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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Southern Illinois University Management Act
5 is amended by changing Section 6.6 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 520/6.6)
7 Sec. 6.6. The Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board.
8 (a) There is established the Illinois Ethanol Research
9 Advisory Board (the "Advisory Board").
10 (b) The Advisory Board shall be composed of 14 members,
11 including: the President of Southern Illinois University or
12 the President's designee, who shall be Chairperson Chairman;
13 the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or the
14 Director's designee; the Director of Agriculture or the
15 Director's designee; the President of the Illinois Corn
16 Growers Association or the President's designee; the President
17 of the National Corn Growers Association or the President's
18 designee; the President of the Renewable Fuels Association or
19 the President's designee; the Dean of the College of
20 Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Science, University
21 of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, or the Dean's designee; the
22 Dean of the College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical
23 Sciences, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, or the
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1 Dean's designee; and 6 at-large members appointed by the
2 Governor representing the ethanol industry, growers,
3 suppliers, and universities or those members' designees.
4 (c) The 6 at-large members shall serve a term of 4 years.
5 The Advisory Board shall meet at least annually or at the call
6 of the Chairman. At any time a majority of the Advisory Board
7 may petition the Chairman for a meeting of the Board. Seven
8 members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a quorum.
9 (d) The Advisory Board shall:
10 (1) Review the annual operating plans and budget of
11 the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Pilot Plant.
12 (2) Advise on research and development priorities and
13 projects to be carried out at the Corn-to-Ethanol Research
14 Pilot Plant.
15 (3) Advise on policies and procedures regarding the
16 management and operation of the ethanol research pilot
17 plant. This may include contracts, project selection, and
18 personnel issues.
19 (4) Develop bylaws.
20 (5) Submit a final report to the Governor and General
21 Assembly outlining the progress and accomplishments made
22 during the year along with a financial report for the
23 year.
24 (6) Establish and operate, subject to specific
25 appropriation for the purpose of providing facility
26 operating funds, the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research
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1 Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville as
2 a State Biorefining Center of Excellence with the
3 following purposes and goals:
4 (A) To utilize interdisciplinary,
5 interinstitutional, and industrial collaborations to
6 conduct research.
7 (B) To provide training and services to the
8 ethanol fuel industry to make projects and training to
9 advance the biofuels industry in the State more
10 affordable for the institutional and industrial
11 bodies, including, but not limited to, Illinois
12 farmer-owned ethanol cooperatives.
13 (C) To coordinate near-term industry research
14 needs and laboratory services by identifying needs and
15 pursuing federal and other funding sources.
16 (D) To develop and provide hands-on training to
17 prepare students for the biofuels workforce and train
18 workforce reentrants.
19 (E) To serve as an independent, third-party source
20 for review, testing, validation standardization, and
21 definition in areas of industry need.
22 (F) To provide seminars, tours, and informational
23 sessions advocating renewable energy.
24 (G) To provide consultation services and
25 information for those interested in renewable energy.
26 (H) To develop demonstration projects by pursuing
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1 federal and other funding sources.
2 (e) The Advisory Board established by this Section is a
3 continuation, as changed by the Section, of the Board
4 established under Section 8a of the Energy Conservation and
5 Coal Development Act and repealed by Public Act 92-736.
6 (Source: P.A. 102-370, eff. 8-13-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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