(505 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 403)
Sec. 3.
Department to
administer Act - Rules and regulations - Guidance of Federal Seed Act.
The Department shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the
method of labeling, sampling, inspecting, analyzing, testing, and examining of
agricultural, vegetable, and other seeds, establish tolerances for purity
and germination and other factors, set and collect reasonable charges for
tests, sampling, and annual permit fees and adopt, after a public hearing, such
reasonable rules and regulations necessary to secure effective enforcement
of the Act, including the promulgation of definitions of terms relating to
the enforcement of this Act.
All fees collected under the provisions of this Act shall be paid to the
General Revenue Fund, State Treasury.
When seed labeling, terms, methods of sampling and analysis, and
tolerances are not specifically stated in this Act or otherwise designated
by the Department, the Department shall, in order to promote uniformity, be
guided by officially recognized associations, or regulations under The
Federal Seed Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-717.)
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