SB3832
A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3832
Introduced 2/28/2024, 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, 2024, as follows:
General Funds $ 36,828,800
Other State Funds $106,578,100
Federal Funds $ 52,850,500
Total $196,257,400
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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 ............................. 1,849,000 12
For State Contributions to 13
Social Security ................................ ....133,200 14
For Contractual Services ............................ 504,000 15
For Refunds ................................ ..........10,000 16
Total $2,496,200 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 SB3832 -2- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
Section 15. The sum of $1,565,000, 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 appropriat ed 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 o f 10
Agriculture for the following purposes: 11
Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 12
For expenses related to the Food Safety 13
Modernization Initiative ........................... 100,000 14
For deposit into the State Cooperative 15
Extension Service Trust Fund .................... 10,000,000 16
Total $10,100,000 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 SB3832 -3- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund: 1
For Personal Services ............................... 260,000 2
For State Contributions to State 3
Employees' Retirement System ...................... 137,800 4
For State Contributions to 5
Social Security ................................ ....22,000 6
For Group Insurance ................................ ..55,000 7
For Contractual Services ............................ 210,000 8
For Travel ................................ ...........45,000 9
For Commodities ................................ ......12,000 10
For Printing ................................ .........20,000 11
For Equipment ................................ ........45,000 12
For Telecommunications ............................... 25,000 13
Total $831,800 14
Section 35. The sum of $312,200, 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 appropriated t o the Department of 20
Agriculture for the following purposes: 21
Payable from Partners for Conservation Fund: 22
For deposit into the State Cooperative 23 SB3832 -4- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 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 $27,000,000, 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 .................... 1,441,700 18
For Contractual Services ............................ 209,900 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 SB3832 -5- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
FOR OPERATIONS 1
AGRICULTURE REGULATION 2
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 3
For Personal Services ............................. 1,833,600 4
For State Contributions to 5
Social Security ................................ ....140,300 6
For Contractual Services ............................ 479,500 7
For Travel ................................ ............5,000 8
For Commodities ................................ .......3,000 9
For Printing ................................ ..........2,000 10
For Equipment ................................ .........7,500 11
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 16,200 12
For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 25,000 13
Total $2,512,100 14
Section 60. The sum of $1,841,600, or so much thereof as 15
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Fertilizer Control 16
Fund to the Department of Agriculture f or expenses relating to 17
agricultural products inspection. 18
Section 65. The sum of $2,712,300, or so much thereof as 19
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Feed Control Fund 20
to the Department of Agriculture for Feed Control. 21
Section 70. The amoun t of $500,000, or so much thereof as 22 SB3832 -6- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 1
Agriculture from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund for 2
expenses of various federal projects. 3
Section 75. The following named sums, or so much thereof 4
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 5
hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 6
contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture: 7
MARKETING 8
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 9
For Personal Services ............................. 2,000,100 10
For State Contributions to 11
Social Security ................................ ....153,200 12
Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund: 13
For Expenses Connected With the Promotion 14
and Marketing of Illinois Agriculture 15
and Agriculture Exports ......................... 1,422,900 16
For Implementation of Programs 17
and Activities to Promote, Develop 18
and Enhance the Biotechnology 19
Industry in Illinois .............................. 100,000 20
For Expenses Related to Viticulturist 21
and Enologist Contractual Staff ...................150,000 22
Payable from Federal Agricultural Marketing 23
Services Fund: 24 SB3832 -7- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
For Administering Illinois' Part under Public 1
Law No. 733, "An Act to provide for further 2
research into basic laws and principles 3
relating to agriculture and to improve 4
and facilitate the marketing and 5
distribution of agricultural products" .............60,000 6
Payable from Agriculture Federal 7
Projects Fund: 8
For Expenses of Various Federal Projects ..........2,800,000 9
Section 80. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 10
as may be necessary for the objects and purposes hereinafter 11
named, are appropriated to the Department of A griculture: 12
MEDICINAL PLANTS 13
Payable from the Compassionate Use of Medical 14
Cannabis Fund: 15
For all costs associated with the 16
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis 17
Program ................................ ........10,130,000 18
Payable from the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Fund: 19
For all costs associated with the 20
Operation, Implementation, and Enforcement 21
of the Industrial Hemp Act ...................... 2,019,500 22
Section 85. The sum of $20,554,900, or so much thereof as 23 SB3832 -8- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Regulation 1
