Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5673 Compare Versions

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1	1	HB5673
2	2	A BILL FOR
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4	4	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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6	6	State of Illinois
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8	8	2023 and 2024
9	9	HB5673
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11	11	Introduced , by Rep. Jehan Gordon -Booth
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13	13	SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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15	15	Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent
16	16	expenses of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year
17	17	beginning July 1, 2024, as follows:
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19	19	General Funds $ 36,828,800
20	20	Other State Funds $106,578,100
21	21	Federal Funds $ 52,850,500
22	22	Total $196,257,400
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30	30	HB5673 OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
31	31	AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
32	32
33	33	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
34	34	in the General Assembly: 3
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36	36	ARTICLE 1 4
37	37
38	38	Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5
39	39	as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 6
40	40	hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 7
41	41	contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture: 8
42	42	FOR OPERATIONS 9
43	43	ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 10
44	44	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 11
45	45	For Personal Services ............................. 1,849,000 12
46	46	For State Contributions to 13
47	47	Social Security ................................ ....133,200 14
48	48	For Contractual Services ............................ 504,000 15
49	49	For Refunds ................................ ..........10,000 16
50	50	Total $2,496,200 17
51	51
52	52	Section 10. The amount of $660,000, or so much thereof as 18
53	53	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 19
54	54	to the Department of Agriculture for all costs associated with 20
55	55	the Crop Insurance Rebate Initiative. 21 HB5673 -2- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
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57	57
58	58	Section 15. The sum of $1, 565,000, or so much thereof a s 1
59	59	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 2
60	60	to the Department of Agriculture for costs and expenses related 3
61	61	to or in support of the agency’s operations. 4
62	62
63	63	Section 20. The sum of $550,000, or so much thereof as may 5
64	64	be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 6
65	65	the Department of Agriculture for costs associated with Future 7
66	66	Farmers of America membership fees. 8
67	67
68	68	Section 25. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 9
69	69	as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Dep artment of 10
70	70	Agriculture for the following purposes: 11
71	71	Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 12
72	72	For expenses related to the Food Safety 13
73	73	Modernization Initiative ........................... 100,000 14
74	74	For deposit into the State Cooperative 15
75	75	Extension Service Trust Fund .................... 10,000,000 16
76	76	Total $10,100,000 17
77	77
78	78	Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 18
79	79	as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 19
80	80	hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 20
81	81	contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture: 21 HB5673 -3- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
82	82
83	83	Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund: 1
84	84	For Personal Services ............................... 260,000 2
85	85	For State Contributions to State 3
86	86	Employees' Retirement System ...................... 137,800 4
87	87	For State Contributions to 5
88	88	Social Security ................................ ....22,000 6
89	89	For Group Insurance ................................ ..55,000 7
90	90	For Contractual Services ............................ 210,000 8
91	91	For Travel ................................ ...........45,000 9
92	92	For Commodities ................................ ......12,000 10
93	93	For Printing ................................ .........20,000 11
94	94	For Equipment ................................ ........45,000 12
95	95	For Telecommunications ............................... 25,000 13
96	96	Total $831,800 14
97	97
98	98	Section 35. The sum of $312,200, or so much thereof as may 15
99	99	be necessary, is appropriated from the Wholesome Meat Fund to 16
100	100	the Department of Agriculture for costs and expenses related 17
101	101	to or in support of the agency’s operations. 18
102	102
103	103	Section 40. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 19
104	104	as may be necessary, are appropriated t o the Department of 20
105	105	Agriculture for the following purposes: 21
106	106	Payable from Partners for Conservation Fund: 22
107	107	For deposit into the State Cooperative 23 HB5673 -4- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
108	108
109	109	Extension Service Trust Fund ....................... 994,700 1
