104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2528 Introduced 2/25/2025, 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, 2025, as follows: General Funds $38,190,000 Other State Funds $114,383,700 Federal Funds $79,525,300 Total $232,099,000 OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2528 Introduced 2/25/2025, 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, 2025, as follows: General Funds $38,190,000 Other State Funds $114,383,700 Federal Funds $79,525,300 Total $232,099,000 OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2528 Introduced 2/25/2025, 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, 2025, as follows: General Funds $38,190,000 Other State Funds $114,383,700 Federal Funds $79,525,300 Total $232,099,000 OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 AN ACT concerning appropriations. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 ARTICLE 1 5 Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 6 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 7 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 8 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 9 Agriculture: 10 FOR OPERATIONS 11 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 12 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 13 For Personal Services.............................1,893,300 14 For State Contributions to 15 Social Security....................................144,900 16 For Contractual Services............................325,000 17 For Refunds..........................................10,000 18 Total $2,373,200 19 Section 10. The amount of $660,000, or so much thereof as 20 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 21 Fund to the Department of Agriculture for all costs associated 22 with the Crop Insurance Rebate Initiative. 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2528 Introduced 2/25/2025, 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, 2025, as follows: General Funds $38,190,000 Other State Funds $114,383,700 Federal Funds $79,525,300 Total $232,099,000 OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 2 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 2 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 2 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Section 15. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may 2 be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 3 the Department of Agriculture for costs associated with the 4 Agriculture Equity Commission. 5 Section 20. The sum of $1,696,400, or so much thereof as 6 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 7 Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs and expenses 8 related to or in support of the agency's operations. 9 Section 25. The amount of $125,000, or so much thereof as 10 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 11 Fund to the Department of Agriculture to implement diversity, 12 equity, and inclusion initiatives. 13 Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much 14 thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the 15 Department of Agriculture for the following purposes: 16 Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 17 For expenses related to the Food Safety 18 Modernization Initiative...........................100,000 19 For deposit into the State Cooperative 20 Extension Service Trust Fund....................10,000,000 21 Total $10,100,000 SB2528 - 2 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 3 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 3 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 3 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Section 35. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may 2 be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of Agriculture 3 from the Future Farmers of America Fund for grants to the 4 Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America. 5 Section 40. The sum of $550,000, or so much thereof as may 6 be necessary, is appropriated from the Fair and Exposition 7 Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs associated 8 with Future Farmers of America membership fees. 9 Section 45. The following named amounts, or so much 10 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 11 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 12 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 13 Agriculture: 14 Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund: 15 For Personal Services...............................270,400 16 For State Contributions to State 17 Employees' Retirement System.......................143,400 18 For State Contributions to 19 Social Security.....................................22,900 20 For Group Insurance..................................66,400 21 For Contractual Services............................218,400 22 For Travel...........................................46,800 23 For Commodities......................................12,500 24 For Printing.........................................20,800 SB2528 - 3 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 4 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 4 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 4 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 For Equipment........................................46,800 2 For Telecommunication Services.......................26,000 3 Total $874,400 4 Section 50. The sum of $324,700, or so much thereof as may 5 be necessary, is appropriated from the Wholesome Meat Fund to 6 the Department of Agriculture for costs and expenses related 7 to or in support of the agency's operations, including prior 8 years' costs. 9 Section 55. The following named amounts, or so much 10 thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the 11 Department of Agriculture for the following purposes: 12 Payable from Partners for Conservation Fund: 13 For deposit into the State Cooperative 14 Extension Service Trust Fund.......................994,700 15 For deposit into the State Cooperative 16 Extension Service Trust Fund for 17 operational expenses and programs 18 at the University of Illinois Cook 19 County Cooperative Extension Service.............2,449,200 20 Section 60. The sum of $3,733,100, or so much thereof as 21 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Tourism Promotion 22 Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs and 23 operational expenses associated with the Springfield and Du SB2528 - 4 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 5 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 5 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 5 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Quoin Illinois State Fairs and fairgrounds, not including 2 personal services. 