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Public Act 100-0110
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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(20 ILCS 5/5-530 rep.)
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Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
amended by repealing Section 5-530.
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Section 10. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil |
Administrative
Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section |
205-40 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 205/205-40) (was 20 ILCS 205/40.31)
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Sec. 205-40. Export consulting service and standards. The
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Department, in cooperation with the
Department of Commerce and |
Economic Opportunity and the Agricultural
Export Advisory |
Committee, shall (1) provide a consulting service to
those who |
desire to export farm products, commodities, and supplies
and
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guide them in their efforts to improve trade relations; (2) |
cooperate
with agencies and instrumentalities of the federal |
government to develop
export grade standards for farm products, |
commodities, and supplies
produced in Illinois and adopt |
reasonable rules and regulations to
ensure that exports of |
those products,
commodities,
and supplies comply
with those |
standards; (3) upon request and after inspection of any
such
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farm product, commodity, or supplies, certify compliance or |
noncompliance
with those standards; (4) provide an |
informational program to
existing
and potential foreign |
importers of farm products, commodities, and
supplies; (5) |
qualify for U. S. Department of Agriculture matching
funds for |
overseas promotion of farm products, commodities, and supplies
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according to the federal requirements regarding State |
expenditures that
are eligible for matching funds; and (6) |
provide a consulting service to
persons who desire to export |
processed or value-added agricultural
products
and assist |
those persons in ascertaining legal and regulatory
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restrictions
and market preferences that affect the sale of |
value-added
agricultural products
in foreign markets.
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(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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Section 15. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is |
amended by changing Section 28 as follows:
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(230 ILCS 5/28) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-28)
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Sec. 28. Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 |
of this Act,
moneys collected shall be distributed according to |
the provisions of this
Section 28.
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(a) Thirty
per cent of the total of all monies received
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the State as privilege taxes shall be paid into the |
Metropolitan Exposition
Auditorium and Office Building Fund in |
the State Treasury.
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(b) In addition, 4.5% of the total of all monies received
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by the State as privilege taxes shall be paid into the State |
treasury
into a special Fund to be known as the Metropolitan |
Exposition,
Auditorium, and Office Building Fund.
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(c) Fifty per cent of the total of all monies received by |
the State
as privilege taxes under the provisions of this Act |
shall be paid into
the Agricultural Premium Fund.
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(d) Seven per cent of the total of all monies received by |
the State
as privilege taxes shall be paid into the Fair and |
Exposition Fund in
the State treasury; provided, however, that |
when all bonds issued prior to
July 1, 1984 by the Metropolitan |
Fair and Exposition Authority shall have
been paid or payment |
shall have been provided for upon a refunding of those
bonds, |
thereafter 1/12 of $1,665,662 of such monies shall be paid each
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month into the Build Illinois Fund, and the remainder into the |
Fair and
Exposition Fund. All excess monies shall be allocated |
to the Department of
Agriculture for distribution to county |
fairs for premiums and
rehabilitation as set forth in the |
Agricultural Fair Act.
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(e) The monies provided for in Section 30 shall be paid |
into the
Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund.
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(f) The monies provided for in Section 31 shall be paid |
into the
Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund.
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(g) Until January 1, 2000, that part representing
1/2 of |
the total breakage in Thoroughbred,
Harness, Appaloosa, |
Arabian, and Quarter Horse racing in the State shall
be paid |
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into the Illinois Race Track Improvement Fund as established
in |
Section 32.
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(h) All other monies received by the Board under this Act |
shall be
paid into the Horse Racing Fund.
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(i) The salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards,
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directors of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, |
accountants,
clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other |
employees of the Board, and
all expenses of the Board incident |
to the administration of this Act,
including, but not limited |
to, all expenses and salaries incident to the
taking of saliva |
and urine samples in accordance with the rules and
regulations |
of the Board shall be paid out of the Agricultural Premium
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Fund.
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(j) The Agricultural Premium Fund shall also be used:
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(1) for the expenses of operating the Illinois State |
Fair and the
DuQuoin State Fair, including the
payment of |
prize money or premiums;
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(2) for the distribution to county fairs, vocational |
agriculture
section fairs, agricultural societies, and |
agricultural extension clubs
in accordance with the |
Agricultural Fair Act, as
amended;
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(3) for payment of prize monies and premiums awarded |
and for
expenses incurred in connection with the |
International Livestock
Exposition and the Mid-Continent |
Livestock Exposition held in Illinois,
which premiums, and |
awards must be approved, and paid by the Illinois
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Department of Agriculture;
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(4) for personal service of county agricultural |
advisors and county
home advisors;
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(5) for distribution to agricultural home economic |
extension
councils in accordance with "An Act in relation |
to additional support
and finance for the Agricultural and |
Home Economic Extension Councils in
the several counties in |
this State and making an appropriation
therefor", approved |
July 24, 1967, as amended;
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(6) for research on equine disease, including a |
development center
therefor;
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(7) for training scholarships for study on equine |
diseases to
students at the University of Illinois College |
of Veterinary Medicine;
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(8) for the rehabilitation, repair and maintenance of
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the Illinois and DuQuoin State Fair Grounds and
the |
structures and facilities thereon and the construction of |
permanent
improvements on such Fair Grounds, including |
such structures, facilities and
property located on such
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State Fair Grounds which are under the custody and control |
of the
Department of Agriculture;
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(9) (blank); for the expenses of the Department of |
Agriculture under Section
5-530 of the Departments of State |
Government Law (20 ILCS
5/5-530);
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(10) for the expenses of the Department of Commerce and |
Economic Opportunity under Sections
605-620, 605-625, and
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605-630 of the Department of Commerce and Economic |
Opportunity Law (20 ILCS
605/605-620, 605/605-625, and |
605/605-630);
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(11) for remodeling, expanding, and reconstructing |
facilities
destroyed by fire of any Fair and Exposition |
Authority in counties with
a population of 1,000,000 or |
more inhabitants;
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(12) for the purpose of assisting in the care and |
general
rehabilitation of veterans with disabilities of |
any war and their surviving
spouses and orphans;
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(13) for expenses of the Department of State Police for |
duties
performed under this Act;
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(14) for the Department of Agriculture for soil surveys |
and soil and water
conservation purposes;
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(15) for the Department of Agriculture for grants to |
the City of Chicago
for conducting the Chicagofest;
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(16) for the State Comptroller for grants and operating |
expenses authorized by the Illinois Global Partnership |
Act.
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(k) To the extent that monies paid by the Board to the |
Agricultural
Premium Fund are in the opinion of the Governor in |
excess of the amount
necessary for the purposes herein stated, |
the Governor shall notify the
Comptroller and the State |
Treasurer of such fact, who, upon receipt of
such notification, |
shall transfer such excess monies from the
Agricultural Premium |
Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
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