Sen. Jil Tracy

Mourns the death of Richard "Butch" Bowen of Mt. Sterling.

Congratulates the Brown County High School Basketball Team on their outstanding 2006-2007 season.

Congratulates Richard H. Niemann Sr. of Quincy on being named to the Quincy Chamber of Commerce "Business Hall of Fame".

Congratulates Thomas A. Oakley on being named to the Quincy Chamber of Commerce "Business Hall of Fame".

Amends the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act. Provides that a person who uses a false, unlawfully altered, fictitious, or fraudulent driver's license or other government-issued identification to purchase any targeted methamphetamine precursor is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Increases the additional fine for domestic battery from $10 to $200. Also provides that this additional fine applies to the offenses of assault and aggravated assault when the victims and the offenders are family or household members and the offense of aggravated domestic battery. Provides that the additional fines shall be deposited into the Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Provides that a recipient of Program grants must be constructing, modifying, altering, or retrofitting an (i) ethanol plant (now, just plant) that has annual production capacity of no less than 30,000,000 gallons of renewable fuel per year or a (ii) biodiesel plant. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and administer grant programs including: the Illinois Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol Program, the Illinois Corn Grain to Fuel Research Consortium Assistance Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Corn-to-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Biodiesel Infrastructure Grant Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Ethanol Development Intergovernmental Assistance Program. Sets forth the purposes and conditions for these grant programs. Provides that subject to appropriation (now, subject to appropriation from the Build Illinois Bond Fund), the Director is authorized to award Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund grants. Sets forth that the annual aggregate amount for these grants shall not exceed $25,000,000 in Fiscal year 2007 and 2008 and $15,000,000 thereafter (now, may not exceed $15,000,000). Specifies how these grant funds shall be allocated. Sets forth certain limitations on spending on the various Program grants including for research conducted at the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Facility at SIU-Edwardsville not to exceed $1,000,000 annually, and a one-time grant in FY 2007 not to exceed $3,000,000 for construction, remodeling, and expansion of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Facility at SIU-Edwardsville. Provides that normal operating and execution of renewable fuels programs in existence on January 1, 2006 within the Department from the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund shall not exceed $5,000,000 annually. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury to fund these grant programs. Sets forth certain conditions for the operation of this Fund. Provides for certain annual payments from the General Revenue Fund to the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, to provide that on or after July 1, 2006 and on or before June 30, 2016, those tax rates apply to 90% of the proceeds of sales made on gasohol (now, apply to 80% of the proceeds of sales made on gasohol). Amends the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act to provide that beginning January 1, 2008 a minimum of 10% of all motor fuel sold or offered for sale in Illinois must be denatured ethanol and that beginning January 1, 2012 a minimum of 15% of all motor fuel sold or offered for sale in Illinois must be denatured ethanol. Effective July 1, 2006.

Congratulates Dr. Zakiah Ali on the occasion of her retirement.

Recognizes the 100th anniversary of Alsey Refractories Company.

Recognizes the dedication of the restoration of the Prairie Mills Windmill and the 20th anniversary of the Golden Historical Society.