Illinois 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1800 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/09/2023

                    103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1800 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  415 ILCS 5/9.19 new  Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to promote the use of electric trucks by fleet owners by offering a voucher of $200,000 per electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck purchased or leased for a fleet by the fleet's owner or operator. Provides that an applicant shall submit a proof of purchase, lease, or other binding contract regarding the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck in order to be awarded the voucher. Requires an applicant who is awarded a voucher to agree to participate in annual surveys on specified metrics. Contains other program requirements. Defines "Class 6 truck", "Class 7 truck", and "Class 8 truck".  LRB103 28439 CPF 54819 b   A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1800 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  415 ILCS 5/9.19 new 415 ILCS 5/9.19 new  Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to promote the use of electric trucks by fleet owners by offering a voucher of $200,000 per electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck purchased or leased for a fleet by the fleet's owner or operator. Provides that an applicant shall submit a proof of purchase, lease, or other binding contract regarding the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck in order to be awarded the voucher. Requires an applicant who is awarded a voucher to agree to participate in annual surveys on specified metrics. Contains other program requirements. Defines "Class 6 truck", "Class 7 truck", and "Class 8 truck".  LRB103 28439 CPF 54819 b     LRB103 28439 CPF 54819 b   A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1800 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/9.19 new 415 ILCS 5/9.19 new
415 ILCS 5/9.19 new
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to promote the use of electric trucks by fleet owners by offering a voucher of $200,000 per electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck purchased or leased for a fleet by the fleet's owner or operator. Provides that an applicant shall submit a proof of purchase, lease, or other binding contract regarding the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck in order to be awarded the voucher. Requires an applicant who is awarded a voucher to agree to participate in annual surveys on specified metrics. Contains other program requirements. Defines "Class 6 truck", "Class 7 truck", and "Class 8 truck".
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1  AN ACT concerning safety.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5  adding Section 9.19 as follows:
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 categorized by the Federal
10  Highway Administration, using gross vehicle weight ratings, as
11  a Class 6 vehicle.
12  "Class 7 truck" means a truck categorized by the Federal
13  Highway Administration, using gross vehicle weight ratings, as
14  a Class 7 vehicle.
15  "Class 8 truck" means a truck categorized by the Federal
16  Highway Administration, using gross vehicle weight ratings, as
17  a Class 8 vehicle.
18  (b) The Agency shall establish a Fleet Electrification
19  Incentive Program to provide private fleet owners and
20  operators in Illinois grants to promote their use of electric
21  Class 6 trucks, electric Class 7 trucks, and electric Class 8
22  trucks. The Program shall offer qualifying applicants a grant
23  of $200,000 per electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7

 

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1800 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/9.19 new 415 ILCS 5/9.19 new
415 ILCS 5/9.19 new
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to promote the use of electric trucks by fleet owners by offering a voucher of $200,000 per electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck purchased or leased for a fleet by the fleet's owner or operator. Provides that an applicant shall submit a proof of purchase, lease, or other binding contract regarding the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck in order to be awarded the voucher. Requires an applicant who is awarded a voucher to agree to participate in annual surveys on specified metrics. Contains other program requirements. Defines "Class 6 truck", "Class 7 truck", and "Class 8 truck".
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1  truck, or electric Class 8 truck purchased or leased for a
2  private fleet by the fleet's owner or operator.
3  (c) The Agency shall award grants under the Fleet
4  Electrification Incentive Program on a competitive basis
5  according to the availability of funding. To be eligible to
6  receive a grant under the Program an applicant must, at a
7  minimum, satisfy all of the following criteria:
8  (1) The electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7
9  truck, or electric Class 8 truck must be registered in
10  Illinois or recognized under the International
11  Registration Plan.
12  (2) The fleet owner or operator must be domiciled in
13  Illinois.
14  (3) If the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7
15  truck, or electric Class 8 truck is leased by the fleet
16  owner or operator, the term of the lease must be at least
17  36 months.
18  In providing grants under the Program, the Agency may give
19  weight to applications based upon the potential impact of the
20  geographic locations and routes of the applicant's fleet on
21  pollution affecting environmental justice communities.
22  In providing grants under the Program, the Agency shall
23  give priority to applicants who have negotiated and entered
24  into a collective bargaining agreement at the time of
25  application for the grant.
26  (d) A grant provided under the Program is limited to a

 

 

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1  maximum award of $200,000 to purchase or lease one electric
2  Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8
3  truck. However, a fleet owner or operator may submit one
4  application for each diesel Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7
5  truck, or diesel Class 8 truck eligible to be replaced under
6  the Program and that is owned by the fleet owner or operator. A
7  fleet owner or operator may be awarded multiple grants under
8  the Program.
9  (e) The Agency shall notify an applicant when the
10  applicant's grant request has been granted preliminary
11  approval by the Agency. After an applicant receives
12  notification that the applicant's grant request has been
13  granted preliminary approval by the Agency, the applicant
14  shall submit a proof of purchase, lease, or other binding
15  contract regarding the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class
16  7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck in order to be awarded the
17  grant. The preliminary approval of the grant request may be
18  renewed at 3-month intervals for up to 18 months, pending
19  receipt of the applicant's proof of purchase, lease, or other
20  binding contract regarding the purchase or leasing of the
21  electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric
22  Class 8 truck.
23  (f) A fleet owner or operator who receives a grant under
24  this Section must retain title or right of use of the electric
25  Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8
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1  consecutive months after the purchase date or lease date of
2  the electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or
3  electric Class 8 truck. Resale or sublease of the electric
4  Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8
5  truck for financial gain within 60 months after the purchase
6  date or lease date is prohibited.
7  (g) Upon approval of an initial application for a grant
8  under the Program, the applicant may participate in a vehicle
9  replacement program through which:
10  (1) a diesel Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, or
11  diesel Class 8 truck from the applicant's existing fleet
12  is scrapped; or
13  (2) ownership of the oldest diesel Class 6 truck,
14  diesel Class 7 truck, or diesel Class 8 truck in the
15  applicant's existing fleet is transferred to another fleet
16  owner or operator who agrees to scrap their oldest diesel
17  Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, or diesel Class 8
18  truck upon receipt.
19  The electric Class 6 truck, electric Class 7 truck, or
20  electric Class 8 truck for which the grant is awarded must be
21  predominantly used in the same general location in Illinois as
22  the fleet owner's or operators' scrapped or transferred diesel
23  Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, or diesel Class 8 was used
24  by the fleet owner or operator.
25  (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section:
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1  Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, or diesel Class 8
2  truck for which a grant is awarded under this Section if
3  the model year of the diesel Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7
4  truck, or diesel Class 8 truck is 2009 or older; and
5  (2) if the diesel Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck,
6  or diesel Class 8 truck for which a grant is awarded under
7  this Section has a model year of 2010 or newer, the fleet
8  owner or operator must keep, donate, or sell that diesel
9  Class 6 truck, diesel Class 7 truck, or diesel Class 8
10  truck.
11  (i) The deployment of the electric Class 6 truck, electric
12  Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck in the applicant's
13  fleet is required within 24 months after receipt of notice of
14  approval of the applicant's Program application. Total
15  completion of the project for which the electric Class 6
16  truck, electric Class 7 truck, or electric Class 8 truck is
17  purchased or leased must occur within 36 months after receipt
18  of grant funds under the Program.
19  (j) An applicant who is awarded a grant under this Section
20  must agree to participate in annual surveys regarding metrics
21  as determined by the Agency, such as average daily mileage,
22  kilowatts consumed, and emissions reduction data.

 

 

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