3 Section 65. The sum of $27,000,000, or so much thereof as 4 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agriculture Federal 5 Projects Fund to the Department of Agriculture for the 6 expenses of various federal projects, including, but not 7 limited to, the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, 8 including prior years' costs. 9 Section 70. The following named amounts, or so much 10 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 11 the Department of Agriculture for: 12 COMPUTER SERVICES 13 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 14 For Electronic Data Processing....................1,499,400 15 For Contractual Services............................218,300 16 Section 75. The following named amounts, or so much 17 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 18 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 19 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 20 Agriculture: 21 FOR OPERATIONS 22 AGRICULTURE REGULATION 23 Payable from General Revenue Fund: SB2528 - 5 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 6 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 6 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 6 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 For Personal Services.............................1,810,000 2 For State Contributions to 3 Social Security....................................138,500 4 For Contractual Services..........................1,998,700 5 For Travel............................................2,000 6 For Commodities.......................................2,500 7 For Printing..........................................1,000 8 For Equipment.........................................5,000 9 For Telecommunication Services.......................12,000 10 For Operation of Auto Equipment......................18,000 11 Total $3,987,700 12 Section 80. The sum of $1,915,300, 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 85. The sum of $2,820,800, 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 90. The amount of $520,000, or so much thereof as 20 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 21 Agriculture from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund for 22 expenses of various federal projects, including prior years' 23 costs. SB2528 - 6 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 7 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 7 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 7 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Section 95. The following named sums, or so much thereof 2 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 3 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 4 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 5 Agriculture: 6 MARKETING 7 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 8 For Personal Services.............................2,331,000 9 For State Contributions to 10 Social Security....................................178,400 11 Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund: 12 For Expenses Connected With the Promotion 13 and Marketing of Illinois Agriculture 14 and Agriculture Exports..........................1,479,900 15 For Implementation of Programs 16 and Activities to Promote, Develop 17 and Enhance the Biotechnology 18 Industry in Illinois...............................100,000 19 For Expenses Related to Viticulturist 20 and Enologist Contractual Staff....................150,000 21 Payable from Federal Agricultural Marketing 22 Services Fund: 23 For Administering Illinois' Part under Public 24 Law No. 733, "An Act to provide for further 25 research into basic laws and principles SB2528 - 7 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 8 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 8 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 8 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 relating to agriculture and to improve 2 and facilitate the marketing and 3 distribution of agricultural products", including 4 prior years' costs.................................60,000 5 Payable from Agriculture Federal 6 Projects Fund: 7 For Expenses of Various Federal Projects, 8 including prior years' costs....................2,800,000 9 Section 100. The following named amounts, or so much 10 thereof as may be necessary for the objects and purposes 11 hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of 12 Agriculture: 13 MEDICINAL PLANTS 14 Payable from the Compassionate Use of Medical 15 Cannabis Fund: 16 For all costs associated with the 17 Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis 18 Program.........................................10,130,000 19 Payable from the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Fund: 20 For all costs associated with the 21 Operation, Implementation, and Enforcement 22 of the Industrial Hemp Act.......................2,100,300 23 Section 105. The sum of $20,554,900, or so much thereof as 24 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Regulation SB2528 - 8 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 9 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 9 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 9 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Fund to the Department of Agriculture for all costs associated 2 with the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. 3 Section 110. The sum of $430,000, or much thereof as may be 4 necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 5 the Department of Agriculture for the costs associated with 6 the Weights and Measures Division. 