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91_HB2533 BOB-AGRI2000 1 AN ACT making appropriations. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. The following named amounts, or so much 5 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 6 and purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 7 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 8 Agriculture: 9 FOR OPERATIONS 10 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 11 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 12 For Personal Services ........................ $ 1,803,100 13 For Employee Retirement Contributions 14 Paid by Employer ............................ 72,100 15 For State Contributions to State 16 Employees' Retirement System ................ 175,200 17 For State Contributions to 18 Social Security ............................. 137,800 19 For Contractual Services ..................... 62,400 20 For Travel ................................... 12,000 21 For Commodities .............................. 23,900 22 For Printing ................................. 8,600 23 For Equipment ................................ 10,000 24 For Telecommunications Services .............. 42,700 25 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 15,200 26 For Refunds .................................. 16,500 27 For the Expenses of the Board of Agricultural 28 Advisors and Advisory Board of Livestock 29 Commissioners ............................... 1,000 30 For Expenses of the Divisional Advisory 31 Boards ...................................... 2,000 32 For Deposit into the Agricultural -2- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Premium Fund ................................ 3,797,900 2 Total $6,180,400 3 Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund: 4 For Personal Services ........................ $ 492,300 5 For Employee Retirement Contributions 6 Paid by Employer ............................ 19,900 7 For State Contributions to State 8 Employees' Retirement System ................ 48,200 9 For State Contributions to 10 Social Security ............................. 37,700 11 For Group Insurance .......................... 64,000 12 For Contractual Services ..................... 20,000 13 For Travel ................................... 19,700 14 For Commodities .............................. 1,000 15 For Printing ................................. 1,000 16 For Equipment ................................ 8,000 17 For Telecommunications Services .............. 1,000 18 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 1,000 19 Total $713,800 20 Payable from the Illinois Rural 21 Rehabilitation Fund: 22 For Illinois' part in administration 23 of Titles I and II of the federal 24 Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act: 25 For Operations ....................................$ 26,900 26 Section 1A. The sum of $10,141,000, or so much thereof 27 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agricultural 28 Premium Fund to the Department of Agriculture for deposit 29 into the State Cooperative Extension Service Trust Fund. 30 Section 2. The following named amounts, or so much 31 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 32 to the Department of Agriculture for: -3- BOB-AGRI2000 1 ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING - ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 2 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 3 For Personal Services ........................ $ 697,800 4 For Employee Retirement Contributions 5 Paid by Employer ............................ 27,900 6 For State Contributions to State 7 Employees' Retirement System ................ 67,800 8 For State Contributions to 9 Social Security ............................. 53,700 10 For Contractual Services ..................... 171,000 11 For Commodities .............................. 8,500 12 For Printing ................................. 11,900 13 For Equipment ................................ 112,500 14 For Telecommunications Services .............. 21,600 15 Total $1,172,700 16 Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund: 17 For Personal Services ........................ $ 37,100 18 For Employee Retirement Contributions 19 Paid by Employer ............................ 1,500 20 For State Contributions to State 21 Employees' Retirement System ................ 3,600 22 For State Contributions to 23 Social Security ............................. 2,800 24 For Contractual Services ..................... 5,800 25 Total $50,800 26 Section 3. The following named amounts, or so much 27 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 28 and purposes hereinafter named are appropriated to meet the 29 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 30 Agriculture: 31 FOR OPERATIONS 32 AGRICULTURE REGULATION 33 Payable from General Revenue Fund: -4- BOB-AGRI2000 1 For Personal Services ........................ $ 2,958,500 2 For Employee Retirement Contributions 3 Paid by Employer ............................ 118,300 4 For State Contributions to State 5 Employees' Retirement System ................ 287,400 6 For State Contributions to 7 Social Security ............................. 228,500 8 For Contractual Services ..................... 70,800 9 For Travel ................................... 250,000 10 For Commodities .............................. 49,700 11 For Printing ................................. 5,700 12 For Equipment ................................ 101,700 13 For Telecommunications Services .............. 