Public Act 90-0094 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0094
HB1289 Enrolled LRB9004427NTsb
AN ACT to amend the Food and Agriculture Research Act by
changing Section 15.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Food and Agriculture Research Act is
amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
(505 ILCS 82/15)
Sec. 15. Allocation of funds. Appropriations for the
purposes of this Act shall be made to the Illinois Department
of Agriculture, which shall allocate funds appropriated under
this Act to the following entities providing each the pro
rata share indicated: the Illinois Agricultural Experiment
Station, 82%; Southern Illinois University College of
Agriculture, 11%; Illinois State University Department of
Agriculture, 4%; Western Illinois University Department of
Agriculture, 3%. Three years after the effective date of
this Act and every 3 years thereafter, the Director of
Agriculture shall review these percentages, ascertain their
appropriateness, and report to the General Assembly.
To offset the cost of administering the appropriation,
the Department of Agriculture may retain $50,000 or 1/2 of 1%
of the total appropriation, whichever is less.
To offset the cost of members of C-FAR incurred while
performing their duties as official group representatives, up
to 1% of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this Act
may be allocated by the Department of Agriculture to cover
these expenses. Members shall serve without compensation,
but shall be reimbursed for ordinary and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties. The
reimbursement rates shall not exceed those rates that apply
to State employees.
(Source: P.A. 89-182, eff. 7-19-95.)