7 Section 115. The following named amounts, or so much 8 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 9 the Department of Agriculture for: 10 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 11 Payable from the Weights and Measures Fund: 12 For Personal Services.............................3,442,400 13 For State Contributions to State 14 Employees' Retirement System.....................1,754,500 15 For State Contributions to 16 Social Security....................................263,400 17 For Group Insurance...............................1,394,400 18 For Contractual Services............................383,900 19 For Travel...........................................67,600 20 For Commodities......................................24,200 21 For Printing.........................................17,200 22 For Equipment.......................................416,000 23 For Telecommunication Services.......................46,800 24 For Operation of Auto Equipment.....................488,800 SB2528 - 9 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 10 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 10 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 10 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 For Refunds..........................................10,000 2 Total $8,309,200 3 Payable from the Motor Fuel and Petroleum 4 Standards Fund: 5 For the Regulation of Motor Fuel Quality.............52,000 6 Section 120. The following named amounts, or so much 7 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 8 the Department of Agriculture for: 9 ANIMAL INDUSTRIES 10 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 11 For Personal Services.............................1,970,000 12 For State Contributions to 13 Social Security....................................150,800 14 For Contractual Services............................102,000 15 For Travel...........................................80,000 16 For Commodities......................................44,000 17 For Printing..........................................2,500 18 For Equipment.......................................104,000 19 For Telecommunication Services.......................28,000 20 For Operation of Auto Equipment......................70,000 21 Total $2,551,300 22 Payable from the Illinois Department of 23 Agriculture Laboratory Services Revolving Fund: 24 For Expenses Authorized by the Animal 25 Disease Laboratories Act............................41,600 SB2528 - 10 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 11 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 11 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 11 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 2 For Expenses of Various Federal Projects, 3 including prior years' costs.......................156,000 4 Section 125. The following named amounts, or so much 5 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 6 the Department of Agriculture for: 7 MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION 8 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 9 For Personal Services.............................5,096,300 10 For State Contributions to 11 Social Security....................................389,900 12 For Contractual Services............................550,000 13 For Travel...........................................90,000 14 For Commodities.......................................8,000 15 For Printing..............................................0 16 For Equipment........................................11,000 17 For Telecommunication Services.......................44,500 18 For Operation of Auto Equipment.....................105,000 19 Total $6,294,700 20 Payable from Agricultural Master Fund: 21 For Expenses Relating to 22 Inspection of Agricultural Products..............1,410,000 23 Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund: 24 For Personal Services.............................5,128,100 25 For State Contributions to State SB2528 - 11 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 12 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 12 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 12 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Employees' Retirement System.....................2,613,600 2 For State Contributions to 3 Social Security....................................392,300 4 For Group Insurance...............................1,909,000 5 For Contractual Services............................606,000 6 For Travel..........................................119,600 7 For Commodities......................................34,700 8 For Printing..........................................2,600 9 For Equipment........................................47,200 10 For Telecommunication Services.......................51,500 11 For Operation of Auto Equipment.....................125,200 12 Total $11,029,800 13 Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 14 For Expenses of Various Federal Projects.............60,400 15 Section 130. The following named sums, or so much thereof 16 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 17 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 18 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 19 Agriculture for: 20 LAND AND WATER RESOURCES 21 Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 22 For Personal Services.............................1,040,000 23 For State Contributions to State 24 Employee's Retirement System.......................530,100 25 For State Contributions to Social SB2528 - 12 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 13 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 13 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 13 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Security............................................79,600 2 For Contractual Services............................176,800 3 For Travel...........................................62,400 4 For Commodities.......................................9,400 5 For Printing..........................................4,200 6 For Equipment........................................13,600 7 For Telecommunication Services.......................25,000 8 For Operation of Automotive Equipment................21,400 9 For the Ordinary and Contingent 10 Expenses of the Natural Resources 11 Advisory