Full Text of HB4769 93rd General Assembly
HB4769 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB4769
Introduced 02/04/04, by Robert W. Pritchard, Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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30 ILCS 105/5.625 new |
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Creates the David A. Wirsing Food Animal Institute Act. Establishes the David A. Wirsing Food Animal Institute
to review and encourage research and to disseminate information about the
food animal industry. Provides that the Institute is governed by a Board
appointed by the Governor. Sets the powers of the Institute. Requires the
Institute to annually report to the Governor, the Clerk of the House, and the
Secretary of Senate. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Food Animal
Institute Fund, a special fund within the State treasury to be appropriated for
the Institute's activities. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning food animals.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the David | 5 |
| A. Wirsing Food Animal Institute
Act.
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| Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| "Board" means the governing board of the David A. Wirsing | 8 |
| Food Animal Institute.
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| "Institute" means the David A. Wirsing Food Animal | 10 |
| Institute.
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| "Food animal" includes, but is not limited to, beef cattle, | 12 |
| swine, sheep,
dairy cattle, turkeys, chickens, and aquaculture | 13 |
| products.
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| "Allied agribusiness" means any related agribusiness, such | 15 |
| as the feed
industry, financial
institutions, the food animal | 16 |
| or food animal processing industry, farm
equipment or
implement
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| dealers or manufacturers, crop production, pharmaceuticals, or | 18 |
| nutraceuticals.
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| "Non-agribusiness" means conservation groups, dieticians, | 20 |
| food processors,
consumers,
and animal health and well-being | 21 |
| groups.
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| Section 10. Institute established; purpose. The David A. | 23 |
| Wirsing Food Animal Institute is
established to
review and | 24 |
| encourage research through peer review, to publish and | 25 |
| disseminate
unbiased
information about all aspects of the food | 26 |
| animal industry, anticipating issues
with a vision for the | 27 |
| future of Illinois agriculture, and to maintain
comprehensive
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| information systems for the improvement and enhancement of all | 29 |
| aspects of the
food
animal industry, all for the benefit of the | 30 |
| public, the General Assembly, the
Governor's
Office,
and other | 31 |
| State and local government agencies.
The Institute must fulfill |
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| its purposes with unbiased integrity.
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| Section 15. Governing board. The Institute is governed by | 3 |
| a board of 15
voting members who are appointed by the Governor | 4 |
| and who must ensure unbiased
information.
Five of the | 5 |
| Governor's appointees
must represent food animal production. | 6 |
| Five of the Governor's
appointees must
represent allied | 7 |
| agribusiness aspects of the food animal industry. Five of the
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| Governor's appointees must represent other, non-agribusiness | 9 |
| aspects of the
food animal industry.
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| The board must also include, as non-voting members, the | 11 |
| dean or department
chairperson or his or her designated | 12 |
| representative of the following
institutions:
the University | 13 |
| of Illinois College of ACES, the
University of Illinois College | 14 |
| of Veterinary Medicine,
the Southern Illinois University | 15 |
| College of Agriculture,
the Western Illinois University | 16 |
| Agriculture Department, and the Illinois State
University | 17 |
| Agriculture Department.
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| Section 20. Appointment; terms. Initial appointees to the | 19 |
| board serve the
following terms as designated by the Governor: | 20 |
| 5 for a term of one year; 5 for
a term of 2 years; and 5 for a | 21 |
| term of 3 years. Subsequent appointees serve
terms of 3 years. | 22 |
| A vacancy is filled by appointment for the remainder of the
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| unexpired term. Members may be reappointed to the board. If the | 24 |
| Governor
fails to appoint a member or to fill a vacancy within | 25 |
| 90 days after a member's
term expires or a vacancy occurs, the | 26 |
| remaining board members must make the
appointment by majority | 27 |
| vote.
A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the | 28 |
| remainder of the
unexpired term or until a
successor is | 29 |
| qualified.
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| Section 25. Operation of the board.
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| (a) Upon appointment of the board's initial members, the | 32 |
| Director of
Agriculture shall convene the first meeting of the | 33 |
| board for the purpose of
selecting a
chairperson and |
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| considering other matters of business of the Institute.
