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90_HB1289
505 ILCS 82/15
Amends the Food and Agriculture Research Act to provide
that to offset the costs of C-FAR membership, the Department
of Agriculture may retain 0.03% of the total appropriation
for the purposes of this Act. Provides that members shall
serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for
ordinary and necessary expenses.
LRB9004427NTsb
LRB9004427NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Food and Agriculture Research Act by
2 changing Section 15.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Food and Agriculture Research Act is
6 amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
7 (505 ILCS 82/15)
8 Sec. 15. Allocation of funds. Appropriations for the
9 purposes of this Act shall be made to the Illinois Department
10 of Agriculture, which shall allocate funds appropriated under
11 this Act to the following entities providing each the pro
12 rata share indicated: the Illinois Agricultural Experiment
13 Station, 82%; Southern Illinois University College of
14 Agriculture, 11%; Illinois State University Department of
15 Agriculture, 4%; Western Illinois University Department of
16 Agriculture, 3%. Three years after the effective date of
17 this Act and every 3 years thereafter, the Director of
18 Agriculture shall review these percentages, ascertain their
19 appropriateness, and report to the General Assembly.
20 To offset the cost of administering the appropriation,
21 the Department of Agriculture may retain $50,000 or 1/2 of 1%
22 of the total appropriation, whichever is less.
23 To offset the costs of C-FAR membership incurred while
24 members of C-FAR are performing their duties as members, the
25 Department of Agriculture may retain 0.03% of the total
26 appropriation. Members of C-FAR shall serve without
27 compensation, but the Department of Agriculture shall
28 reimburse the members for any ordinary and necessary expenses
29 incurred in the performance of their duties as members. The
30 reimbursement rate shall not exceed that of the rate that
31 applies to State employees.
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1 (Source: P.A. 89-182, eff. 7-19-95.)