110	110	For deposit into the State Cooperative 2
111	111	Extension Service Trust Fund for 3
112	112	operational expenses and programs 4
113	113	at the University of Illinois Cook 5
114	114	County Cooperative Extension Service .............2,449,200 6
115	115
116	116	Section 45. The sum of $ 27,000,000, or so much thereof as 7
117	117	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agriculture Federal 8
118	118	Projects Fund to the Department of Agriculture for the expenses 9
119	119	of various federal projects, including, but not limited to, the 10
120	120	Local Food Purchase Assistance Program. 11
121	121	12
122	122	Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much there of 13
123	123	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 14
124	124	Department of Agriculture for: 15
125	125	COMPUTER SERVICES 16
126	126	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 17
127	127	For Electronic Data Processing .................... 1,441,700 18
128	128	For Contractual Services ............................ 209,900 19
129	129
130	130	Section 55. The following name d amounts, or so much thereof 20
131	131	as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 21
132	132	hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 22
133	133	contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture: 23 HB5673 -5- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
134	134
135	135	FOR OPERATIONS 1
136	136	AGRICULTURE REGULATION 2
137	137	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 3
138	138	For Personal Services ............................. 1,833,600 4
139	139	For State Contributions to 5
140	140	Social Security ................................ ....140,300 6
141	141	For Contractual Services ............................ 479,500 7
142	142	For Travel ................................ ............5,000 8
143	143	For Commodities ................................ .......3,000 9
144	144	For Printing ................................ ..........2,000 10
145	145	For Equipment ................................ .........7,500 11
146	146	For Telecommunications Services ...................... 16,200 12
147	147	For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 25,000 13
148	148	Total $2,512,100 14
149	149
150	150	Section 60. The sum of $1,841,600, or so much thereof as 15
151	151	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Fertilizer Control 16
152	152	Fund to the Department of Agriculture f or expenses relating to 17
153	153	agricultural products inspection. 18
154	154
155	155	Section 65. The sum of $2,712,300, or so much thereof as 19
156	156	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Feed Control Fund 20
157	157	to the Department of Agriculture for Feed Control. 21
158	158
159	159	Section 70. The amoun t of $500,000, or so much thereof as 22 HB5673 -6- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
160	160
161	161	may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 1
162	162	Agriculture from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund for 2
163	163	expenses of various federal projects. 3
164	164
165	165	Section 75. The following named sums, or so much thereof 4
166	166	as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 5
167	167	hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 6
168	168	contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture: 7
169	169	MARKETING 8
170	170	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 9
171	171	For Personal Services ............................. 2,000,100 10
172	172	For State Contributions to 11
173	173	Social Security ................................ ....153,200 12
174	174	Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund: 13
175	175	For Expenses Connected With the Promotion 14
176	176	and Marketing of Illinois Agriculture 15
177	177	and Agriculture Exports ......................... 1,422,900 16
178	178	For Implementation of Programs 17
179	179	and Activities to Promote, Develop 18
180	180	and Enhance the Biotechnology 19
181	181	Industry in Illinois .............................. 100,000 20
182	182	For Expenses Related to Viticulturist 21
183	183	and Enologist Contractual Staff ...................150,000 22
184	184	Payable from Federal Agricultural Marketing 23
185	185	Services Fund: 24 HB5673 -7- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
186	186
187	187	For Administering Illinois' Part under Public 1
188	188	Law No. 733, "An Act to provide for further 2
189	189	research into basic laws and principles 3
190	190	relating to agriculture and to improve 4
191	191	and facilitate the marketing and 5
192	192	distribution of agricultural products" .............60,000 6
193	193	Payable from Agriculture Federal 7
194	194	Projects Fund: 8
195	195	For Expenses of Various Federal Projects ..........2,800,000 9
196	196
197	197	Section 80. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 10
198	198	as may be necessary for the objects and purposes hereinafter 11
199	199	named, are appropriated to the Department of A griculture: 12
200	200	MEDICINAL PLANTS 13
201	201	Payable from the Compassionate Use of Medical 14
202	202	Cannabis Fund: 15
203	203	For all costs associated with the 16
204	204	Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis 17
205	205	Program ................................ ........10,130,000 18
206	206	Payable from the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Fund: 19
207	207	For all costs associated with the 20
