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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 953
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 953 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Illinois Seed Law is amended by changing
5 Section 4.2 as follows:
6 (505 ILCS 110/4.2) (from Ch. 5, par. 404.2)
7 Sec. 4.2. All agricultural seeds must be labeled with:
8 (1) The name of the kind or kinds and variety for each
9 agricultural seed component present in excess of 5% of the
10 whole and the percentage by weight of each except as provided
11 by regulation: provided, that if the variety of those kinds
12 generally labeled as to variety as designated in the
13 regulations is not stated, the label shall show the name of
14 the kind and the words, "Variety Not Stated". Hybrids shall
15 be labeled as hybrids.
16 (2) Lot number or other lot identification.
17 (3) Origin (State or foreign country), if known, of
18 alfalfa, red clover and field corn (except hybrid corn). If
19 the origin is unknown, the fact shall be stated.
20 (4) Percentage by weight of all weed seeds except as
21 provided by regulation.
22 (5) The name and approximate number of each kind of
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1 restricted noxious weed seed, per pound in groups (a), (b),
2 (c) and (d), when present singly or collectively in excess of
3 (a) Eighty seeds or bulblets per pound of Agrostis spp., Poa
4 spp., Rhodesgrass, Bermudagrass, timothy, orchardgrass, fine
5 textured fescues, alsike and white clover, reed canarygrass,
6 dallisgrass, and other agricultural seeds of similar size and
7 weight, or mixtures within this group;
8 (b) Thirty-two seeds or bulblets per pound of ryegrass,
9 meadow and tall fescues, foxtail millet, crownvetch, alfalfa,
10 red clover, sweetclovers, lespedezas, smooth bromegrass,
11 crimson clover, flax, Agropyron spp., and other agricultural
12 seeds of similar size and weight, or mixtures within this
13 group, or of this group with (a);
14 (c) Sixteen seeds or bulblets per pound of proso,
15 Sudangrass and other agricultural seeds of similar size and
16 weight, or mixtures not specified in (a), (b), or (d);
17 (d) Four seeds or bulblets per pound of wheat, oats,
18 rye, barley, buckwheat, sorghums (except Sudangrass), vetches
19 and other agricultural seeds of a size and weight similar to
20 or greater than those within this group, or any mixtures
21 within this group.
22 (6) Percentage by weight of agricultural seeds (which
23 may be designated as "crop seeds") other than those required
24 to be named on the label.
25 (7) Percentage by weight of inert matter.
26 (8) For each named agricultural seed:
27 (a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard or
28 dormant seed.
29 (b) Percentage of hard or dormant seeds, if present.
30 (c) The calendar month and year the test was completed
31 to determine such percentages.
32 Following (a) and (b) the "total germination and hard or
33 dormant seed" may be stated as such, if desired.
34 (9) Name, and address, and toll-free number of the
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1 person who labeled said seed, or who sells, offers or exposes
2 said seed for sale within this State.
3 (Source: P.A. 85-717.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.".