Full Text of SB1326 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | (20 ILCS 5/5-530 rep.)
| 5 | | Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by repealing Section 5-530. | 7 | | Section 10. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil | 8 | | Administrative
Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | 9 | | 205-40 as follows:
| 10 | | (20 ILCS 205/205-40) (was 20 ILCS 205/40.31)
| 11 | | Sec. 205-40. Export consulting service and standards. The
| 12 | | Department, in cooperation with the
Department of Commerce and | 13 | | Economic Opportunity and the Agricultural
Export Advisory | 14 | | Committee , shall (1) provide a consulting service to
those who | 15 | | desire to export farm products, commodities, and supplies
and
| 16 | | guide them in their efforts to improve trade relations; (2) | 17 | | cooperate
with agencies and instrumentalities of the federal | 18 | | government to develop
export grade standards for farm products, | 19 | | commodities, and supplies
produced in Illinois and adopt | 20 | | reasonable rules and regulations to
ensure that exports of | 21 | | those products,
commodities,
and supplies comply
with those | 22 | | standards; (3) upon request and after inspection of any
such
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| 1 | | farm product, commodity, or supplies, certify compliance or | 2 | | noncompliance
with those standards; (4) provide an | 3 | | informational program to
existing
and potential foreign | 4 | | importers of farm products, commodities, and
supplies; (5) | 5 | | qualify for U. S. Department of Agriculture matching
funds for | 6 | | overseas promotion of farm products, commodities, and supplies
| 7 | | according to the federal requirements regarding State | 8 | | expenditures that
are eligible for matching funds; and (6) | 9 | | provide a consulting service to
persons who desire to export | 10 | | processed or value-added agricultural
products
and assist | 11 | | those persons in ascertaining legal and regulatory
| 12 | | restrictions
and market preferences that affect the sale of | 13 | | value-added
agricultural products
in foreign markets.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
| 15 | | Section 15. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | 16 | | amended by changing Section 28 as follows:
| 17 | | (230 ILCS 5/28) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-28)
| 18 | | Sec. 28. Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 | 19 | | of this Act,
moneys collected shall be distributed according to | 20 | | the provisions of this
Section 28.
| 21 | | (a) Thirty
per cent of the total of all monies received
by | 22 | | the State as privilege taxes shall be paid into the | 23 | | Metropolitan Exposition
Auditorium and Office Building Fund in | 24 | | the State Treasury.
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| 1 | | (b) In addition, 4.5% of the total of all monies received
| 2 | | by the State as privilege taxes shall be paid into the State | 3 | | treasury
into a special Fund to be known as the Metropolitan | 4 | | Exposition,
Auditorium, and Office Building Fund.
| 5 | | (c) Fifty per cent of the total of all monies received by | 6 | | the State
as privilege taxes under the provisions of this Act | 7 | | shall be paid into
the Agricultural Premium Fund.
| 8 | | (d) Seven per cent of the total of all monies received by | 9 | | the State
as privilege taxes shall be paid into the Fair and | 10 | | Exposition Fund in
the State treasury; provided, however, that | 11 | | when all bonds issued prior to
July 1, 1984 by the Metropolitan | 12 | | Fair and Exposition Authority shall have
been paid or payment | 13 | | shall have been provided for upon a refunding of those
bonds, | 14 | | thereafter 1/12 of $1,665,662 of such monies shall be paid each
| 15 | | month into the Build Illinois Fund, and the remainder into the | 16 | | Fair and
Exposition Fund. All excess monies shall be allocated | 17 | | to the Department of
Agriculture for distribution to county | 18 | | fairs for premiums and
rehabilitation as set forth in the | 19 | | Agricultural Fair Act.
| 20 | | (e) The monies provided for in Section 30 shall be paid | 21 | | into the
Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund.
| 22 | | (f) The monies provided for in Section 31 shall be paid | 23 | | into the
Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund.
| 24 | | (g) Until January 1, 2000, that part representing
1/2 of | 25 | | the total breakage in Thoroughbred,
Harness, Appaloosa, | 26 | | Arabian, and Quarter Horse racing in the State shall
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| 1 | | into the Illinois Race Track Improvement Fund as established
in | 2 | | Section 32.