208	208	Operation, Implementation, and Enforcement 21
209	209	of the Industrial Hemp Act ...................... 2,019,500 22
210	210
211	211	Section 85. The sum of $20,554,900, or so much thereof as 23 HB5673 -8- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
212	212
213	213	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Regulation 1
214	214	Fund to the Department of A griculture for all costs associated 2
215	215	with the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. 3
216	216
217	217	Section 90. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 4
218	218	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 5
219	219	Department of Agriculture for: 6
220	220	WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 7
221	221	Payable from the Weights and Measures Fund: 8
222	222	For Personal Services ............................. 3,310,000 9
223	223	For State Contributions to State 10
224	224	Employees' Retirement System .................... 1,737,800 11
225	225	For State Contributions to 12
226	226	Social Security ................................ ...253,300 13
227	227	For Group Insurance ............................... 1,182,500 14
228	228	For Contractual Services ............................ 369,100 15
229	229	For Travel ................................ ...........65,000 16
230	230	For Commodities ................................ ......24,000 17
231	231	For Printing ................................ .........16,500 18
232	232	For Equipment ................................ .......400,000 19
233	233	For Telecommunications Services ...................... 45,000 20
234	234	For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 470,000 21
235	235	For Refunds ................................ ..........10,000 22
236	236	Total $7,883,200 23
237	237	Payable from the Motor Fu el and Petroleum 24 HB5673 -9- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
238	238
239	239	Standards Fund: 1
240	240	For the Regulation of Motor Fuel Quality .............50,000 2
241	241
242	242	Section 95. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 3
243	243	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 4
244	244	Department of Agriculture for: 5
245	245	ANIMAL INDUSTRIES 6
246	246	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 7
247	247	For Personal Services ............................. 1,954,000 8
248	248	For State Contributions to 9
249	249	Social Security ................................ ....149,600 10
250	250	For Contractual Services ............................ 200,000 11
251	251	For Travel ................................ ..........115,000 12
252	252	For Commodities ................................ .....100,000 13
253	253	For Printing ................................ ..........6,000 14
254	254	For Equipment ................................ .......150,000 15
255	255	For Telecommunications Services ...................... 33,300 16
256	256	For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 115,000 17
257	257	Total $2,822,900 18
258	258	Payable from the Illinois Department of 19
259	259	Agriculture Laboratory Services Revolving Fund: 20
260	260	For Expenses Authorized by the Animal 21
261	261	Disease Laboratories Act ............................ 40,000 22
262	262	Payable from the Illinois Animal Abuse Fund: 23
263	263	For Expenses Associated with the 24 HB5673 -10- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
264	264
265	265	Investigation of Animal Abuse 1
266	266	and Neglect under the Humane Care 2
267	267	for Animals Act ................................ ......4,000 3
268	268	Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 4
269	269	For Expenses of Various Fe deral Projects ............150,000 5
270	270
271	271	Section 100. The following named amounts, or so much 6
272	272	thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 7
273	273	the Department of Agriculture for: 8
274	274	MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION 9
275	275	Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 10
276	276	For Personal Services ............................. 4,580,000 11
277	277	For State Contributions to 12
278	278	Social Security ................................ ....350,500 13
279	279	For Contractual Services ............................ 582,600 14
280	280	For Travel ................................ ..........100,000 15
281	281	For Commodities ................................ ......22,300 16
282	282	For Printing ................................ ..........2,500 17
283	283	For Equipment ................................ ........25,500 18
284	284	For Telecommunications Services ...................... 48,500 19
285	285	For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 120,300 20
286	286	Total $5,832,200 21
287	287	Payable from Agricultural Master Fund: 22
288	288	For Expenses Relating to 23
289	289	Inspection of Agricultural Products .............1,355,700 24 HB5673 -11- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
290	290
291	291	Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund: 1
292	292	For Personal Services ............................. 4,580,000 2
293	293	For State Contributions to State 3
294	294	Employees' Retirement System ..................... 2,404,500 4
295	295	For State Contributions to 5
296	296	Social Security ................................ ....360,500 6
297	297	For Group Insurance ............................... 1,595,000 7
298	298	For Contractual Services ............................ 582,600 8
