SB2526
A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2526
Introduced 2/21/2023, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent
expenses of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, as follows:
General Funds $ 32,058,100
Other State Funds $100,878,100
Federal Funds $ 58,353,000
Total $191,289,200
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AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
in the General Assembly: 3
ARTICLE 1 4
Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 6
hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 7
contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture: 8
FOR OPERATIONS 9
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 10
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 11
For Personal Services ............................. 1,079,900 12
For State Contributions to 13
Social Security ................................ .....82,600 14
For Contractual Services ............................ 300,000 15
For Refunds ................................ ..........10,000 16
Total $1,472,500 17
Section 10. The amount of $660,000, or so much thereof as 18
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 19
to the Department of Agriculture for all costs associated with 20
the Crop Insurance Rebate Initiative. 21 SB2526 -2- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
Section 15. The sum of $1,142,800, or so much thereof as 1
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 2
to the Department of Agriculture for costs and expenses related 3
to or in support of the agency’s operations. 4
Section 20. The sum of $550,000, or so much thereof as may 5
be necessary, is appropriate d from the General Revenue Fund to 6
the Department of Agriculture for costs associated with Future 7
Farmers of America membership fees. 8
Section 25. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 9
as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Department of 10
Agriculture for the following purposes: 11
Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 12
For expenses related to the Food Safety 13
Modernization Initiative ........................... 200,000 14
For deposit into the State Cooperative 15
Extension Service Trust Fund .................... 10,000,000 16
Total $10,200,000 17
Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 18
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 19
hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 20
contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture: 21 SB2526 -3- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund: 1
For Personal Services ............................... 245,600 2
For State Contributions to State 3
Employees' Retirement System ...................... 130,200 4
For State Contributions to 5
Social Security ................................ ....18,900 6
For Group Insurance ................................ ..69,000 7
For Contractual Services ............................ 210,000 8
For Travel ................................ ...........35,000 9
For Commodities ................................ ......11,100 10
For Printing ................................ .........20,000 11
For Equipment ................................ ........50,000 12
For Telecommunications ............................... 20,000 13
Total $809,800 14
Section 35. The sum of $300,000, or so much thereof as may 15
be necessary, is appropriated from the Wholesome Meat Fund to 16
the Department of Agriculture for costs and expenses related 17
to or in support of the agency’s operations. 18
Section 40. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 19
as may be necessary, are ap propriated to the Department of 20
Agriculture for the following purposes: 21
Payable from Partners for Conservation Fund: 22
For deposit into the State Cooperative 23 SB2526 -4- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
Extension Service Trust Fund ....................... 994,700 1
For deposit into the State Cooperative 2
Extension Service Trust Fund for 3
operational expenses and programs 4
at the University of Illinois Cook 5
County Cooperative Extension Service .............2,449,200 6
Section 45. The sum of $28,000,000, or so much thereof as 7
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agriculture Federal 8
Projects Fund to the Department of Agriculture for the expenses 9
of various federal projects, including, but not limited to, the 10
Local Food Purchase Assistance Program. 11
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Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much there of 13
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 14
Department of Agriculture for: 15
COMPUTER SERVICES 16
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 17
For Electronic Data Processing .................... 2,735,400 18
For Contractual Services ............................ 550,000 19
Section 55. The following name d amounts, or so much thereof 20
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 21
hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 22
contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture: 23 SB2526 -5- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
FOR OPERATIONS 1
AGRICULTURE REGULATION 2
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 3
For Personal Services ............................. 1,626,800 4
For State Contributions to 5
Social Security ................................ ....125,600 6
For Contractual Services ............................ 479,500 7
For Commodities ................................ .......3,000 8
For Printing ................................ ..........2,000 9
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 16,200 10
For Operation of Auto Equ ipment ...................... 25,000 11
Total $2,278,100 12
Section 60. The sum of $1,841,600, or so much thereof as 13
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Fertilizer Control 14
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for expenses relating to 15
agricultural products inspection. 16
Section 65. The sum of $2,712,300, or so much thereof as 17
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Feed Control Fund 18
to the Department of Agriculture for Feed Control. 19
Section 70. The amount of $500,000, or so much thereof as 20
may be ne cessary, is appropriated to the Department of 21
Agriculture from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund for 22 SB2526 -6- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
expenses of various federal projects. 1