| 3 | | (h) All other monies received by the Board under this Act | 4 | | shall be
paid into the Horse Racing Fund.
| 5 | | (i) The salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards,
| 6 | | directors of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, | 7 | | accountants,
clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other | 8 | | employees of the Board, and
all expenses of the Board incident | 9 | | to the administration of this Act,
including, but not limited | 10 | | to, all expenses and salaries incident to the
taking of saliva | 11 | | and urine samples in accordance with the rules and
regulations | 12 | | of the Board shall be paid out of the Agricultural Premium
| 13 | | Fund.
| 14 | | (j) The Agricultural Premium Fund shall also be used:
| 15 | | (1) for the expenses of operating the Illinois State | 16 | | Fair and the
DuQuoin State Fair, including the
payment of | 17 | | prize money or premiums;
| 18 | | (2) for the distribution to county fairs, vocational | 19 | | agriculture
section fairs, agricultural societies, and | 20 | | agricultural extension clubs
in accordance with the | 21 | | Agricultural Fair Act, as
amended;
| 22 | | (3) for payment of prize monies and premiums awarded | 23 | | and for
expenses incurred in connection with the | 24 | | International Livestock
Exposition and the Mid-Continent | 25 | | Livestock Exposition held in Illinois,
which premiums, and | 26 | | awards must be approved, and paid by the Illinois
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| 1 | | Department of Agriculture;
| 2 | | (4) for personal service of county agricultural | 3 | | advisors and county
home advisors;
| 4 | | (5) for distribution to agricultural home economic | 5 | | extension
councils in accordance with "An Act in relation | 6 | | to additional support
and finance for the Agricultural and | 7 | | Home Economic Extension Councils in
the several counties in | 8 | | this State and making an appropriation
therefor", approved | 9 | | July 24, 1967, as amended;
| 10 | | (6) for research on equine disease, including a | 11 | | development center
therefor;
| 12 | | (7) for training scholarships for study on equine | 13 | | diseases to
students at the University of Illinois College | 14 | | of Veterinary Medicine;
| 15 | | (8) for the rehabilitation, repair and maintenance of
| 16 | | the Illinois and DuQuoin State Fair Grounds and
the | 17 | | structures and facilities thereon and the construction of | 18 | | permanent
improvements on such Fair Grounds, including | 19 | | such structures, facilities and
property located on such
| 20 | | State Fair Grounds which are under the custody and control | 21 | | of the
Department of Agriculture;
| 22 | | (9) (blank); for the expenses of the Department of | 23 | | Agriculture under Section
5-530 of the Departments of State | 24 | | Government Law (20 ILCS
5/5-530);
| 25 | | (10) for the expenses of the Department of Commerce and | 26 | | Economic Opportunity under Sections
605-620, 605-625, and
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| 1 | | 605-630 of the Department of Commerce and Economic | 2 | | Opportunity Law (20 ILCS
605/605-620, 605/605-625, and | 3 | | 605/605-630);
| 4 | | (11) for remodeling, expanding, and reconstructing | 5 | | facilities
destroyed by fire of any Fair and Exposition | 6 | | Authority in counties with
a population of 1,000,000 or | 7 | | more inhabitants;
| 8 | | (12) for the purpose of assisting in the care and | 9 | | general
rehabilitation of veterans with disabilities of | 10 | | any war and their surviving
spouses and orphans;
| 11 | | (13) for expenses of the Department of State Police for | 12 | | duties
performed under this Act;
| 13 | | (14) for the Department of Agriculture for soil surveys | 14 | | and soil and water
conservation purposes;
| 15 | | (15) for the Department of Agriculture for grants to | 16 | | the City of Chicago
for conducting the Chicagofest;
| 17 | | (16) for the State Comptroller for grants and operating | 18 | | expenses authorized by the Illinois Global Partnership | 19 | | Act.
| 20 | | (k) To the extent that monies paid by the Board to the | 21 | | Agricultural
Premium Fund are in the opinion of the Governor in | 22 | | excess of the amount
necessary for the purposes herein stated, | 23 | | the Governor shall notify the
Comptroller and the State | 24 | | Treasurer of such fact, who, upon receipt of
such notification, | 25 | | shall transfer such excess monies from the
Agricultural Premium | 26 | | Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.
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