HB4318eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  
 

 
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil 
5Administrative
Code of Illinois is amended  by changing Section 
6205-15 as follows:
 



7    (20 ILCS 205/205-15)  (was 20 ILCS 205/40.7 and 205/40.8)



8    Sec. 205-15. Promotional activities. 

9    (a) The Department has the power to encourage and promote, 
10in every
practicable manner,
the interests of agriculture, 
11including horticulture, the livestock
industry, dairying, 
12cheese making, poultry, bee keeping, forestry, the
production 
13of wool, and all other allied industries.   In furtherance of
the 
14duties set forth in this subsection (a), the Department may

15establish trust
funds and bank accounts in adequately protected 
16financial institutions
to receive and disburse monies in 
17connection with the conduct of food
shows, food expositions, 
18trade shows, and other promotional activities and
to
sell
at 
19cost, to qualified applicants, signs designating farms that

20have been
owned for 100
years
or more
or 150 years or more
by 
21lineal or collateral descendants of the same family as

22"Centennial Farms" or "Sesquicentennial Farms", respectively.  
23The
Department shall provide applications for the signs, which 
 
 
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1shall
be submitted
with the
required fee.  "Centennial Farms"

2and "Sesquicentennial Farms"
signs shall not contain within 
3their
design
the name,
picture, or other likeness of any 
4elected public official or any appointed
public official.

5    (b) The Department has the power to promote improved

6methods of conducting the several
industries described in 
7subsection (a) with a view to increasing the
production and 
8facilitating the
distribution thereof at the least cost.

9    (c)   The Department may sell at cost, to qualified 
10applicants, signs designating an agribusiness that has been 
11operated for 100 years or more or more than 150 years or more 
12as the same agribusiness. As used in this  subsection (c), 
13"agribusiness" means a business or businesses under the same 
14name or ownership that are collectively associated with the 
15production, processing, and distribution of agricultural 
16products. 
17(Source: P.A. 90-598, eff. 1-1-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-717, 
18eff. 6-2-00.)