41,800 14 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 32,000 15 Total $4,144,400 16 Section 3A. The sum of $525,000, or so much thereof as 17 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Fertilizer Control 18 Fund to the Department of Agriculture for Fertilizer 19 Research. 20 Section 3B. The following named sums, or so much thereof 21 as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 22 Agriculture for Feed Control. 23 Payable from the Feed Control Fund ...........$ 850,000 24 Section 4. The following named sums, or so much thereof 25 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 26 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 27 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 28 Agriculture: 29 MARKETING 30 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 31 For Personal Services ........................ $ 723,300 -5- BOB-AGRI2000 1 For Employee Retirement Contributions 2 Paid by Employer ............................ 28,900 3 For State Contributions to State 4 Employees' Retirement System ................ 70,300 5 For State Contributions to 6 Social Security ............................. 55,300 7 For Contractual Services ..................... 13,500 8 For Travel ................................... 11,300 9 For Commodities .............................. 9,600 10 For Printing ................................. 7,100 11 For Equipment ................................ 14,000 12 For Telecommunications Services .............. 35,700 13 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 8,300 14 Total $977,300 15 Payable from Agricultural 16 Premium Fund: 17 For Expenses Connected With the Promotion 18 and Marketing of Illinois Products 19 and Agriculture Exports .......................$ 1,731,300 20 For Implementation of programs 21 and activities to promote, develop 22 and enhance the biotechnology 23 industry in Illinois .......................... $ 140,000 24 Payable from Agricultural Marketing 25 Services Fund: 26 For administering Illinois' part under Public 27 Law No. 733, "An Act to provide for further 28 research into basic laws and principles 29 relating to agriculture and to improve 30 and facilitate the marketing and 31 distribution of agricultural products" ............$ 4,000 32 Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much 33 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated -6- BOB-AGRI2000 1 to the Department of Agriculture for: 2 ANIMAL INDUSTRIES 3 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 4 For Personal Services ........................ $ 3,409,900 5 For Employee Retirement Contributions 6 Paid by Employer ............................ 136,400 7 For State Contributions to State 8 Employees' Retirement System ................ 331,200 9 For State Contributions to 10 Social Security ............................. 256,400 11 For Contractual Services ..................... 847,100 12 For Travel ................................... 95,000 13 For Commodities .............................. 375,600 14 For Printing ................................. 15,800 15 For Equipment ................................ 113,000 16 For Telecommunications Services .............. 47,600 17 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 58,200 18 For Swine Disease Research ................... 42,700 19 For Bovine Disease Research .................. 20,200 20 Total $5,749,100 21 Payable from the Illinois Department 22 of Agriculture Laboratory 23 Services Revolving Fund: 24 For Expenses Authorized 25 by the Animal Disease 26 Laboratories Act ................................$ 500,000 27 Payable from the Agriculture 28 Federal Projects Fund: 29 For Expenses of Various 30 Federal Projects ................................$ 300,000 31 Section 6. The following named amounts, or so much 32 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 33 to the Department of Agriculture for: -7- BOB-AGRI2000 1 BUREAU OF MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION 2 Payable from the General Revenue Fund 3 For Personal Services ........................ $ 2,941,700 4 For Employee Retirement Contributions 5 Paid by Employer ............................ 117,600 6 For State Contributions to State 7 Employees' Retirement System ................ 285,800 8 For State Contributions to 9 Social Security ............................. 218,000 10 For Contractual Services ..................... 51,500 11 For Travel ................................... 50,000 12 For Commodities .............................. 38,000 13 For Printing ................................. 1,900 14 For Equipment ................................ 61,000 15 For Telecommunications Services .............. 11,600 16 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 22,000 17 Total $3,799,100 18 Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund: 19 For Personal Services ........................ $ 2,753,700 20 For Employee Retirement Contributions 21 Paid by Employer ............................ 109,900 22 For State Contributions to State 23 Employees' Retirement System ................ 263,100 24 For State Contributions to 25 Social Security ............................. 210,500 26 For Group Insurance .......................... 422,500 27 For Contractual Services ..................... 136,200 28 For Travel ................................... 408,000 29 For Commodities .............................. 55,000 30 For Printing ................................. 9,200 31 For Equipment ................................ 175,800 32 For Telecommunications Services .............. 