299	299	For Travel ................................ ..........115,000 9
300	300	For Commodities ................................ ......33,300 10
301	301	For Printing ................................ ..........2,500 11
302	302	For Equipment ................................ ........45,300 12
303	303	For Telecommunications Services ...................... 49,500 13
304	304	For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 120,300 14
305	305	Total $9,888,500 15
306	306	Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 16
307	307	For Expenses of Various Federal Projects .............58,000 17
308	308
309	309	Section 105. The following named sums, or so much thereof 18
310	310	as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 19
311	311	hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 20
312	312	contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture for: 21
313	313	LAND AND WATER RESOURCES 22
314	314	Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 23
315	315	For Personal Services ............................. 1,000,000 24 HB5673 -12- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
316	316
317	317	For State Contributions to State 1
318	318	Employee’s Retirement System ....................... 525,000 2
319	319	For State Contributions to Social 3
320	320	Security ................................ ............81,500 4
321	321	For Contractual Services ............................ 170,000 5
322	322	For Travel ................................ ...........60,000 6
323	323	For Commodities ................................ .......9,000 7
324	324	For Printing ................................ ..........4,000 8
325	325	For Equipment ................................ ........13,000 9
326	326	For Telecommunications Services ...................... 24,000 10
327	327	For Operation of Automotive Equipment ................20,500 11
328	328	For the Ordinary and Contingent 12
329	329	Expenses of the Natural Resources 13
330	330	Advisory Board ................................ .......2,000 14
331	331	Total $1,909,000 15
332	332	Payable from the Partners for Conservation Fund: 16
333	333	For Personal Services ............................... 750,000 17
334	334	For State Contributions to State 18
335	335	Employees’ Retirement System ........................ 393,900 19
336	336	For State Contributions to Social 20
337	337	Security ................................ ............57,400 21
338	338	For Group Insurance ................................ .385,000 22
339	339	For Expenses Relating to 23
340	340	Soil Health Assessments ......................... 250,000 24
341	341	Total $1,836,300 25 HB5673 -13- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
342	342
343	343
344	344	Section 110. The sum of $3,000,000, or so much thereof as 1
345	345	may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 2
346	346	Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants 3
347	347	to Soil and Water Conservation Districts to fund projects for 4
348	348	landowner cost sharing, streambank stabilization, nutrient loss 5
349	349	protection and sustainable agriculture. 6
350	350
351	351	Section 115. The sum of $ 4,500,000, or so much thereof as 7
352	352	may be necessary, is appropr iated to the Department of 8
353	353	Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants 9
354	354	to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for ordinary and 10
355	355	contingent administrative expenses. 11
356	356
357	357	Section 120. The amount of $ 9,500,000, or so much thereof 12
358	358	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agriculture 13
359	359	Federal Projects Fund to the Department of Agriculture for 14
360	360	expenses relating to various federal projects. 15
361	361
362	362	Section 125. The following named amounts, or so much 16
363	363	thereof as may be necessary, respectively, ar e appropriated to 17
364	364	the Department of Agriculture for: 18
365	365	ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS 19
366	366	Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 20
367	367	For Administration of the Livestock 21 HB5673 -14- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
368	368
369	369	Management Facilities Act .......................... 420,000 1
370	370	For the Detection, Eradication, and 2
371	371	Control of Exotic Pests, such as 3
372	372	the Asian Long-Horned Beetle and 4
373	373	Gypsy Moth ................................ .........700,000 5
374	374	Total $1,120,000 6
375	375	Payable from the Used Tire Management Fund: 7
376	376	For Mosquito Control ................................ .50,000 8
377	377	Payable from Livestock Management Facilities Fund: 9
378	378	For Administration of the Livestock 10
379	379	Management Facilities Act .......................... 50,000 11
380	380	Payable from Pesticide Control Fund: 12
381	381	For Administration and Enforcement 13
382	382	of the Illinois Pesticide Act .................... 8,500,000 14
383	383	Payable from Agriculture Pesticide Control Act Fund: 15
384	384	For Expenses of Pesticide Enforcement Program .......750,000 16
385	385	Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 17
386	386	For Expenses of Various Federal Projects ..........1,000,000 18
387	387
388	388	Section 130. The following named sums, or so much thereof 19
389	389	as may be necessary, respectively, for t he objects and purposes 20
390	390	hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 21
391	391	contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture for: 22
