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Full Text of HB5617 95th General Assembly

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HB5617 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2007 and 2008
HB5617

Introduced , by Rep. Patrick J Verschoore

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

505 ILCS 130/3   from Ch. 5, par. 553

    Amends the Soybean Marketing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

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A BILL FOR

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1     AN ACT concerning agriculture.

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

4     Section 5. The Soybean Marketing Act is amended by changing
5 Section 3 as follows:

6     (505 ILCS 130/3)  (from Ch. 5, par. 553)
7     Sec. 3. For the purpose of this Act ~~Act~~, unless the context
8 clearly requires otherwise:
9     (a) "Soybean" means and includes all kinds and varieties of
10 soybeans grown in this State and marketed and sold as soybeans
11 by the producer.
12     (b) "Person" means any natural person, partnership,
13 corporation, society, association, representative or other
14 fiduciary.
15     (c) "Producer" means any person engaged in this State in
16 the business of producing and marketing soybeans, unless
17 otherwise defined in marketing program.
18     (d) "First purchaser" means any person who resells soybeans
19 purchased from a producer or offers for sale any product
20 produced from such soybeans for any purpose.
21     (e) "Market Development" means to engage in research and
22 educational programs directed toward better and more efficient
23 utilization of soybeans; to provide methods and means for the

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1 maintenance of present markets; for the development of new and
2 larger domestic and foreign markets.
3     (f) "Marketing program" means any program established
4 under this Act which prescribes procedures for the development
5 of markets for soybeans and soybean products.
6     (g) "Program operating board" means the board established
7 by any marketing program to administer such programs.
8     (h) "Director" means the Director of the Department of
9 Agriculture of the State of Illinois.
10     (i) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the
11 State of Illinois.
12     (j) "Bushel" means 60 pounds of soybeans by weight.
13 (Source: P.A. 83-80.)

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