Fund to the Department of Agric ulture for all costs associated 2
with the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. 3
Section 90. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 4
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 5
Department of Agriculture for: 6
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 7
Payable from the Weights and Measures Fund: 8
For Personal Services ............................. 3,310,000 9
For State Contributions to State 10
Employees' Retirement System .................... 1,737,800 11
For State Contributions to 12
Social Security ................................ ...253,300 13
For Group Insurance ............................... 1,182,500 14
For Contractual Services ............................ 369,100 15
For Travel ................................ ...........65,000 16
For Commodities ................................ ......24,000 17
For Printing ................................ .........16,500 18
For Equipment ................................ .......400,000 19
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 45,000 20
For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 470,000 21
For Refunds ................................ ..........10,000 22
Total $7,883,200 23
Payable from the Motor Fuel and Pe troleum 24 SB3832 -9- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
Standards Fund: 1
For the Regulation of Motor Fuel Quality .............50,000 2
Section 95. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 3
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 4
Department of Agriculture for: 5
ANIMAL INDUSTRIES 6
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 7
For Personal Services ............................. 1,954,000 8
For State Contributions to 9
Social Security ................................ ....149,600 10
For Contractual Services ............................ 200,000 11
For Travel ................................ ..........115,000 12
For Commodities ................................ .....100,000 13
For Printing ................................ ..........6,000 14
For Equipment ................................ .......150,000 15
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 33,300 16
For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 115,000 17
Total $2,822,900 18
Payable from the Illinois Department of 19
Agriculture Laboratory Services Revolving Fund: 20
For Expenses Authorized by the Animal 21
Disease Laboratories Act ............................ 40,000 22
Payable from the Illinois Animal Abuse Fund: 23
For Expenses Associated with the 24 SB3832 -10- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
Investigation of Animal Abuse 1
and Neglect under the Humane Care 2
for Animals Act ................................ ......4,000 3
Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 4
For Expenses of Various Fe deral Projects ............150,000 5
Section 100. The following named amounts, or so much 6
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 7
the Department of Agriculture for: 8
MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION 9
Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 10
For Personal Services ............................. 4,580,000 11
For State Contributions to 12
Social Security ................................ ....350,500 13
For Contractual Services ............................ 582,600 14
For Travel ................................ ..........100,000 15
For Commodities ................................ ......22,300 16
For Printing ................................ ..........2,500 17
For Equipment ................................ ........25,500 18
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 48,500 19
For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 120,300 20
Total $5,832,200 21
Payable from Agricultural Master Fund: 22
For Expenses Relating to 23
Inspection of Agricultural Products .............1,355,700 24 SB3832 -11- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund: 1
For Personal Services ............................. 4,580,000 2
For State Contributions to State 3
Employees' Retirement System ..................... 2,404,500 4
For State Contributions to 5
Social Security ................................ ....360,500 6
For Group Insurance ............................... 1,595,000 7
For Contractual Services ............................ 582,600 8
For Travel ................................ ..........115,000 9
For Commodities ................................ ......33,300 10
For Printing ................................ ..........2,500 11
For Equipment ................................ ........45,300 12
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 49,500 13
For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 120,300 14
Total $9,888,500 15
Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 16
For Expenses of Various Federal Projects .............58,000 17
Section 105. The following named sums, 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 for: 21
LAND AND WATER RESOURCES 22
Payable from the Agricultural Pr emium Fund: 23
For Personal Services ............................. 1,000,000 24 SB3832 -12- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
For State Contributions to State 1
Employee’s Retirement System ....................... 525,000 2
For State Contributions to Social 3
Security ................................ ............81,500 4
For Contractual Services ............................ 170,000 5
For Travel ................................ ...........60,000 6
For Commodities ................................ .......9,000 7
For Printing ................................ ..........4,000 8
For Equipment ................................ ........13,000 9
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 24,000 10
For Operation of Automotive Equipment ................20,500 11
For the Ordinary and Contingent 12
Expenses of the Natural Resources 13
Advisory Board ................................ .......2,000 14
Total $1,909,000 15
Payable from the Partne rs for Conservation Fund: 16
For Personal Services ............................... 750,000 17
For State Contributions to State 18
Employees’ Retirement System ........................ 393,900 19
For State Contributions to Social 20
Security ................................ ............57,400 21
For Group Insurance ................................ .385,000 22
