarter from the Underground Storage Tank Fund to the Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Fund, unless the Underground Storage Tank Fund has a balance at or below $75,000,000. Creates the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Task Force. Sets forth membership and duties of the Task Force. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
AI Summary
This bill establishes the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program (RFI Program) to support the expansion of renewable fuel infrastructure in Illinois. The Department of Agriculture will administer the program, creating a Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Fund that will receive $3 million per quarter from the Underground Storage Tank Fund (subject to certain balance restrictions) from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027. The program will provide grants to petroleum marketers, terminal operators, and other eligible companies to help them modify and install equipment for storing and dispensing higher blends of ethanol (greater than E-10) and biodiesel (greater than B-10). Grant recipients are limited to a maximum of $1 million in total funding, with no single site receiving more than $100,000, and must cover at least 50% of the equipment installation costs. The bill also creates a Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Task Force composed of 10 members from petroleum industry and agricultural associations who will provide annual feedback on the program's effectiveness. Eligible expenditures include tank modifications, tanks, piping, fuel dispensers, and other equipment deemed necessary by the Department of Agriculture. Importantly, no public bodies are eligible to receive funding under this program.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance
Sponsors (10)
Mike Halpin (D)*,
Christopher Belt (D),
Andrew Chesney (R),
Mary Edly-Allen (D),
Patrick Joyce (D),
Dave Koehler (D),
Steve McClure (R),
Mike Porfirio (D),
Willie Preston (D),
Ram Villivalam (D),
Last Action
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Re-assigned to Appropriations- Public Safety and Infrastructure (on 01/27/2026)
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