392	392	SPRINGFIELD STATE FAIR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 23
393	393	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 24 HB5673 -15- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
394	394
395	395	For Personal Services ............................. 2,300,000 1
396	396	For State Contributions to 2
397	397	Social Security ................................ ....176,100 3
398	398	Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund: 4
399	399	For Operations of Buildings and 5
400	400	Grounds in Springfield including 6
401	401	prior years’cost ................................ .1,575,000 7
402	402	For Awards to Livestock Breeders 8
403	403	and Related Expenses ............................... 221,500 9
404	404	TOTAL $1,796,500 10
405	405	Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund: 11
406	406	For Operations of the Illinois State Fair 12
407	407	Including Entertainment and the Percentage 13
408	408	Portion of Entertainment Contracts ...............6,900,000 14
409	409	For Awards and Premiums at the 15
410	410	Illinois State Fair 16
411	411	and related expenses ............................... 520,000 17
412	412	For Awards and Premiums for 18
413	413	Horse Racing at the 19
414	414	Illinois State Fairgrounds 20
415	415	and related expenses ............................... 178,600 21
416	416	Total $7,598,600 22
417	417
418	418	Section 135. The sum of $7, 500,000, or so much thereof as 23
419	419	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 24 HB5673 -16- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
420	420
421	421	to the Department of Agriculture for ordinary and contingent 1
422	422	expenses, including facilities management at the Illinois State 2
423	423	Fairgrounds in Springfield and Du Quoin. 3
424	424
425	425	Section 140. The sum of $1, 500,000, or so much thereof as 4
426	426	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois State Fair 5
427	427	Fund to the Department of Agriculture to promote and conduct 6
428	428	activities at the Illinois State Fairgrounds at Springfield 7
429	429	other than the Illinois State Fair, inclu ding administrative 8
430	430	expenses. No expenditures from the appropriation shall be 9
431	431	authorized until revenues from fairground uses sufficient to 10
432	432	offset such expenditures have been collected and deposited into 11
433	433	the Illinois State Fair Fund. 12
434	434
435	435	Section 145. The sum of $3,589,500, or so much thereof as 13
436	436	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Tourism Promotion 14
437	437	Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs and operational 15
438	438	expenses associated with the Springfield and Du Quoin Illinois 16
439	439	State Fairs and fairgrounds, not including personal services. 17
440	440
441	441	Section 150. The sum of $ 2,025,000, or so much thereof as 18
442	442	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agricultural Premium 19
443	443	Fund to the Department of Agriculture for repairs, maintenance, 20
444	444	and capital improvements includi ng construction, 21
445	445	reconstruction, improvement, repair and installation of capital 22 HB5673 -17- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
446	446
447	447	facilities, cost of planning, supplies, materials, equipment, 1
448	448	personal services and related costs, services and all other 2
449	449	expenses required to complete the work for Permanent 3
450	450	Improvements at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. 4
451	451
452	452	Section 155. The sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as 5
453	453	may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Fairgrounds 6
454	454	Capital Improvements and Harness Racing Fund to support the 7
455	455	Department of Agriculture t o provide support for harness race 8
456	456	meetings, to repair and rehabilitate backstretch facilities at 9
457	457	the Illinois State Fairgrounds and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, 10
458	458	and to repair and rehabilitate the capital infrastructure of 11
459	459	the Illinois State Fairgrounds and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. 12
460	460
461	461	Section 160. The following named amounts, or so much 13
462	462	thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 14
463	463	the Department of Agriculture for: 15
464	464	DU QUOIN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 16
465	465	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 17
466	466	For Personal Services ............................... 698,200 18
467	467	For State Contributions to 19
468	468	Social Security ................................ .....53,500 20
469	469	For ordinary and contingent expenses 21
470	470	related to the buildings and grounds at the 22
471	471	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds .......................... 775,000 23 HB5673 -18- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
472	472
473	473	Total $1,526,700 1
474	474	Payable from Illinois State Fair Fund: 2
475	475	For operational expenses at the Illinois State Fairgrounds 3
476	476	at Du Quoin other than the Illinois State Fair 4
477	477	including administrative expenses ..................475,000 5
478	478	TOTAL $475,000 6
479	479
480	480	Section 165. The sum of $7 75,000, or so much thereof as 7
481	481	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agricultural Premium 8
482	482	Fund to the Department of Agriculture for repairs, maintenance, 9