45,800 33 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 40,800 34 Total $4,630,500 -8- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Section 7. The following named amounts, or so much 2 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 3 to the Department of Agriculture for: 4 BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 5 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 6 For Personal Services ........................ $ 746,700 7 For Employee Retirement Contributions 8 Paid by Employer ............................ 29,900 9 For State Contributions to State 10 Employees' Retirement System ................ 72,500 11 For State Contributions to 12 Social Security ............................. 57,100 13 For Contractual Services ..................... 14,900 14 For Travel ................................... 27,400 15 For Commodities .............................. 4,100 16 For Printing ................................. 11,700 17 For Equipment ................................ 36,800 18 For Telecommunications Services .............. 8,500 19 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 55,000 20 For Expenses of a Motor Fuel and 21 Petroleum Standards Program 22 pursuant to PA86-0232 ...................... 85,000 23 Total $1,149,600 24 Payable from the Weights and Measures Fund: 25 For Personal Services ........................ $ 997,700 26 For Employee Retirement Contributions 27 Paid by Employer ............................ 39,900 28 For State Contributions to State 29 Employees' Retirement System ................ 96,900 30 For State Contributions to 31 Social Security ............................. 76,300 32 For Group Insurance .......................... 164,000 33 For Contractual Services ..................... 112,200 34 For Travel ................................... 91,800 -9- BOB-AGRI2000 1 For Commodities .............................. 20,400 2 For Printing ................................. 5,100 3 For Equipment ................................ 354,600 4 For Telecommunications Services .............. 12,300 5 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 81,600 6 Total $2,052,800 7 Payable from Agricultural Master Fund: 8 For Expenses Relating to 9 Administering Federal Cooperative 10 Agreements Relating to Enforcement of 11 Marketing Regulations: ........................ $ 400,000 12 Section 8. The following named amounts, or so much 13 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 14 to the Department of Agriculture for: 15 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS 16 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 17 For Personal Services ........................ $ 667,000 18 For Employee Retirement Contributions 19 Paid by Employer ............................ 26,700 20 For State Contributions to State 21 Employees' Retirement System ................ 64,800 22 For State Contributions to 23 Social Security ............................. 51,000 24 For Contractual Services ..................... 1,900 25 For Travel ................................... 47,300 26 For Commodities .............................. 800 27 For Printing ................................. 1,000 28 For Equipment ................................ 900 29 For Telecommunications Services .............. 16,000 30 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 12,000 31 For Administration of the Livestock 32 Management Facilities Act ................... 250,000 33 Total $1,139,400 -10- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Payable from Agriculture Pesticide 2 Control Act Fund: 3 For Expenses of Pesticide 4 Enforcement Program ..............................$770,000 5 Payable from Pesticide Control Fund: 6 For Administration and Enforcement 7 of the Pesticide Act of 1979 ..................$ 1,850,000 8 Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 9 For Expenses of Various Federal 10 Projects ........................................$ 530,000 11 Section 9. The following named amounts, or so much 12 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 13 to the Department of Agriculture for: 14 NATURAL RESOURCES 15 Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 16 For Personal Services ........................ $ 758,300 17 For Employee Retirement Contributions 18 Paid by Employer ............................ 28,300 19 For State Contributions to State 20 Employees' Retirement System ................ 73,700 21 For State Contributions to 22 Social Security ............................. 54,300 23 For Contractual Services ..................... 110,100 24 For Travel ................................... 30,000 25 For Commodities .............................. 7,000 26 For Printing ................................. 7,000 27 For Equipment ................................ 41,900 28 For Telecommunications Services .............. 15,000 29 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 20,000 30 For the Ordinary and Contingent Expenses 31 of the Natural Resources Advisory Board ..... 4,200 32 Total $1,149,800 -11- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Payable from the Agriculture 2 Federal Projects Fund: 3 For Expenses Relating to 4 Various Federal Projects ........................$ 350,000 5 Section 9A. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 6 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 7 Agriculture from the Conservation 2000 Fund for the 8 Conservation 2000 Program to implement agricultural resource 9 enhancement programs for Illinois' natural resources, 10 including operational expenses, consisting of the following 11 elements at the approximate costs set forth below: 12 Conservation Practices 13 Cost Sharing Program .............