92nd General Assembly
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House Sponsors:
POE-SMITH,MICHAEL-KLINGLER-MYERS,RICHARD-LAWFER, REITZ, 
   HARTKE, O'BRIEN, FOWLER, DANIELS, BLACK, JONES,JOHN, 
   WAIT, WINKEL, WINTERS, STEPHENS, MOFFITT, BOST, 
   CURRY,JULIE, MITCHELL,BILL, TURNER,JOHN, O'CONNOR, 
   BERNS AND RIGHTER.

Senate Sponsors:
NOLAND-WALSH,L

Short description: 
AGFIRST INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOP                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the  Illinois  AgFirst  Infrastructure  Development  Act.      
   Requires  the  Department  of Agriculture to establish a Crises Safety      
   Net Response Program to provide job training and  employment  services      
   for  farmers  and  farm workers.  Creates a value-added virtual equity      
   loan and grant program to promote value-added processing  of  Illinois      
   farm   products.    Creates   the   Enhanced  Value-Added  Agriculture      
   Production Guarantee Program to provide State Guarantees for loans  to      
   finance or refinance debts for specialized agri-businesses that engage      
   in the process of adding value to agricultural products.  Requires the      
   Department to adopt an agriculture management curriculum.  Creates the      
   Illinois  Agricultural  Small Business Authority within the Department      
   to provide  technical  and  managerial  assistance  to  new-generation      
   co-ops  and small agri-businesses.  Creates the Agri-business Outreach      
   Program within the Department to provide assistance to the public, the      
   General  Assembly,  the  Governor's  Office,  and  State   and   local      
   government  agencies.   Requires the Department to develop a voluntary      
   certification process that guarantees buyers that  certified  products      
   warrant a premium price.  Requires the Department to identify consumer      
   preferences;   identify  new  markets;  identify  preserved  products;      
   underwrite certain demonstrations; and  provide  market  analyses  and      
   trend  projections  to  interested persons.  Repealed on July 1, 2005.      
   Effective July 1, 2001.                                                     
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Allows (instead of requires) the  Department  of  Agriculture  to      
   establish a Crisis Safety Net Response Program to provide job training      
   and  employment  services for farmers and farm workers.  Provides that      
   grants under the value-added virtual equity program may not exceed 10%      
   (instead of 50%) of the project's total  cost.   Provides  that  State      
   Guarantees  under  the  Enhanced  Value-Added  Agriculture  Production      
   Guarantee  Program  may  not exceed $5,000,000 (instead of $1,000,000)      
   per  applicant.   Deletes  provisions  concerning  the   certification      
   process  for  Illinois  products  that  have traits and qualities that      
   warrant a premium price.  Makes technical corrections.  Provides  that      
   the  aggregate  amount  of  State  guarantees to any applicant may not      
   exceed $5,000,000 (instead of $1,000,000).                                  
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          5 ILCS 120/1.02                 from Ch. 102, par. 41.02             
          30 ILCS 105/5.545 new                                                
          20 ILCS 205/40.43 rep.                                               
        Deletes   everything.    Creates   the    Illinois    Agriculture      
   Infrastructure  Development  Act  of  2001. Creates the Infrastructure      
   Development Advisory  Board  for  Agriculture  in  the  Department  of      
   Agriculture.   Provides  for  the appointment of members to the Board.      
   Sets the powers and duties of the Board.   Requires  the  Director  of      
   Agriculture  to  annually report to the Governor, the State Treasurer,      
   the  Secretary  of  the  Senate,  and  the  Clerk  of  the  House   of      
   Representatives  on  the Department of Agriculture's activities during      
   the previous calendar  year.  Creates  an  Agriculture  Infrastructure      
   Development  Grant  Program  to  promote the value-added processing of      
   Illinois' agricultural products.  Requires grant recipients to  submit      
   periodic  reports  to  the  Department of Agriculture.  Contains other      
   provisions.   Amends  the  Open  Meetings  Act.   Provides  that   the      
   Infrastructure  Development  Advisory Board for Agriculture is subject      
   to the provisions of the Open Meetings Act.  Amends the State  Finance      
   Act   to  create  the  Agriculture  Infrastructure  Development  Fund.      
   Repeals a provision of the Department of Agriculture Law of the  Civil      
   Administrative  Code  of  Illinois concerning the Illinois Value-Added      
   Agricultural Enhancement Program. Effective immediately.                    
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   0


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