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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Farmers' markets provide not only a valuable | ||||||
| 3 | marketplace for farmers to sell their products directly to | ||||||
| 4 | consumers, but also a place for consumers to access fresh | ||||||
| 5 | fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, These markets successfully operate across | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois; however, there is a lack of comprehensive regulation | ||||||
| 8 | from one county to the next, resulting in discrepancies between | ||||||
| 9 | counties regarding the products that may be sold; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, In 1999, the Department of Public Health published | ||||||
| 11 | "Technical Information Bulletin/Food #30," in order to outline | ||||||
| 12 | the sanitation guidelines required for farmers' markets, | ||||||
| 13 | producer markets, and other outdoor food sales events; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, This bulletin has not been uniformly interpreted | ||||||
| 15 | across the State; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is created the | ||||||
| 18 | Task Force on Farmers' Markets, consisting of 12 members | ||||||
| 19 | appointed as follows: the President of the Senate and Minority | ||||||
| 20 | Leader of the Senate shall each appoint one member to serve as | ||||||
| 21 | a co-chair; the Director of Public Health or his or her | ||||||
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| 1 | designee, the Director of Agriculture or his or her designee, a | ||||||
| 2 | representative of the Farm Bureau, 3 representatives of local | ||||||
| 3 | county public health departments appointed by the Director of | ||||||
| 4 | Public Health and selected from 3 different counties | ||||||
| 5 | representing each of the northern, central, and southern | ||||||
| 6 | portions of Illinois, and 4 members of the general public who | ||||||
| 7 | are engaged in local farmers' markets, 2 of whom shall each be | ||||||
| 8 | approved by a co-chair of the Task Force; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That all members of the Task Force shall serve | ||||||
| 10 | without compensation; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force can appoint members as it | ||||||
| 12 | sees fit to serve as representatives of local farmers' markets | ||||||
| 13 | or other concerned parties; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That the duty of the Task Force is to undertake a | ||||||
| 15 | comprehensive and thorough review of the current | ||||||
| 16 | implementation of the various Acts that define which products | ||||||
| 17 | and practices are permitted and which products and practices | ||||||
| 18 | are not permitted at farmers' markets and other outdoor food | ||||||
| 19 | sale events; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall assist the Department | ||||||
| 21 | of Public Health in developing interagency agreements and | ||||||
| 22 | programs and procedures regarding the implementation of the | ||||||
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| 1 | various Acts that define which products and practices are | ||||||
| 2 | permitted and which products and practices are not permitted at | ||||||
| 3 | farmers' markets and other outdoor food sale events; and be it | ||||||
| 4 | further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Public Health | ||||||
| 6 | shall provide staffing support to the Task Force and shall | ||||||
| 7 | administer and prepare all reports deemed necessary in | ||||||
| 8 | conjunction with the Task Force; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force may request assistance from | ||||||
| 10 | any entity necessary or useful for the performance of its | ||||||
| 11 | duties; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall issue a report with its | ||||||
| 13 | recommendations to the Senate on or before December 31, 2008.
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