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| board annually thereafter, in January
or the first meeting of | 3 |
| each year,
must select a
chairperson from among its number. A | 4 |
| chairperson may be re-elected but may
not serve more than 3 | 5 |
| consecutive years. The board meets at the call of the
chair. A | 6 |
| quorum is necessary for action by the board; 8 voting members | 7 |
| of the
board
constitute a quorum,
unless a vacancy exists among | 8 |
| the board's voting members. If a vacancy exists,
then a quorum
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| of the board
consists of a simple majority of the voting | 10 |
| members.
Members of the board may receive no compensation but
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| must
be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the actual | 12 |
| performance of their duties.
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| (b) The board:
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| (1) may have and use a common seal and alter the seal | 15 |
| at its
discretion;
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| (2) may adopt all necessary resolutions, protocols, | 17 |
| and by-laws;
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| (3) may enter into agreements with State agencies; | 19 |
| (4) may enter into agreements with and accept funds | 20 |
| from federal
agencies, trade associations, industry | 21 |
| organizations, universities and their
sub-units, | 22 |
| foundations, and other not-for-profit and private | 23 |
| industries to
carry out the purposes of the Institute;
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| (5) may establish reserve funds and accounts that may | 25 |
| be necessary or
desirable to accomplish the purposes of the | 26 |
| Institute; and
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| (6) has and may exercise all powers and is subject to | 28 |
| all duties
commonly
incident to boards of directors.
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| Section 30. Expenses. The
board
has the authority to pay | 30 |
| administrative expenses including salary,
wages, and
fringe
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| benefits; operation and maintenance expenses, travel, supply, | 32 |
| and printing
expenses,
rental
and rental related expenses, and | 33 |
| costs of capital purchases and improvements;
contract and
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| contractual
expenses; and other expenses deemed appropriate by | 35 |
| the board. The board is
authorized
to establish a fee structure |
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| and charge fees for publications and duplicating
expenses.
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| Revenue from those fees must be deposited into the Food Animal | 3 |
| Institute Fund.
No charges or fees may be authorized or charged | 4 |
| to members of the
General
Assembly or the Governor's Office.
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| Section 35. Report. The Institute must report annually on | 6 |
| January 1 to the
Governor, the
Clerk of the
House of | 7 |
| Representatives, and the Secretary of the Senate upon the | 8 |
| Institute's
activities
in
the preceding 12 months. The report | 9 |
| is a public record open for
inspection at the
office of the | 10 |
| Institute and, among other matters, must include an assessment
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| of the
current
state of the food animal industry in Illinois | 12 |
| and recommendations for
new
initiatives and efforts to further | 13 |
| enhance and best position the food animal
industry in
Illinois.
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| Section 40. Food Animal Institute Fund. The Food Animal | 15 |
| Institute Fund is
created as a
special fund
in the State | 16 |
| treasury. Grants, fees, and other moneys
obtained
by the
David | 17 |
| A. Wirsing Food
Animal Institute from governmental entities, | 18 |
| private sources, foundations,
trade
associations, industry | 19 |
| organizations, and not-for-profit organizations for
use in
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| furthering the purposes of the Institute may be deposited into | 21 |
| the Fund. Moneys
in the
Fund may be used by the Institute for | 22 |
| undertaking
projects, programs, and other
activities
and for | 23 |
| the operating and other expenses of the Institute as it | 24 |
| fulfills its
duties and
responsibilities.
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| Section 45. Use of funds. The Institute
shall: (i) collect | 26 |
| and
disseminate research data, results, or conclusions and | 27 |
| disseminate it to the
public, the General
Assembly,
State | 28 |
| agencies, and others who request it; (ii) provide unbiased | 29 |
| analysis of
research findings, including economic impacts on | 30 |
| the State and the food animal
industry; (iii) provide, if | 31 |
| needed, for peer review of research and research
proposals for | 32 |
| scientific merit, objectives, methods, and procedures; (iv)
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| coordinate its activities with
public research and education |
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| programs; and (v) initiate other activities that
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| and necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the Institute
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| under this Act.
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| Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 5 |
| Section
5.625 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.625 new)
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| Sec. 5.625. The Food Animal Institute Fund.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 |
| becoming law. |
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