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Public Act 099-0823 |
HB4318 Enrolled | LRB099 14578 MGM 38710 b |
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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 subsection (a) , 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
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to
sell
at cost, to qualified applicants, signs designating |
farms that
have been
owned for 100
years
or more
or 150 years |
or more
by lineal or collateral descendants of the same family |
as
"Centennial Farms" or "Sesquicentennial Farms", |
respectively. The
Department shall provide applications for |