483	483	and capital improvements including construction, 10
484	484	reconstruction, improvement, repair and installation of capital 11
485	485	facilities, cost of planning, sup plies, materials, equipment, 12
486	486	personal services and related costs, services and all other 13
487	487	expenses required to complete the work for Permanent 14
488	488	Improvements at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. 15
489	489
490	490	Section 170. The following named amounts, or so much 16
491	491	thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 17
492	492	the Department of Agriculture for: 18
493	493	DU QUOIN STATE FAIR 19
494	494	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 20
495	495	For Personal Services ............................... 595,300 21
496	496	For State Contributions to 22
497	497	Social Security ................................ .....45,700 23 HB5673 -19- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
498	498
499	499	For Contractual Services ............................ 525,000 1
500	500	For Commodities ................................ ......21,000 2
501	501	For Printing ................................ ..........8,700 3
502	502	For Telecommunications Services ...................... 42,000 4
503	503	Total $1,237,700 5
504	504	Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund: 6
505	505	For Entertainment and other Expenses 7
506	506	at the Du Quoin State Fair, including 8
507	507	the Percentage Portion of 9
508	508	Entertainment Contracts .......................... 1,100,000 10
509	509
510	510	Section 175. The following named amounts, or so much 11
511	511	thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 12
512	512	the Department of Agriculture for: 13
513	513	COUNTY FAIRS AND HORSE RACING 14
514	514	Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 15
515	515	For Personal Services ............................... 113,500 16
516	516	For State Contributions to State 17
517	517	Employees’ Retirement System ........................ 59,700 18
518	518	For State Contributions to 19
519	519	Social Security ................................ ......8,900 20
520	520	For Contractual Services ............................. 13,000 21
521	521	For Travel ................................ ............2,500 22
522	522	For Commodities ................................ .........900 23
523	523	For Printing ................................ ............300 24 HB5673 -20- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
524	524
525	525	For Equipment ................................ .........1,000 1
526	526	For Telecommunications Services ....................... 1,000 2
527	527	For Operation of Auto Equipment ......................... 800 3
528	528	For distribution to encourage and aid 4
529	529	county fairs and other agricultural 5
530	530	societies. This distribution shall be 6
531	531	prorated and approved by the Department 7
532	532	of Agriculture ................................ ...1,818,600 8
533	533	For premiums to agricultural extension 9
534	534	or 4-H clubs to be distributed at a 10
535	535	uniform rate ................................ .......786,400 11
536	536	For premiums to vocational 12
537	537	agriculture fairs ................................ ..325,000 13
538	538	For rehabilitation of county fairgrounds ..........1,314,300 14
539	539	For grants and other purposes for county 15
540	540	fair and state fair horse racing ...................329,300 16
541	541	Total $4,775,200 17
542	542	Payable from the Fair and Exposition Fund: 18
543	543	For distribution to county fairs and 19
544	544	fair and exposition authorities .................... 960,000 20
545	545	Payable from the Illinois Racing 21
546	546	Quarter Horse Breeders Fund: 22
547	547	For promotion of the Illinois horse 23
548	548	racing and breeding industry ........................ 30,000 24
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550	550
551	551	Section 180. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as 1
552	552	may be nec essary, is appropriated to the Department of 2
553	553	Agriculture from the Future Farmers of America Fund for grants 3
554	554	to the Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America. 4
555	555
556	556	Section 185. The amount of $125,000, or so much thereof as 5
557	557	may be necessary, is appropri ated from the General Revenue Fund 6
558	558	to the Department of Agriculture to implement diversity, 7
559	559	equity, and inclusion initiatives. 8
560	560
561	561	Section 190. The sum of $ 2,000,000, or so much thereof as 9
562	562	may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 10
563	563	Agriculture from the General Revenue Fund for Operations of the 11
564	564	Illinois State Fair, Including Entertainment and the Percentage 12
565	565	Portion of Entertainment Contracts. 13
566	566
567	567	Section 195. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as 14
568	568	may be necessary, is appropriated from the G eneral Revenue Fund 15
569	569	to the Department of Agriculture for costs associated with the 16
570	570	Agriculture Equity Commission. 17
571	571
572	572	Section 200. The sum of $500,000, or much thereof as may be 18
573	573	necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the 19
574	574	Department of Agriculture for the costs associated with the 20
575	575	Weights and Measures Division. 21 HB5673 -22- OMB103 00167 JTR 45167 b
576	576
577	577
578	578	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 1
579	579	2024. 2