SB3527 Amendment Summary

• Creates the "Independence from Oil Act" requiring the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's Office of Energy and Recycling to develop a plan reducing Illinois oil consumption by 30% from 2007 levels by 2030 and 50% by 2050.

• Directs the Office to consider eight strategies including public transportation expansion, electric vehicle deployment, weatherization improvements, vehicle retirement incentives, land-use coordination, renewable heating energy, and industrial efficiency improvements.

• Requires the Office to report to the General Assembly by February 1, 2013 with recommendations for short-term and mid-term policies and specific legislative actions needed to achieve oil reduction targets.

• Establishes gubernatorial reporting requirements every five years beginning February 1, 2015 to evaluate progress toward meeting plan goals and provide additional recommendations to legislative committees overseeing energy, transportation, technology, public health, and environmental matters.

• Identifies legislative findings that oil consumption contributes to environmental damage, public health harms (particularly asthma in minority communities), economic burdens from high gasoline prices, and national security concerns from overseas energy dependence.