| 1 | 1 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3554 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 205/205-455 new Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall award grants to special access food providers in the State. LRB103 27094 HLH 53462 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3554 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 205/205-455 new 20 ILCS 205/205-455 new Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall award grants to special access food providers in the State. LRB103 27094 HLH 53462 b LRB103 27094 HLH 53462 b A BILL FOR |
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| 2 | 2 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3554 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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| 3 | 3 | | 20 ILCS 205/205-455 new 20 ILCS 205/205-455 new |
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| 4 | 4 | | 20 ILCS 205/205-455 new |
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| 5 | 5 | | Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall award grants to special access food providers in the State. |
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| 6 | 6 | | LRB103 27094 HLH 53462 b LRB103 27094 HLH 53462 b |
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| 7 | 7 | | LRB103 27094 HLH 53462 b |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL FOR |
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| 10 | 10 | | HB3554 LRB103 27094 HLH 53462 b |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1 AN ACT concerning finance. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 4 Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil |
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| 15 | 15 | | 5 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section |
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| 16 | 16 | | 6 205-455 as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | 7 (20 ILCS 205/205-455 new) |
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| 18 | 18 | | 8 Sec. 205-455. Grants to special access food providers. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 9 (a) Beginning on July 1, 2023, subject to appropriation, |
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| 20 | 20 | | 10 the Department shall award grants to special access food |
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| 21 | 21 | | 11 providers in the State. The amount of the grant may not exceed |
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| 22 | 22 | | 12 the sum or 15% of the special access food provider's basis in |
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| 23 | 23 | | 13 the grocery store, plus 10% of the renovation expenditures |
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| 24 | 24 | | 14 incurred by the special access food provider. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 15 (b) As used in this Section: |
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| 26 | 26 | | 16 "Food desert" means any census tract that meets the |
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| 27 | 27 | | 17 following criteria: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 18 (1) if the census tract is located in a metropolitan |
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| 29 | 29 | | 19 area, then not less than 500 people or 33% of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 20 population of the census tract, whichever is less, reside |
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| 31 | 31 | | 21 more than one mile from a grocery store; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 22 (2) if the census tract is located in a |
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| 33 | 33 | | 23 nonmetropolitan area, then not less than 500 people or 33% |
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| 37 | 37 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3554 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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| 38 | 38 | | 20 ILCS 205/205-455 new 20 ILCS 205/205-455 new |
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| 39 | 39 | | 20 ILCS 205/205-455 new |
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| 40 | 40 | | Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall award grants to special access food providers in the State. |
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| 41 | 41 | | LRB103 27094 HLH 53462 b LRB103 27094 HLH 53462 b |
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| 42 | 42 | | LRB103 27094 HLH 53462 b |
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| 68 | 68 | | 1 of the population of the census tract, whichever is less, |
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| 69 | 69 | | 2 reside more than 10 miles from a grocery store. |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3 "Grocery store" means a retail store for which forecasted |
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| 71 | 71 | | 4 sales of groceries account for not less than 35% of its total |
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| 72 | 72 | | 5 annual sales. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 6 "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, |
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| 74 | 74 | | 7 association, or other organization. |
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| 75 | 75 | | 8 "Special access food provider" means a person that is |
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| 76 | 76 | | 9 seeking to construct, renovate, or rehabilitate a property |
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| 77 | 77 | | 10 that (i) will be used as a grocery store upon completion of the |
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| 78 | 78 | | 11 construction, renovation, or rehabilitation and (ii) is |
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| 79 | 79 | | 12 located in a food desert in the State on the date on which |
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| 80 | 80 | | 13 construction, renovation, or rehabilitation begins. |
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