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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil
5 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
6 205-36 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 205/205-36 new)
8 Sec. 205-36. Agricultural drought and climate resilience
9 report.
10 (a) The Department shall study:
11 (1) the specific actions that can be taken and the
12 practices that can be implemented to mitigate the impacts
13 of drought and climate change on agriculture in the State;
14 (2) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of
15 establishing and implementing financial and technical
16 assistance programs to mitigate the impacts of drought and
17 climate change on agricultural producers in the State;
18 (3) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of using
19 agricultural land management to realize greenhouse gas
20 reductions and maximize carbon sequestration opportunities
21 in the State;
22 (4) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of using
23 floatovoltaics in State waterways; and
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1 (5) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of
2 establishing within the Department an Agricultural Drought
3 and Climate Resilience Office for the purpose of providing
4 agricultural producers with the voluntary technical
5 assistance, nonregulatory programs, and incentives
6 necessary to harden the State's agricultural sector to the
7 coming impacts of drought and climate change.
8 (b) The Department may enter into a contract or grant
9 agreement with one or more organizations or institutions with
10 expertise in environmental and agricultural issues for the
11 purpose of completing the tasks delegated to it in this
12 Section. In conducting the cost-benefit analyses described in
13 this Section, the Department may take into account the value
14 of ecosystem services.
15 (c) Within 2 years after the effective date of this
16 amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Department
17 shall report its findings and recommendations to the General
18 Assembly by filing a copy of the report described in this
19 Section with General Assembly as provided in Section 3.1 of
20 the General Assembly Organization Act.
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.
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