Full Text of HB5029 100th General Assembly
HB5029 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5029 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 205/205-15 | was 20 ILCS 205/40.7 and 205/40.8 |
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Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative
Code of Illinois. Provides that "agribusiness" means a business or businesses under the same name or ownership that are collectively associated with the production, processing, or distribution of agricultural products, or an organization that promotes the economic well-being and expansion of this State's agriculture industry. Effective immediately.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| | 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil | | 5 | | Administrative
Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | | 6 | | 205-15 as follows:
| | 7 | | (20 ILCS 205/205-15) (was 20 ILCS 205/40.7 and 205/40.8)
| | 8 | | Sec. 205-15. Promotional activities.
| | 9 | | (a) The Department has the power to encourage and promote, | | 10 | | in every
practicable manner,
the interests of agriculture, | | 11 | | including horticulture, the livestock
industry, dairying, | | 12 | | cheese making, poultry, bee keeping, forestry, the
production | | 13 | | of wool, and all other allied industries. In furtherance of
the | | 14 | | duties set forth in this Section, the Department may
establish | | 15 | | trust
funds and bank accounts in adequately protected financial | | 16 | | institutions
to receive and disburse monies in connection with | | 17 | | the conduct of food
shows, food expositions, trade shows, and | | 18 | | other promotional activities and
to
sell
at cost, to qualified | | 19 | | applicants, signs designating farms that
have been
owned for | | 20 | | 100
years
or more,
150 years or more, or 200 years or more
by | | 21 | | lineal or collateral descendants of the same family as
| | 22 | | "Centennial Farms", "Sesquicentennial Farms", or "Bicentennial | | 23 | | Farms" respectively. The
Department shall provide applications |
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| | 1 | | for the signs, which shall
be submitted
with the
required fee. | | 2 | | "Centennial Farms",
"Sesquicentennial Farms", and | | 3 | | "Bicentennial Farms"
signs shall not contain within their
| | 4 | | design
the name,
picture, or other likeness of any elected | | 5 | | public official or any appointed
public official.
| | 6 | | (b) The Department has the power to promote improved
| | 7 | | methods of conducting the several
industries described in | | 8 | | subsection (a) with a view to increasing the
production and | | 9 | | facilitating the
distribution thereof at the least cost.
| | 10 | | (c) The Department may sell at cost, to qualified | | 11 | | applicants, signs designating an agribusiness that has been | | 12 | | operated for 100 years or more or more than 150 years or more | | 13 | | as the same agribusiness. As used in this subsection (c), | | 14 | | "agribusiness" means a business or businesses under the same | | 15 | | name or ownership that are collectively associated with the | | 16 | | production, processing, or and distribution of agricultural | | 17 | | products, or an organization that promotes the economic | | 18 | | well-being and expansion of this State's agriculture industry. | | 19 | | The Department shall provide applications for the signs, which | | 20 | | shall be submitted with the required fee. | | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 99-823, eff. 1-1-17; 99-824, eff. 8-16-16; | | 22 | | 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
| | 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | | 24 | | becoming law.
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