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Public Act 099-0183


 

Public Act 0183 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  

 


 
Public Act 099-0183
 
HB3747 EnrolledLRB099 11123 AWJ 31562 b

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

Effective Date: 07/29/2015