Section 75. The following named sums, or so much thereof 2
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects a nd purposes 3
hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 4
contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture: 5
MARKETING 6
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 7
For Personal Services ............................. 1,568,600 8
For State Contributions to 9
Social Security ................................ ....120,300 10
Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund: 11
For Expenses Connected With the Promotion 12
and Marketing of Illinois Agriculture 13
and Agriculture Exports ......................... 2,250,000 14
For Implementation of Programs 15
and Activities to Promote, Develop 16
and Enhance the Biotech nology 17
Industry in Illinois .............................. 100,000 18
For Expenses Related to Viticulturist 19
and Enologist Contractual Staff ...................150,000 20
Payable from Federal Agricultural Marketing 21
Services Fund: 22
For Administering Illinois' Part under Public 23
Law No. 733, "An Act to provide for further 24 SB2526 -7- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
research into basic laws and principles 1
relating to agriculture and to improve 2
and facilitate the marketing and 3
distribution of agricultural products" .............60,000 4
Payable from Agriculture Federal 5
Projects Fund: 6
For Expenses of Vari ous Federal Projects ..........1,150,000 7
Section 80. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 8
as may be necessary for the objects and purposes hereinafter 9
named, are appropriated to the Department of Agriculture: 10
MEDICINAL PLANTS 11
Payable from the Compassi onate Use of Medical 12
Cannabis Fund: 13
For all costs associated with the 14
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis 15
Program ................................ .........5,851,100 16
Payable from the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Fund: 17
For all costs associated with the 18
Operation, Implementation, and Enforc ement 19
of the Industrial Hemp Act ...................... 2,019,500 20
Section 85. The sum of $20,554,900, or so much thereof as 21
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Regulation 22
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for all costs associated 23 SB2526 -8- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
with the Cannabis Regul ation and Tax Act. 1
Section 90. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 2
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 3
Department of Agriculture for: 4
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 5
Payable from the Weights and Measures Fund: 6
For Personal Services ............................. 3,085,500 7
For State Contributions to State 8
Employees' Retirement System .................... 1,619,100 9
For State Contributions to 10
Social Security ................................ ...233,700 11
For Group Insurance ............................... 1,219,000 12
For Contractual Services ............................ 369,100 13
For Travel ................................ ...........65,000 14
For Commodities ................................ ......22,000 15
For Printing ................................ .........14,000 16
For Equipment ................................ .......400,000 17
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 50,000 18
For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 452,000 19
For Refunds ................................ ..........10,000 20
Total $7,539,400 21
Payable from the Motor Fuel and Petroleum 22
Standards Fund: 23
For the Regulation of M otor Fuel Quality .............50,000 24 SB2526 -9- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
Payable from the Agriculture Federal 1
Projects Fund: 2
For Expenses of various 3
Federal Projects ................................ ...200,000 4
Section 95. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 6
Department of Agriculture for: 7
ANIMAL INDUSTRIES 8
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 9
For Personal Services ............................. 1,935,400 10
For State Contributions to 11
Social Security ................................ ....148,300 12
For Contractual Services ............................ 250,000 13
For Travel ................................ ..........125,000 14
For Commodities ................................ .....100,000 15
For Printing ................................ ..........6,000 16
For Equipment ................................ ........90,000 17
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 33,300 18
For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 115,000 19
Total $2,803,000 20
Payable from the Illinois Department of 21
Agriculture Laboratory Services Revolving Fund: 22
For Expenses Authorized by t he Animal 23
Disease Laboratories Act ............................ 40,000 24 SB2526 -10- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
Payable from the Illinois Animal Abuse Fund: 1
For Expenses Associated with the 2
Investigation of Animal Abuse 3
and Neglect under the Humane Care 4
for Animals Act ................................ ......4,000 5
Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 6
For Expenses of Various Federal Projects ............100,000 7
Section 100. The following named amounts, or so much 8
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 9
the Department of Agriculture for: 10
MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION 11
Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 12
For Personal Services ............................. 3,980,000 13
For State Contributions to 14
Social Security ................................ ....305,000 15
For Contractual Services ............................ 582,600 16
For Travel ................................ ..........100,000 17
For Commodities ................................ ......23,300 18
For Printing ................................ ..........2,500 19
For Equipment ................................ ........40,000 20
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 40,000 21
For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 115,000 22
Total $5,188,400 23
Payable from Agricultural Master Fund: 24 SB2526 -11- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
For Expenses Relating to 1
Inspection of Agricultural Products .............1,200,000 2
Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund: 3
For Personal Services ............................. 3,980,000 4
