07 LC 25
4866S
Senator
Tolleson of the 20th offered the following substitute to SB 157:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
provide for grants to persons to finance installing, replacing, and converting
motor fuel storage equipment to facilitate storing and dispensing E-85 gasoline
for retail sale; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Affairs, so as to establish
such grant program under the department and pursuant to contract with the
Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority; to define certain terms; to provide
legislative findings and declarations; to provide for rules and regulations; to
provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
Department of Community Affairs, is amended by enacting a new Article 7 to read
as follows:
"ARTICLE
7
50-8-170.
(a)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
'Board' means the Board of Community Affairs.
(2)
'Department' means the Department of Community Affairs.
(3)
'E-85 gasoline' means a blend of ethanol and gasoline that by volume consists of
not less than 70 percent nor more than 85 percent ethanol which meets the
American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) D5798-99 Standard Specification
for Fuel Ethanol for Automotive Spark-Ignition Engines.
(4)
'E-85 project' means installing, replacing, or converting motor fuel storage and
dispensing equipment at sites where motor fuel is stored and dispensed for
retail sale such that the installed, replacement, or converted equipment shall
be used exclusively for storing and dispensing E-85 gasoline for retail sale for
a period of not less than five consecutive years.
(5)
'Gasoline' has the meaning provided by Code Section 48-9-2.
(6)
'Motor fuel' has the meaning provided by Code Section 48-9-2.
(7)
'Motor fuel storage and dispensing equipment' means tanks, pumps, dispensers,
pipes, hoses, tubes, lines, fittings, valves, filters, seals, covers, and other
associated equipment used in storing and dispensing motor fuel for retail
sale.
(8)
'Retail sale' means the sale for consumption, and not for resale, at a retail
outlet serving the motoring public.
(b)
The General Assembly finds and declares that making grants for E-85 projects
would return a substantial benefit to the state by providing improved air
quality in this state through reduction of combustion of gasoline in motor
vehicles; aiding compliance with federal air quality standards; promoting the
use of alternative domestic fuels that reduce dependence on foreign petroleum
supplies; and enabling increased availability of motor fuels crucial to the
state´s economy, welfare, and public safety, which may be especially
critical in times of natural disaster or international crisis.
(c)(1)
The department shall establish a grant program to fund the costs of E-85
projects, subject to availability of funds. The department shall enter into an
intergovernmental contract with the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority
for purposes of developing, implementing, and administering such program and
disbursing any grant moneys thereunder, and the authority is authorized to and
shall develop, implement, and administer such program and disburse any grant
moneys thereunder.
(2)
Grant money for such a project shall be refunded to the state with interest at
the legal rate if the equipment is not used for the purposes and period required
for such project as specified in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this Code
section.
(d)
The Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority shall adopt such rules and
regulations as are reasonable and necessary to implement and administer the
grant program established under this Code section."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.