Public Act 094-0061
 		





HB0601 Enrolled
LRB094 03775 JAM 33784 b






    AN ACT concerning agriculture.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Soybean Marketing Act is amended  by changing 
Sections 12 and 13 as follows:
 



    (505 ILCS 130/12)  (from Ch. 5, par. 562)



    Sec. 12. 

    Any marketing program established under this Act shall 
provide for a
program operating board consisting of at least 24

18 members who are charged
with the administration of the 
program.

    The board shall consist of one member elected from each of 
the districts
as established in the marketing program and 6 at 
large members without respect to residence district. The 6 at 
large members shall be nominated by a majority of the board 
sitting in quorum and thereafter elected by a majority of 
producers in attendance at the annual meeting.

    The program operating board shall elect from its members a 
chairman,
treasurer and such other positions as may be provided 
for in the marketing
program. The term of office for members of 
the program operating board
elected from districts shall be for 
3 years, except that the term of the members of the board
first 
taking office shall be for one, 2, or 3 years as determined by 
lot.
The marketing program shall establish the number of 
members elected from districts for each term
of office at the 
first board and shall provide the procedure for the
election of 
members in subsequent years. The term of the at large members 
of the board shall be for 3 years, except that the term of the 
at large members first taking office shall be for one, 2, or 3 
years as determined by lot.


    All voting members of the program operating board are 
entitled to actual
and necessary travel and incidental expenses 
while attending meetings of
the board or while engaged in the 
performance of official responsibilities
as determined by the 
board and provided for in the marketing program.

(Source: P.A. 78-739.)

 



    (505 ILCS 130/13)  (from Ch. 5, par. 563)



    Sec. 13. For the initial board any soybean producer may 
become a candidate from a district and
have his name placed on 
the ballot if he files a petition with the
Director containing 
the signatures of 150 or 3%,
whichever is less, of
those 
producers in his district qualified to vote on the referendum. 
All
district director candidates shall be resident producers of 
the district for which they
are nominated. Notice of the 
initial election of district directors
members of the board

shall be given in trade publications and public press at least 
2 weeks
prior to such election. Vacancies on the program 
operating board during
the term of office shall be filled by 
the program operating board until
the next regular election. In 
subsequent years a special election shall
be held to fill any 
expiring term on the board. Nominations of district directors

shall be in
the same fashion as original board members. The 
nominating procedure
for district directors shall be as 
provided in this Section unless otherwise provided for in
the 
marketing program. Candidates receiving the greatest number of 
votes
at any special election shall be elected.

(Source: P.A. 84-334.)






Effective Date:  1/1/2006