Board.......................................2,100 12 Total $1,964,600 13 Payable from the Partners for Conservation Fund: 14 For Personal Services...............................818,000 15 For State Contributions to State 16 Employees' Retirement System........................417,000 17 For State Contributions to Social 18 Security............................................62,600 19 For Group Insurance.................................265,600 20 For Expenses Relating to 21 Soil Health Assessments............................250,000 22 Total $1,813,200 23 Section 135. The sum of $3,000,000, or so much thereof as 24 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 25 Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants SB2528 - 13 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 14 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 14 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 14 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 to Soil and Water Conservation Districts to fund projects for 2 landowner cost sharing, streambank stabilization, nutrient 3 loss protection and sustainable agriculture. 4 Section 140. The sum of $4,500,000, or so much thereof as 5 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 6 Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants 7 to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for ordinary and 8 contingent administrative expenses. 9 Section 145. The amount of $9,880,000, or so much thereof 10 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agriculture 11 Federal Projects Fund to the Department of Agriculture for 12 expenses relating to various federal projects, including prior 13 years' costs. 14 Section 150. The following named amounts, or so much 15 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 16 the Department of Agriculture for: 17 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS 18 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 19 For Administration of the Livestock 20 Management Facilities Act..........................885,100 21 For the Detection, Eradication, and 22 Control of Exotic Pests, such as 23 the Asian Long-Horned Beetle and SB2528 - 14 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 15 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 15 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 15 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Spongy Moth......................................1,163,900 2 Total $2,049,000 3 Payable from the Used Tire Management Fund: 4 For Mosquito Control.................................50,000 5 Payable from Livestock Management Facilities Fund: 6 For Administration of the Livestock 7 Management Facilities Act...........................56,200 8 Payable from Pesticide Control Fund: 9 For Administration and Enforcement 10 of the Illinois Pesticide Act....................8,840,000 11 Payable from Agriculture Pesticide Control Act Fund: 12 For Expenses of Pesticide Enforcement Program, 13 including prior years' costs.......................780,000 14 Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund: 15 For Expenses of Various Federal Projects, 16 including prior years' costs....................26,040,000 17 Section 155. The sum of $2,900,000, or so much thereof as 18 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of 19 Agriculture from the General Revenue Fund for Operations of 20 the Illinois State Fair, Including Entertainment and the 21 Percentage Portion of Entertainment Contracts. 22 Section 160. The sum of $7,900,000, or so much thereof as 23 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 24 Fund to the Department of Agriculture for ordinary and SB2528 - 15 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 16 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 16 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 16 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 contingent expenses, including facilities management at the 2 Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield and Du Quoin. 3 Section 165. The following named sums, or so much thereof 4 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 5 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 6 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 7 Agriculture for: 8 SPRINGFIELD STATE FAIR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 9 Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund: 10 For Personal Services.............................2,292,000 11 For State Contributions to State 12 Employee's Retirement System.....................1,168,200 13 For State Contributions to 14 Social Security....................................175,400 15 For Operations of Buildings and 16 Grounds in Springfield including 17 prior years' costs...............................1,638,000 18 For Awards to Livestock Breeders 19 and Related Expenses...............................230,000 20 Total $5,503,600 21 Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund: 22 For repairs, maintenance, and capital improvements 23 Including construction, reconstruction, improvement, 24 Repair and installation of capital facilities, costs of 25 Planning, supplies, materials, equipment, personal SB2528 - 16 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 17 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 17 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 17 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 services and related costs, services and all other 2 expenses required to complete the work for 3 Permanent Improvements at the Illinois State 4 Fairgrounds.................................... $2,106,000 5 Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund: 6 For Operations of the Illinois State Fair 7 Including Entertainment and the Percentage 8 Portion of Entertainment Contracts...............8,678,100 9 For Awards and Premiums at the 10 Illinois State Fair 11 and related expenses...............................540,800 12 For Awards and Premiums for 13 Horse Racing at the 14 Illinois State Fairgrounds 15 and related expenses...............................185,800 16 Total $9,404,700 17 Section 170. The sum of $1,560,000, or so much thereof as 18 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois State Fair 19 Fund to the Department of Agriculture to promote and conduct 20 activities at the Illinois State Fairgrounds at Springfield 21 other than the Illinois State Fair, including administrative 22 expenses. No expenditures from the appropriation shall be 23 authorized until revenues from fairground uses sufficient to 24 offset such expenditures have been collected and deposited 25 into the Illinois State Fair Fund. SB2528 - 17 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 18 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 18 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 18 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Section 175. The sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may 2 be necessary, is appropriated from the State Fairgrounds 3 Capital Improvements and Harness Racing Fund to support the 4 Department of Agriculture to provide support for harness race 5 meetings, to repair and rehabilitate backstretch facilities at 6 the Illinois State Fairgrounds and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, 7 and to repair and rehabilitate the capital infrastructure of 8 the Illinois State Fairgrounds and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. 9 Section 180. The following named amounts, or so much 10 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 11 the Department of Agriculture for: 12 DU QUOIN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 13 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 14 For Personal Services...............................920,000 15 For State Contributions to 16 Social Security.....................................70,400 17 For ordinary and contingent expenses 18 related to the buildings and grounds at the 19 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds..........................725,000 20 Total $1,715,400 21 Payable from Illinois State Fair Fund: 22 For operational expenses at the Illinois State Fairgrounds 23 at Du Quoin other than the Illinois State Fair 24 including administrative expenses..................494,000 SB2528 - 18 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 19 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 19 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 19 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 Section 185. The sum of $806,000, or so much thereof as may 2 be necessary, is appropriated from the Agricultural Premium 3 Fund to the Department of Agriculture for repairs, 4 maintenance, and capital improvements including construction, 5 reconstruction, improvement, repair and installation of 6 capital facilities, cost of planning, supplies, materials, 7 equipment, personal services and related costs, services and 8 all other expenses required to complete the work for Permanent 9 Improvements at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. 10 Section 190. The following named amounts, or so much 11 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 12 the Department of Agriculture for: 13 DU QUOIN STATE FAIR 14 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 15 For Personal Services...............................590,000 16 For State Contributions to 17 Social Security.....................................45,200 18 For Contractual Services............................475,000 19 For Commodities......................................20,000 20 For Printing..........................................8,000 21 For Telecommunication Services.......................42,000 22 Total $1,180,200 23 Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund: 24 For Entertainment and other Expenses SB2528 - 19 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 20 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 20 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 20 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 at the Du Quoin State Fair, including 2 the Percentage Portion of 3 Entertainment Contracts..........................1,100,000 4 Section 195. The following named amounts, or so much 5 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 6 the Department of Agriculture for: 7 COUNTY FAIRS AND HORSE RACING 8 Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund: 9 For Personal Services...............................118,100 10 For State Contributions to State 11 Employees' Retirement System........................60,200 12 For State Contributions to 13 Social Security......................................9,100 14 For Contractual Services.............................13,600 15 For Travel............................................2,600 16 For Commodities.......................................1,000 17 For Printing............................................400 18 For Equipment.........................................1,100 19 For Telecommunication Services........................1,100 20 For Operation of Auto Equipment.........................900 21 For premiums to agricultural extension 22 or 4-H clubs to be distributed at a 23 uniform rate.......................................817,900 24 For premiums to vocational 25 agriculture fairs..................................338,000 SB2528 - 20 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528- 21 -OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 21 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b SB2528 - 21 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b 1 For grants and other purposes for county 2 fair and state fair horse racing...................342,500 3 Total $1,706,500 4 Payable from the Fair and Exposition Fund: 5 For distribution to county fairs and 6 fair and exposition authorities....................998,400 7 For distribution to encourage and aid 8 county fairs and other agricultural 9 societies. This distribution shall be 10 prorated and approved by the Department 11 of Agriculture...................................1,891,400 12 For rehabilitation of county fairgrounds..........1,366,900 13 Payable from the Illinois Racing 14 Quarter Horse Breeders Fund: 15 For promotion of the Illinois horse 16 racing and breeding industry........................31,200 17 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 18 2025. SB2528 - 21 - OMB104 00008 JTR 10008 b