For State Contributions to State 5
Employees' Retirement System ..................... 2,109,400 6
For State Contributions to 7
Social Security ................................ ....398,400 8
For Group Insurance ............................... 1,590,800 9
For Contractual Services ............................ 582,600 10
For Travel ................................ ..........115,000 11
For Commodities ................................ ......25,000 12
For Printing ................................ ..........2,500 13
For Equipment ................................ ........45,300 14
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 40,000 15
For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 110,000 16
Total $8,999,000 17
Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 18
For Expenses of Various Federal Projects .............58,000 19
Section 105. The following named sums, or so much thereof 20
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 21
hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 22
contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture for: 23
LAND AND WATER RESOURCES 24 SB2526 -12- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 1
For Personal Services ............................... 867,600 2
For State Contributions to State 3
Employee’s Retirement System ....................... 460,000 4
For State Contributions to Social 5
Security ................................ ............66,700 6
For Contractual Services ............................ 200,000 7
For Travel ................................ ...........60,000 8
For Commodities ................................ .......7,000 9
For Printing ................................ ..........4,000 10
For Equipment ................................ ........15,000 11
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 12,500 12
For Operation of Automotive Equipment ................15,000 13
For the Ordinary and Contingent 14
Expenses of the Natural Resources 15
Advisory Board ................................ .......2,000 16
Total $1,709,800 17
Payable from the Partners for Conservation Fund: 18
For Personal Services ............................... 750,000 19
For State Contributions to State 20
Employees’ Retirement System ........................ 397,500 21
For State Contributions to Social 22
Security ................................ ............57,400 23
For Group Insurance ................................ .136,000 24
Total $1,340,900 25 SB2526 -13- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
Section 110. The sum of $3,000,000, or so much thereof as 1
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 2
Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants 3
to Soil and Water Conservation Districts to fund projects for 4
landowner cost sharing, streambank stabilization, nutrient loss 5
protection and sustainable agriculture. 6
Section 115. The sum of $4,500,000, or so much thereof as 7
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 8
Agriculture from the P artners for Conservation Fund for grants 9
to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for ordinary and 10
contingent administrative expenses. 11
Section 120. The amount of $16,451,300, or so much thereof 12
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agriculture 13
Federal Projects Fund to the Department of Agriculture for 14
expenses relating to various federal projects. 15
Section 125. The following named amounts, or so much 16
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 17
the Department of Agriculture for: 18
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS 19
Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 20
For Administration of the Livestock 21 SB2526 -14- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
Management Facilities Act .......................... 420,000 1
For the Detection, Eradication, and 2
Control of Exotic Pests, such as 3
the Asian Long-Horned Beetle and 4
Gypsy Moth ................................ .........630,000 5
Total $1,050,000 6
Payable from the Used Tire Management Fund: 7
For Mosquito Control ................................ .50,000 8
Payable from Livestock Management Facilities Fund: 9
For Administration of the Livestock 10
Management Facilities Act .......................... 50,000 11
Payable from Pesticide Control Fund: 12
For Administration and Enforcement 13
of the Pesticide Act of 1979 ..................... 7,700,000 14
Payable from Agriculture Pesticide Control Act Fund: 15
For Expenses of Pesticide Enforcement Program .......724,900 16
Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 17
For Expenses of Various Federal Projects ..........1,000,000 18
Section 130. The following named sums, or so much thereof 19
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 20
hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 21
contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture for: 22
SPRINGFIELD STATE FAIR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 23
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 24 SB2526 -15- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
For Personal Services ............................. 2,089,700 1
For State Contributions to 2
Social Security ................................ ....160,000 3
Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund: 4
For Operations of Buildings and 5
Grounds in Springfield including 6
cost in prior years .............................. 1,525,000 7
For Awards to Livestock Breeders 8
and Related Expenses ............................... 221,500 9
TOTAL $1,746,500 10
Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund: 11
For Operations of the Illin ois State Fair 12
Including Entertainment and the Percentage 13
Portion of Entertainment Contracts ...............6,900,000 14
For Awards and Premiums at the 15
Illinois State Fair 16
and related expenses ............................... 495,000 17
For Awards and Premiums for 18
Horse Racing at the 19
Illinois State Fairgrounds 20
and related expenses ............................... 178,600 21
Total $7,573,600 22
Section 135. The sum of $7,143,200, or so much thereof as 23
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 24 SB2526 -16- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
to the Department of Agric ulture for ordinary and contingent 1
expenses, including facilities management at the Illinois State 2
Fairgrounds in Springfield and Du Quoin. 3
Section 140. The sum of $1,500,000, or so much thereof as 4
