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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil 
5Administrative
Code of Illinois is amended  by changing Section 
6205-15 as follows:
 



7    (20 ILCS 205/205-15)  (was 20 ILCS 205/40.7 and 205/40.8)



8    Sec. 205-15. Promotional activities. 

9    (a) The Department has the power to encourage and promote, 
10in every
practicable manner,
the interests of agriculture, 
11including horticulture, the livestock
industry, dairying, 
12cheese making, poultry, bee keeping, forestry, the
production 
13of wool, and all other allied industries.   In furtherance of
the 
14duties set forth in this Section subsection (a), the Department 
15may
establish trust
funds and bank accounts in adequately 
16protected financial institutions
to receive and disburse 
17monies in connection with the conduct of food
shows, food 
18expositions, trade shows, and other promotional activities and

19to
sell
at cost, to qualified applicants, signs designating 
20farms that
have been
owned for 100
years
or more
or 150 years 
21or more
by lineal or collateral descendants of the same family 
22as
"Centennial Farms" or "Sesquicentennial Farms", 
23respectively.  The
Department shall provide applications for 
 
 
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1the signs, which shall
be submitted
with the
required fee.  
2"Centennial Farms"
and "Sesquicentennial Farms"
signs shall 
3not contain within their
design
the name,
picture, or other 
4likeness of any elected public official or any appointed
public 
5official.

6    (b) The Department has the power to promote improved

7methods of conducting the several
industries described in 
8subsection (a) with a view to increasing the
production and 
9facilitating the
distribution thereof at the least cost.

10    (c)   The Department may sell at cost, to qualified 
11applicants, signs designating an agribusiness that has been 
12operated for 100 years or more or more than 150 years or more 
13as the same agribusiness. As used in this  subsection (c), 
14"agribusiness" means a business or businesses under the same 
15name or ownership that are collectively associated with the 
16production, processing, and distribution of agricultural 
17products. The Department shall provide applications for the 
18signs, which shall be submitted with the required fee. 
19(Source: P.A. 90-598, eff. 1-1-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-717, 
20eff. 6-2-00.)