103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0930 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 240 ILCS 40/1-5 Amends the Grain Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Code. LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0930 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 240 ILCS 40/1-5 240 ILCS 40/1-5 Amends the Grain Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Code. LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0930 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 240 ILCS 40/1-5 240 ILCS 40/1-5 240 ILCS 40/1-5 Amends the Grain Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Code. LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b A BILL FOR HB0930LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b HB0930 LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b HB0930 LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b 1 AN ACT concerning warehouses. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Grain Code is amended by changing Section 5 1-5 as follows: 6 (240 ILCS 40/1-5) 7 Sec. 1-5. Purpose. It is the the primary purpose of this 8 Code to promote the State's welfare by improving the economic 9 stability of agriculture through the existence of the Illinois 10 Grain Insurance Fund in order to protect producers in the 11 event of the failure of a licensed grain dealer or licensed 12 warehouseman and to ensure the existence of an adequate 13 resource so that persons holding valid claims may be 14 compensated for losses occasioned by the failure of a licensed 15 grain dealer or licensed warehouseman. To that end, this Code 16 shall be liberally construed and liberally administered in 17 favor of claimants. 18 In addition, the Illinois grain industry comprises a 19 significant and vital part of the State's economy and as such 20 can function to its fullest competitive and profitable 21 potential, thus contributing to the economic health of this 22 State, when it operates under a coordinated and integrated 23 regulatory structure. Thus, a further purpose of this Code is 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0930 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 240 ILCS 40/1-5 240 ILCS 40/1-5 240 ILCS 40/1-5 Amends the Grain Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Code. LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b A BILL FOR 240 ILCS 40/1-5 LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b HB0930 LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b HB0930- 2 -LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b HB0930 - 2 - LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b HB0930 - 2 - LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b 1 to provide a single system of governmental regulation of the 2 Illinois grain industry. 3 (Source: P.A. 93-225, eff. 7-21-03.) HB0930 - 2 - LRB103 04536 RPS 49542 b