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois St ate Fair 5
Fund to the Department of Agriculture to promote and conduct 6
activities at the Illinois State Fairgrounds at Springfield 7
other than the Illinois State Fair, including administrative 8
expenses. No expenditures from the appropriation shall be 9
authorized until revenues from fairground uses sufficient to 10
offset such expenditures have been collected and deposited into 11
the Illinois State Fair Fund. 12
Section 145. The sum of $3,589,500, or so much thereof as 13
may be necessary, is appropriated from the To urism Promotion 14
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs and operational 15
expenses associated with the Springfield and Du Quoin Illinois 16
State Fairs and fairgrounds, not including personal services. 17
Section 150. The sum of $1,965,000, or so much thereof as 18
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agricultural Premium 19
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for repairs, maintenance, 20
and capital improvements including construction, 21
reconstruction, improvement, repair and installation of capital 22 SB2526 -17- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
facilities, cost of planning, supplies, materials, equipment, 1
personal services and related costs, services and all other 2
expenses required to complete the work for Permanent 3
Improvements at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. 4
Section 155. The sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as 5
may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Fairgrounds 6
Capital Improvements and Harness Racing Fund to support the 7
Department of Agriculture to provide support for harness race 8
meetings, to repair and rehabilitate backstretch f acilities at 9
the Illinois State Fairgrounds and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, 10
and to repair and rehabilitate the capital infrastructure of 11
the Illinois State Fairgrounds and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. 12
Section 160. The following named amounts, or so much 13
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 14
the Department of Agriculture for: 15
DU QUOIN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 16
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 17
For Personal Services ............................... 619,200 18
For State Contributions to 19
Social Security ................................ .....47,500 20
For ordinary and contingent expenses 21
related to the buildings and grounds at the 22
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds .......................... 750,000 23 SB2526 -18- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
Total $1,416,700 1
Payable from Illinois State Fair Fund: 2
For operational expenses at the Illinois State Fairgrounds 3
at Du Quoin other than the Illinois State Fair 4
including administrative expenses ..................475,000 5
TOTAL $475,000 6
Section 165. The sum of $750,000, or so much thereof as 7
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agricultural Premium 8
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for repairs, maintenance, 9
and capital improvements including construction, 10
reconstruction, improvement, repair and installation of capital 11
facilities, cost of planning, supplies, materials, equipment, 12
personal services and related costs, services and all other 13
expenses required to complete the work for Permanent 14
Improvements at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. 15
Section 170. The following named amounts, or so much 16
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 17
the Department of Agriculture for: 18
DU QUOIN STATE FAIR 19
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 20
For Personal Services ............................... 523,200 21
For State Contributions to 22
Social Security ................................ .....40,200 23 SB2526 -19- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
For Contractual Services ............................ 500,000 1
For Commodities ................................ ......20,000 2
For Printing ................................ ..........8,000 3
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 38,000 4
Total $1,129,400 5
Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund: 6
For Entertainment and other Expenses 7
at the Du Quoin State Fair, including 8
the Percentage Portion of 9
Entertainment Contracts .......................... 1,000,000 10
Section 175. The following named amounts, or so much 11
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 12
the Department of Agriculture for: 13
COUNTY FAIRS AND HORSE RACING 14
Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 15
For Personal Services ............................... 113,500 16
For State Contributions to State 17
Employees’ Retirement System ........................ 60,300 18
For State Contributions to 19
Social Security ................................ ......8,900 20
For Contractual Services ............................. 20,000 21
For Travel ................................ ............1,500 22
For Commodities ................................ .........700 23
For Printing ................................ ............200 24 SB2526 -20- OMB103 00008 DBG 45008 b
For Equipment ................................ .........1,000 1
For Telecommunications Services ......................... 800 2
For Operation of Auto Equipment ......................... 600 3
For distribution to encourage and aid 4
county fairs and other agricultural 5
societies. This distribution shall be 6
prorated and approved by the Department 7
of Agriculture ................................ ...1,818,600 8
For premiums to agricultura l extension 9
or 4-H clubs to be distributed at a 10
uniform rate ................................ .......786,400 11
For premiums to vocational 12
agriculture fairs ................................ ..325,000 13
For rehabilitation of county fairgrounds ..........1,314,300 14
For grants and other purposes for county 15
fair and state fair horse racing ...................329,300 16
Total $4,781,100 17
Payable from the Fair and Exposition Fund: 18
For distribution to county fairs and 19
fair and exposition authorities .................... 960,000 20
Payable from the Illinois Racing 21
Quarter Horse Breeders Fund: 22
For promotion of the Illinois horse 23
racing and breeding industry ........................ 30,000 24
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 1
2023. 2