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92_HB0953eng HB0953 Engrossed LRB9205388TAtm 1 AN ACT concerning seeds. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Seed Law is amended by changing 5 Section 4.2 as follows: 6 (505 ILCS 110/4.2) (from Ch. 5, par. 404.2) 7 Sec. 4.2. All agricultural seeds must be labeled with: 8 (1) The name of the kind or kinds and variety for each 9 agricultural seed component present in excess of 5% of the 10 whole and the percentage by weight of each except as provided 11 by regulation: provided, that if the variety of those kinds 12 generally labeled as to variety as designated in the 13 regulations is not stated, the label shall show the name of 14 the kind and the words, "Variety Not Stated". Hybrids shall 15 be labeled as hybrids. 16 (2) Lot number or other lot identification. 17 (3) Origin (State or foreign country), if known, of 18 alfalfa, red clover and field corn (except hybrid corn). If 19 the origin is unknown, the fact shall be stated. 20 (4) Percentage by weight of all weed seeds except as 21 provided by regulation. 22 (5) The name and approximate number of each kind of 23 restricted noxious weed seed, per pound in groups (a), (b), 24 (c) and (d), when present singly or collectively in excess of 25 (a) Eighty seeds or bulblets per pound of Agrostis spp., Poa 26 spp., Rhodesgrass, Bermudagrass, timothy, orchardgrass, fine 27 textured fescues, alsike and white clover, reed canarygrass, 28 dallisgrass, and other agricultural seeds of similar size and 29 weight, or mixtures within this group; 30 (b) Thirty-two seeds or bulblets per pound of ryegrass, 31 meadow and tall fescues, foxtail millet, crownvetch, alfalfa, HB0953 Engrossed -2- LRB9205388TAtm 1 red clover, sweetclovers, lespedezas, smooth bromegrass, 2 crimson clover, flax, Agropyron spp., and other agricultural 3 seeds of similar size and weight, or mixtures within this 4 group, or of this group with (a); 5 (c) Sixteen seeds or bulblets per pound of proso, 6 Sudangrass and other agricultural seeds of similar size and 7 weight, or mixtures not specified in (a), (b), or (d); 8 (d) Four seeds or bulblets per pound of wheat, oats, 9 rye, barley, buckwheat, sorghums (except Sudangrass), vetches 10 and other agricultural seeds of a size and weight similar to 11 or greater than those within this group, or any mixtures 12 within this group. 13 (6) Percentage by weight of agricultural seeds (which 14 may be designated as "crop seeds") other than those required 15 to be named on the label. 16 (7) Percentage by weight of inert matter. 17 (8) For each named agricultural seed: 18 (a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard or 19 dormant seed. 20 (b) Percentage of hard or dormant seeds, if present. 21 (c) The calendar month and year the test was completed 22 to determine such percentages. 23 Following (a) and (b) the "total germination and hard or 24 dormant seed" may be stated as such, if desired. 25 (9) Name,andaddress, and toll-free number of the 26 person who labeled said seed, or who sells, offers or exposes 27 said seed for sale within this State. 28 (Source: P.A. 85-717.) 29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 30 becoming law.