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| Public Act 100-0846 | ||||
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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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Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil | ||||
Administrative
Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | ||||
205-15 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 205/205-15) (was 20 ILCS 205/40.7 and 205/40.8)
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Sec. 205-15. Promotional activities.
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(a) The Department has the power to encourage and promote, | ||||
in every
practicable manner,
the interests of agriculture, | ||||
including horticulture, the livestock
industry, dairying, | ||||
cheese making, poultry, bee keeping, forestry, the
production | ||||
of wool, and all other allied industries. In furtherance of
the | ||||
duties set forth in this Section, the Department may
establish | ||||
trust
funds and bank accounts in adequately protected financial | ||||
institutions
to receive and disburse monies in connection with | ||||
the conduct of food
shows, food expositions, trade shows, and | ||||
other promotional activities and
to
sell
at cost, to qualified | ||||
applicants, signs designating farms that
have been
owned for | ||||
100
years
or more,
150 years or more, or 200 years or more
by | ||||
lineal or collateral descendants of the same family as
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"Centennial Farms", "Sesquicentennial Farms", or "Bicentennial | ||||
Farms" respectively. The
Department shall provide applications | ||||
for the signs, which shall
be submitted
with the
required fee. | ||
"Centennial Farms",
"Sesquicentennial Farms", and | ||
"Bicentennial Farms"
signs shall not contain within their
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design
the name,
picture, or other likeness of any elected | ||
public official or any appointed
public official.
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(b) The Department has the power to promote improved
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methods of conducting the several
industries described in | ||
subsection (a) with a view to increasing the
production and | ||
facilitating the
distribution thereof at the least cost.
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(c) The Department may sell at cost, to qualified | ||
applicants, signs designating an agribusiness that has been | ||
operated for 100 years or more or more than 150 years or more | ||
as the same agribusiness. As used in this subsection (c), | ||
"agribusiness" means a business or businesses under the same | ||
name or ownership that are collectively associated with the | ||
production, processing, or and distribution of agricultural | ||
products, or an organization that promotes the economic | ||
well-being and expansion of this State's agriculture industry. | ||
The Department shall provide applications for the signs, which | ||
shall be submitted with the required fee. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-823, eff. 1-1-17; 99-824, eff. 8-16-16; | ||
100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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