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Introduced
10/19/2015
10/19/2015
In Committee
05/12/2016
05/12/2016
Crossed Over
04/14/2016
04/14/2016
Passed
05/31/2016
05/31/2016
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
08/16/2016
08/16/2016
Introduced Session
99th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture may sell at cost, to qualified applicants, signs designating an agribusiness that has been operated for 100 years or more or more than 150 years or more as the same agribusiness. Defines "agribusiness".
AI Summary
This bill amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to allow the Department of Agriculture to sell signs at cost to qualified applicants that designate an agribusiness, which is defined as a business or businesses under the same name or ownership that are collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products, that has been operated for 100 years or more or more than 150 years or more as the same agribusiness. This provision expands upon existing authority to sell signs for "Centennial Farms" and "Sesquicentennial Farms," which are farms owned by the same family for those respective durations.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (30)
Neil Anderson (R)*,
Donald Moffitt (R)*,
Carol Ammons (D),
John Anthony (R),
Daniel Beiser (D),
Scott Bennett (D),
Avery Bourne (R),
John Bradley (D),
Kelly Burke (D),
Tim Butler (R),
Linda Chapa LaVia (D),
Katherine Cloonen (D),
Jerry Costello (D),
Bill Cunningham (D),
Tom Demmer (R),
Marcus Evans (D),
Jack Franks (D),
Randy Frese (R),
Sara Jimenez (R),
Emil Jones (D),
Charlie Meier (R),
Anna Moeller (D),
Brandon Phelps (D),
David Reis (R),
Sue Scherer (D),
Andy Skoog (D),
Mike Smiddy (D),
Brian Stewart (R),
Patrick Verschoore (D),
Litesa Wallace (D),
Last Action
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0823 (on 08/16/2016)
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