$ 1,750,000 14 Sustainable Agriculture Programs ......750,000 15 Soil and Water Conservation Grants ..1,750,000 16 Streambank Restoration ................750,000 17 Section 9B. The amount of $2,500,000 is appropriated 18 from the Capital Development Fund to the Department of 19 Agriculture for deposit into the Conservation 2000 Projects 20 Fund. 21 Section 9C. The amount of $2,500,000 or so much thereof 22 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Conservation 23 2000 Projects Fund to the Department of Agriculture for the 24 following project at the approximate costs set forth below: 25 Conservation Practices Cost-Share program......$ 2,500,000 26 DIVISION OF FAIRS AND HORSE RACING 27 Section 10. The following named sums, or so much thereof 28 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 29 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 30 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of -12- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Agriculture: 2 BUREAU OF SPRINGFIELD BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 3 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 4 For Personal Services: 5 For regular positions ....................... $ 1,305,700 6 For regular positions-crafts ................ 787,200 7 For Extra Help: 8 For extra help .............................. 220,100 9 For extra help-crafts ....................... 210,000 10 For Employee Retirement Contributions 11 Paid by Employer ............................ 82,800 12 For State Contributions to State 13 Employees' Retirement System ................ 217,200 14 For State Contributions to 15 Social Security ............................. 186,100 16 For Contractual Services ..................... 2,058,200 17 For Commodities .............................. 85,000 18 For Equipment ................................ 222,000 19 For Telecommunications Services .............. 35,500 20 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 28,600 21 Total $5,438,400 22 Section 10A. The sum of $900,000, or so much thereof as 23 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois State 24 Fair Fund to the Department of Agriculture to satisfy 25 agreements related to the development and use of an open air 26 theater, and to promote and conduct activities at the 27 Illinois State Fairgrounds at Springfield other than the 28 Illinois State Fair, including administrative expenses. No 29 expenditures from the appropriation shall be authorized until 30 revenues from fairgrounds uses sufficient to offset such 31 expenditures have been collected and deposited into the 32 Illinois State Fair Fund. -13- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Section 10B. The following named amounts, or so much 2 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 3 to the Department of Agriculture for: 4 BUREAU OF DUQUOIN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 5 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 6 For Personal Services: 7 For regular positions ....................... $ 367,900 8 For regular positions-crafts ................ 250,700 9 For Extra Help ............................... 121,900 10 For Employee Retirement Contributions 11 Paid by Employer ............................ 23,500 12 For State Contributions to State 13 Employees' Retirement System ................ 59,100 14 For State Contributions to 15 Social Security ............................. 54,700 16 For Contractual Services ..................... 275,400 17 For Travel ................................... 7,400 18 For Commodities .............................. 64,900 19 For Equipment ................................ 15,000 20 For Telecommunications Services .............. 19,000 21 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 7,500 22 Total $1,267,000 23 Section 10C. The sum of $300,000, or so much thereof as 24 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agricultural 25 Premium Fund to the Department of Agriculture to conduct 26 activities at the Illinois State Fairgrounds at Du Quoin 27 other than the Illinois State Fair, including administrative 28 expenses. No expenditures from the appropriation shall be 29 authorized until revenues from fairgrounds uses sufficient to 30 offset such expenditures have been collected and deposited 31 into the Agricultural Premium Fund. 32 Section 11. The following named amounts, or so much -14- BOB-AGRI2000 1 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 2 to the Department of Agriculture for: 3 BUREAU OF DUQUOIN STATE FAIR 4 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 5 For Personal Services: 6 For regular positions ........................ $ 109,700 7 For Extra Help ............................... 117,700 8 For Employee Retirement Contributions 9 Paid by Employer ............................ 6,100 10 For State Contributions to State 11 Employees' Retirement System ................. 17,500 12 For State Contributions to 13 Social Security ............................. 17,700 14 For Contractual Services ..................... 381,100 15 For Travel ................................... 6,500 16 For Commodities .............................. 24,400 17 For Printing ................................. 8,700 18 For Equipment ................................ 9,000 19 For Telecommunications Services .............. 