Bill Amendment: IL HB2287 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: VEH CD-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES
Status: 2024-04-19 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2287 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2287-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: VEH CD-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES
Status: 2024-04-19 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2287 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2287-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2287
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2287 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 9.19 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 5/9.19 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 9.19. Fleet Electrification Incentive Program. | ||||||
8 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
9 | "Class 6 truck" means a truck or school bus categorized by | ||||||
10 | the Federal Highway Administration, using gross vehicle weight | ||||||
11 | ratings, as a Class 6 vehicle. | ||||||
12 | "Class 7 truck" means a truck or school bus categorized by | ||||||
13 | the Federal Highway Administration, using gross vehicle weight | ||||||
14 | ratings, as a Class 7 vehicle. | ||||||
15 | "Class 8 truck" means a truck or school bus categorized by | ||||||
16 | the Federal Highway Administration, using gross vehicle weight |
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1 | ratings, as a Class 8 vehicle. | ||||||
2 | (b) The Agency shall establish a Fleet Electrification | ||||||
3 | Incentive Program to provide fleet owners and operators in | ||||||
4 | Illinois grants to promote their use of electric Class 6 | ||||||
5 | trucks, electric Class 7 trucks, and electric Class 8 trucks. | ||||||
6 | The Program shall offer qualifying applicants a grant of up to | ||||||
7 | $200,000 per electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, | ||||||
8 | or electric Class 8 truck purchased or leased for a fleet by | ||||||
9 | the fleet's owner or operator. | ||||||
10 | (c) The Agency shall award grants under the Fleet | ||||||
11 | Electrification Incentive Program on a competitive basis | ||||||
12 | according to the availability of funding. To be eligible to | ||||||
13 | receive a grant under the Program an applicant must, at a | ||||||
14 | minimum, satisfy all of the following criteria: | ||||||
15 | (1) The electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 | ||||||
16 | truck, or electric Class 8 truck must be registered in | ||||||
17 | Illinois or recognized under the International | ||||||
18 | Registration Plan. | ||||||
19 | (2) The fleet owner or operator must be domiciled in | ||||||
20 | Illinois. | ||||||
21 | (3) If the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 | ||||||
22 | truck, or electric Class 8 truck is leased by the fleet | ||||||
23 | owner or operator, the term of the lease must be at least | ||||||
24 | 36 months. | ||||||
25 | In providing grants under the Program, the Agency shall | ||||||
26 | give weight to applications based upon the potential impact of |
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1 | the geographic locations and routes of the applicant's fleet | ||||||
2 | on pollution affecting equity investment eligible communities. | ||||||
3 | In providing grants under the Program, the Agency shall | ||||||
4 | give priority to applicants who have negotiated and entered | ||||||
5 | into a collective bargaining agreement at the time of | ||||||
6 | application for the grant. | ||||||
7 | (d) A grant provided under the Program is limited to a | ||||||
8 | maximum award of 80% of the purchase price per vehicle, not to | ||||||
9 | exceed $200,000 to purchase or lease one electric Class 6 | ||||||
10 | truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck. A | ||||||
11 | fleet owner or operator may be awarded multiple grants under | ||||||
12 | the Program, not to exceed 25 grants. | ||||||
13 | (e) A fleet owner or operator who receives a grant under | ||||||
14 | this Section must retain title or right of use of the electric | ||||||
15 | Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 | ||||||
16 | truck incentivized under the Program for a minimum of 60 | ||||||
17 | consecutive months after the purchase date or lease date of | ||||||
18 | the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or | ||||||
19 | electric Class 8 truck. Resale or sublease of the electric | ||||||
20 | Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 | ||||||
21 | truck for financial gain within 60 months after the purchase | ||||||
22 | date or lease date is prohibited. | ||||||
23 | (f) The deployment of the electric Class 6 truck, electric | ||||||
24 | Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck in the applicant's | ||||||
25 | fleet is required within 24 months after receipt of notice of | ||||||
26 | approval of the applicant's Program application. Total |
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1 | completion of the project for which the electric Class 6 | ||||||
2 | truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck is | ||||||
3 | purchased or leased must occur within 36 months after receipt | ||||||
4 | of grant funds under the Program. | ||||||
5 | (g) The use of a properly ventilated, conventionally | ||||||
6 | powered heater shall not make an electric Class 6 truck, | ||||||
7 | electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck ineligible | ||||||
8 | under this Section. ".
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