Public Act 100-0846
 
SB3082 EnrolledLRB100 16344 SLF 31470 b

    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 changing Section
205-15 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 205/205-15)  (was 20 ILCS 205/40.7 and 205/40.8)
    Sec. 205-15. Promotional activities.
    (a) The Department has the power to encourage and promote,
in every practicable manner, the interests of agriculture,
including horticulture, the livestock industry, dairying,
cheese making, poultry, bee keeping, forestry, the production
of wool, and all other allied industries. In furtherance of the
duties set forth in this Section, the Department may establish
trust funds and bank accounts in adequately protected financial
institutions to receive and disburse monies in connection with
the conduct of food shows, food expositions, trade shows, and
other promotional activities and to sell at cost, to qualified
applicants, signs designating farms that have been owned for
100 years or more, 150 years or more, or 200 years or more by
lineal or collateral descendants of the same family as
"Centennial Farms", "Sesquicentennial Farms", or "Bicentennial
Farms" respectively. The Department shall provide applications
for the signs, which shall be submitted with the required fee.
"Centennial Farms", "Sesquicentennial Farms", and
"Bicentennial Farms" signs shall not contain within their
design the name, picture, or other likeness of any elected
public official or any appointed public official.
    (b) The Department has the power to promote improved
methods of conducting the several industries described in
subsection (a) with a view to increasing the production and
facilitating the distribution thereof at the least cost.
    (c) The Department may sell at cost, to qualified
applicants, signs designating an agribusiness that has been
operated for 100 years or more or more than 150 years or more
as the same agribusiness. As used in this subsection (c),
"agribusiness" means a business or businesses under the same
name or ownership that are collectively associated with the
production, processing, or and distribution of agricultural
products, or an organization that promotes the economic
well-being and expansion of this State's agriculture industry.
The Department shall provide applications for the signs, which
shall be submitted with the required fee.
(Source: P.A. 99-823, eff. 1-1-17; 99-824, eff. 8-16-16;
100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.