35,700 20 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 2,200 21 For Entertainment at the 22 DuQuoin State Fair .......................... 494,400 23 Total $1,230,700 24 Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 25 For Financial Assistance for the 26 DuQuoin State Fair ...............................$380,200 27 Section 11A. The following named amounts, or so much 28 thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the 29 Department of Agriculture for: 30 BUREAU OF STATE FAIR 31 Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund: 32 For Operations of the 1999 State Fair ........ $2,100,000 33 For Entertainment at the 1999 -15- BOB-AGRI2000 1 State Fair .................................. 1,000,000 2 Total $3,100,000 3 Section 12. The following named amounts, or so much 4 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 5 to the Department of Agriculture for: 6 BUREAU OF COUNTY FAIRS 7 Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 8 For Personal Services ........................ $ 136,200 9 For Employee Retirement Contributions 10 Paid by Employer ............................ 4,700 11 For State Contributions to State 12 Employees' Retirement System ................ 11,500 13 For State Contributions to 14 Social Security ............................. 8,900 15 For Contractual Services ..................... 6,300 16 For Travel ................................... 3,500 17 For Commodities .............................. 2,000 18 For Printing ................................. 3,500 19 For Equipment ................................ 11,300 20 For Telecommunications Services .............. 4,900 21 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 2,000 22 Total $194,800 23 Section 13. The following named amounts, or so much 24 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 25 to the Department of Agriculture for: 26 BUREAU OF HORSE RACING 27 Payable from Illinois Standardbred 28 Breeders Fund: 29 For Personal Services ........................ $ 175,000 30 For Employee Retirement Contributions 31 Paid by Employer ............................ 7,000 32 For State Contributions to State -16- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Employees' Retirement System ................ 17,000 2 For State Contributions to 3 Social Security ............................. 13,400 4 For Contractual Services ..................... 22,500 5 For Travel ................................... 5,000 6 For Commodities .............................. 2,000 7 For Printing ................................. 3,000 8 For Equipment ................................ 14,000 9 For Telecommunications Services .............. 7,800 10 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 6,500 11 Total $273,200 12 Payable from Illinois Thoroughbred 13 Breeders Fund: 14 For Personal Services ........................ $ 199,500 15 For Employee Retirement Contributions 16 Paid by Employer ............................ 8,000 17 For State Contributions to State 18 Employees' Retirement System ................ 19,400 19 For State Contributions to 20 Social Security ............................. 15,300 21 For Contractual Services ..................... 27,000 22 For Travel ................................... 6,000 23 For Commodities .............................. 2,000 24 For Printing ................................. 2,100 25 For Equipment ................................ 14,000 26 For Telecommunications Services .............. 7,800 27 For Operation of Auto Equipment .............. 6,500 28 Total $307,600 29 Section 14. The following named amounts, or so much 30 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 31 to the Department of Agriculture for: 32 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PROGRAMS 33 Payable from the Illinois Rural -17- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Rehabilitation Fund: 2 For Illinois' part in administration 3 of Titles I and II of the federal 4 Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act: 5 For Programs, Loans and Grants ................. $ 445,000 6 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 7 For the Agricultural Leadership Foundation ... $ 10,000 8 For distribution of institutional agricultural 9 research grants to public universities 10 authorized by the Food and Agriculture 11 Research Act to include administrative costs 12 incurred by the Department of Agriculture 13 pursuant to Section 15 of the Food and 14 Agriculture Research Act (Public 15 Act 89-182) ................................. 15,000,000 16 Total $15,010,000 17 Section 15. The following named amount, or so much 18 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to the 19 Department of Agriculture for: 20 ANIMAL INDUSTRIES PROGRAMS 21 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 22 For awards for destruction of livestock, 23 as provided by law, including 24 administrative expenses ...........................$ 5,100 25 Section 16. The following named amounts, or so much 26 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 27 to the Department of Agriculture for: 28 NATURAL RESOURCES PROGRAMS 29 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 30 For Soil Surveys in Mapping Illinois 31 Soil and operational expenses ............... $ 423,800 32 For grants to Soil and Water Conservation -18- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Districts for clerical and other personnel, 2 for education and promotional assistance, 3 and for expenses of Water Conservation 4 District Boards and Department 5 administrative expenses .................... 