SB1634 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1634

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Christopher Belt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 205/205-70 new

Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall make resources available for future and existing community gardens and farms located within urban areas of the State that seek to screen or test the soil for contaminants that could pose a hazard to human health.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 205-70 as follows:

(20 ILCS 205/205-70 new)

Sec. 205-70. Community gardens. The Department shall make resources available for future and existing community gardens and farms located within urban areas of this State that seek to screen or test the soil for contaminants that could pose a hazard to human health.