Full Text of SB1704 101st General Assembly
SB1704sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Linda Holmes Filed: 3/14/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1704
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1704 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Illinois Harvest to Homes Pilot Program Act. | 6 | | Section 3. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | 7 | | finds that: | 8 | | (1) In this State, nearly 1,500,000 people are struggling | 9 | | with hunger and of them 450,000 are children. | 10 | | (2) This State has a potential agricultural surplus of | 11 | | 2,600 acres. | 12 | | (3) Reporting shows that 50% of food grown is lost before | 13 | | consumption, including product that is not suitable for sale, | 14 | | but still edible. | 15 | | (4) Providing funding to connect agricultural surplus with | 16 | | food banks can reduce food insecurity within vulnerable |
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| 1 | | populations. | 2 | | Section 5. Pilot program. Subject to appropriation, the | 3 | | Department of Agriculture, with meaningful input from | 4 | | stakeholders, shall develop an Illinois Harvest to Home Pilot | 5 | | Program for a period of 5 years under which eligible entities | 6 | | may receive funding annually to provide agriculture surplus to | 7 | | communities of need. | 8 | | Section 10. Advisory Council. The program shall be | 9 | | administered by an organization selected by the Department and | 10 | | approved by the advisory council. The organization chosen must | 11 | | be a statewide organization whose membership is food banks. The | 12 | | advisory council will assist in the development of program | 13 | | rules and implementation. The advisory council shall be | 14 | | comprised of: | 15 | | (1) one representative from the Department of Agriculture, | 16 | | designated by the Director of Agriculture; | 17 | | (2) one representative from the Department of Human | 18 | | Services Illinois Commission to End Hunger; | 19 | | (3) one representative from the Emergency Food System | 20 | | Working Group; | 21 | | (4) one representative from the lead organization | 22 | | representing food banks; | 23 | | (5) one representative from the State's largest general | 24 | | farm organization; |
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| 1 | | (6) one representative from the largest statewide | 2 | | organization representing specialty crops; | 3 | | (7) one representative from the largest organization | 4 | | representing farmers markets; | 5 | | (8) one representative from a non-profit organization | 6 | | focused on expanding access to healthy, local, sustainable food | 7 | | in the Chicago area; and | 8 | | (9) one representative from a statewide organization | 9 | | working with farmers that specialize in sustainable and local | 10 | | food. | 11 | | Section 15. Rulemaking. The Department of Agriculture | 12 | | shall adopt rules to implement the program no later than 90 | 13 | | days after the effective date of this Act. These rules shall | 14 | | include, but are not limited to, entities and action eligible | 15 | | for funding, methods to connect growers to food banks and | 16 | | social service agencies, and methods to identify sources of | 17 | | surpluses. Aspects of the program that are eligible for funding | 18 | | may include: | 19 | | (1) reimbursement to growers for picking, packing, and | 20 | | processing agricultural surplus; | 21 | | (2) transportation to the food banks and social service | 22 | | agencies; | 23 | | (3) reimbursement to food banks and social service agencies | 24 | | for storage and distribution costs; | 25 | | (4) capacity building grants for food banks and social |
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| 1 | | service agencies to invest in facility upgrades for processing | 2 | | agricultural surplus; | 3 | | (5) marketing and promotional activities related to the | 4 | | pilot program; and | 5 | | (6) program administration. | 6 | | Section 20. Reporting. An annual report shall be submitted | 7 | | from the advisory council, lead organization, and Department of | 8 | | Agriculture annually. After 3 years from the date of | 9 | | implementation of the Illinois Harvest to Homes Pilot Program | 10 | | and after 5 years from the date of implementation of the pilot | 11 | | program, the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with | 12 | | the Department of Human Services Commission to End Hunger shall | 13 | | submit a report to the General Assembly which documents the | 14 | | number of people served by the program information regarding | 15 | | the program's implementation. | 16 | | Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2026.
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.".
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