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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Agricultural Fair Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 17 and 18 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 120/17) (from Ch. 85, par. 667)
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7 | Sec. 17. Fair and expositions.
Any county fair eligible to | ||||||
8 | participate in appropriations made from
the Agricultural | ||||||
9 | Premium Fund , except in counties where a Fair and Exposition
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10 | Authority participated in the appropriation in 1999, may elect | ||||||
11 | instead in any
odd numbered
year
to participate in the | ||||||
12 | appropriation from the Fair and Exposition Fund.
The Department | ||||||
13 | must be notified of such election by January 1 of the
year of | ||||||
14 | participation in that fund. Any such election shall be binding
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15 | for 4 calendar years. No county fair shall participate for the | ||||||
16 | same calendar
year in appropriations under both this Fund and | ||||||
17 | the Agricultural Premium Fund.
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18 | In counties where a Fair and Exposition Authority | ||||||
19 | participated in 1999, the Fair and Exposition Authority shall | ||||||
20 | transfer all remaining funds to the county fair in such county | ||||||
21 | within 30 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
22 | the 99th General Assembly. Upon the transfer of such funds to | ||||||
23 | the county fair, the terms of the Authority's members shall |
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1 | terminate and the Authority shall cease to exist the
Authority | ||||||
2 | shall continue to participate in the appropriation from the | ||||||
3 | Fair and
Exposition Fund. The
Fair and Exposition Authority | ||||||
4 | shall consist of 7 members appointed by the
county board | ||||||
5 | chairman with the advice and consent of the county board .
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6 | (Source: P.A. 94-261, eff. 1-1-06.)
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7 | (30 ILCS 120/18) (from Ch. 85, par. 668)
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8 | Sec. 18. Money shall be paid into the Fair and Exposition | ||||||
9 | Fund by the
Illinois Racing Board, as provided in Section 28 of | ||||||
10 | the Illinois Horse
Racing Act of 1975. The General Assembly | ||||||
11 | shall from time to time make
appropriations payable from such | ||||||
12 | fund to the Department for distribution to
county fairs and to
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13 | any
Fair and Exposition Authority that participated in the | ||||||
14 | appropriation in
1999 . Such appropriations shall be
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15 | distributed by the Department to county fairs which are | ||||||
16 | eligible to participate
in appropriations made from the | ||||||
17 | Agricultural Premium Fund but which elect
instead to | ||||||
18 | participate in appropriations made from the Fair and Exposition | ||||||
19 | Fund
and to Fair and Exposition Authorities that participated | ||||||
20 | in the appropriation
in 1999 . If a county has more than
one
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21 | county fair, such fairs shall jointly elect to participate | ||||||
22 | either in
appropriations made from the Agricultural Premium | ||||||
23 | Fund or in appropriations
made from the Fair and Exposition | ||||||
24 | Fund. All participating county fairs of the
same county shall | ||||||
25 | participate in the same appropriation. Except as otherwise
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1 | allowed by the Director, a participant, to be
eligible to | ||||||
2 | expend moneys appropriated from the
Fair and Exposition Fund | ||||||
3 | for the purchase of new or additional land
construction or | ||||||
4 | maintenance of buildings, grounds, facilities, infrastructure,
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5 | or any improvement to the grounds must hold
the land on which | ||||||
6 | such fair or exposition is to be conducted as a fee or under
a | ||||||
7 | lease of at least 20 years, the terms of which require the | ||||||
8 | lessee to have
continuous possession of the land during every | ||||||
9 | day of the lease period, or must be owned by the fair | ||||||
10 | association participating in this disbursement, by an | ||||||
11 | agricultural society, or by a fair and exposition authority.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 94-261, eff. 1-1-06.)
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.
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