For Expenses Relating to 23
Soil Health Assessments ......................... 250,000 24
Total $1,836,300 25 SB3832 -13- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 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 Conse rvation 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 Partners 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 $9,500,000, or so much thereof 12
as may be necessary, is appropria ted 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 SB3832 -14- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 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 ................................ .........700,000 5
Total $1,120,000 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 Illinois Pesticide Act .................... 8,500,000 14
Payable from Agriculture Pesticide Control Act Fund: 15
For Expenses of Pesticide Enforcement Program .......750,000 16
Payable from the Agricult ure 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 ord inary and 21
contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture for: 22
SPRINGFIELD STATE FAIR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 23
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 24 SB3832 -15- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
For Personal Services ............................. 2,300,000 1
For State Contributions to 2
Social Security ................................ ....176,100 3
Payable from Agricul tural Premium Fund: 4
For Operations of Buildings and 5
Grounds in Springfield including 6
prior years’cost ................................ .1,575,000 7
For Awards to Livestock Breeders 8
and Related Expenses ............................... 221,500 9
TOTAL $1,796,500 10
Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund: 11
For Operations of the Illinois 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 ............................... 520,000 17
For Awards and Premiums for 18
Horse Racing at the 19
Illinois State Fairgrounds 20
and related expenses ............................... 178,600 21
Total $7,598,600 22
Section 135. The sum of $7,500,000, or so much thereof as 23
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fu nd 24 SB3832 -16- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
to the Department of Agriculture 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 appr opriated from the Illinois State 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 Tourism 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 $2,025,000, 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 SB3832 -17- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 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 a nd rehabilitate backstretch facilities 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 follow ing 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 ............................... 698,200 18
For State Contributions to 19
Social Security ................................ .....53,500 20
For ordinary and contingent expenses 21
related to the buildings and grounds at the 22
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds .......................... 775,000 23 SB3832 -18- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
Total $1,526,700 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 $775,000, 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 rel ated 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 ............................... 595,300 21
For State Contributions to 22
Social Security ................................ .....45,700 23 SB3832 -19- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
For Contractual Services ............................ 525,000 1
For Commodities ................................ ......21,000 2
For Printing ................................ ..........8,700 3
For Telecommunications Services ...................... 42,000 4
Total $1,237,700 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 .......................... 1,100,000 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 Prem ium Fund: 15
For Personal Services ............................... 113,500 16
For State Contributions to State 17
Employees’ Retirement System ........................ 59,700 18
For State Contributions to 19
Social Security ................................ ......8,900 20
For Contractual Services ............................. 13,000 21
For Travel ................................ ............2,500 22
For Commodities ................................ .........900 23
For Printing ................................ ............300 24 SB3832 -20- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
For Equipment ................................ .........1,000 1
For Telecommunications Services ....................... 1,000 2
For Operation of Auto Equipment ......................... 800 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 Departm ent 7
of Agriculture ................................ ...1,818,600 8
For premiums to agricultural 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 $4,775,200 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 180. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as 1
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 2
Agriculture from the Future Farmer s of America Fund for grants 3
to the Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America. 4
Section 185. The amount of $125,000, or so much thereof as 5
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 6
to the Department of Agriculture to implemen t diversity, 7
equity, and inclusion initiatives. 8
Section 190. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as 9
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 10
Agriculture from the General Revenue Fund for Operations of the 11
Illinois State Fair, Includ ing Entertainment and the Percentage 12
Portion of Entertainment Contracts. 13
Section 195. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as 14
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 15
to the Department of Agriculture for costs associated with the 16
Agriculture Equity Commission. 17
Section 200. The sum of $500,000, or much thereof as may be 18
necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the 19
Department of Agriculture for the costs associated with the 20
Weights and Measures Division. 21 SB3832 -22- OMB103 00168 JTR 45168 b
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 1
2024. 2