5,320,300 6 Total $5,744,100 7 Section 17. The following named amounts, or so much 8 thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the 9 Department of Agriculture for: 10 ILLINOIS STATE FAIR PROGRAMS 11 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 12 For Awards to Livestock Breeders at 13 rates provided by law ....................... $ 172,400 14 For Awards and Premiums at the 15 Illinois State Fair ......................... 319,000 16 For Awards and Premiums for Grand 17 Circuit Horse Racing at the 18 Illinois State Fairgrounds .................. 148,100 19 Total $639,500 20 Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund: 21 For Awards to Livestock Breeders at 22 rates provided by law ....................... $ 57,400 23 For Awards and Premiums at the 24 Illinois State Fair ......................... 173,200 25 For Awards and Premiums for Grand 26 Circuit Horse Racing at the 27 Illinois State Fairgrounds .................. 49,400 28 Total $280,000 29 Section 18. The following named amounts, or so much 30 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 31 to the Department of Agriculture for: 32 DUQUOIN STATE FAIR PROGRAMS -19- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 2 For awards and premiums to the 3 DuQuoin State Fair........................... $ 149,500 4 For harness racing at the 5 DuQuoin State Fair .......................... 31,600 6 Total $181,100 7 Section 19. The following named amounts, or so much 8 thereof as may be necessary is appropriated to the Department 9 of Agriculture for: 10 BUREAU OF HORSE RACING PROGRAMS 11 Payable from the Horse Racing Tax 12 Allocation Fund: 13 For promotion of the Illinois horse 14 racing and breeding industry, 15 including administrative expenses ........... $ 1,430,400 16 Payable from Illinois Standardbred 17 Breeders Fund: 18 For grants and other purposes authorized 19 in Section 31 of the Illinois Horse 20 Racing Act of 1975, including 21 administrative expenses ..................... 1,771,800 22 Payable from Illinois Thoroughbred 23 Breeders Fund: 24 For grants and other purposes authorized 25 in Section 30 of the Illinois Horse 26 Racing Act of 1975, including 27 administrative expenses ..................... 2,041,500 28 Total $5,243,700 29 Section 19A. The sum of $10,254,100, or so much thereof 30 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 31 Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment into the 32 Thoroughbred and Standardbred Horse Racing Purse Accounts at -20- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Illinois Pari-mutuel Tracks. The amount paid to each Account 2 shall be the amount certified by the Illinois Racing Board in 3 January 1999 to be transferred from each Account to each 4 eligible racing facility. 5 Section 20. The following named amounts, or so much 6 thereof as may be necessary, including prior year costs, is 7 appropriated to the Department of Agriculture for: 8 BUREAU OF COUNTY FAIRS PROGRAMS 9 Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 10 For distribution to encourage and aid 11 county fairs and other agricultural 12 societies, including administrative 13 expenses. This distribution shall be 14 prorated and approved by the Department 15 of Agriculture: ............................. $ 2,209,100 16 For premiums to agricultural extension 17 or 4-H clubs to be distributed at the 18 uniform rate, including administrative 19 expenses .................................... 762,000 20 For premiums to vocational 21 agriculture fairs, including 22 administrative expenses ..................... 179,500 23 For rehabilitation of county fairgrounds, 24 including administrative expenses ........... 2,739,000 25 For county fair incentive grants, 26 including administrative expenses ........... 42,700 27 For awards to Mid-Continent Livestock 28 Exposition, including administrative 29 expenses .................................... 7,600 30 For grants and other purposes for county 31 fair and state fair horse racing, 32 including administrative expenses ........... 425,000 33 Total $6,364,900 -21- BOB-AGRI2000 1 Payable from the Horse Racing Tax 2 Allocation Fund: 3 For distribution to county fairs for 4 premiums and rehabilitation as set 5 forth in the Agriculture Fair Act, 6 including administrative expenses ...............$ 715,200 7 Payable from Fair and Exposition Fund: 8 For distribution to County Fairs and 9 Fair and Exposition Authorities, 10 including administrative expenses .............$ 1,428,900 11 Section 21. The following named amounts, or so much 12 thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the 13 Department of Agriculture for repairs, maintenance, and 14 capital improvements including construction, reconstruction, 15 improvement, repair and installation of capital facilities, 16 cost of planning, supplies, materials, equipment, services 17 and all other expenses required to complete the work: 18 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 19 For various projects at the State 20 Fairgrounds ................................. $ 150,000 21 For various projects at the DuQuoin State 22 Fairgrounds ................................. 112,500 23 Total $262,500 24 Section 22. No contract shall be entered into or 25 obligation incurred for any expenditures from appropriations 26 herein made in Sections 9c and 21 until after all purpose and 27 amount has been approved in writing by the Governor. 28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 29 July 1, 1999.