(505 ILCS 125/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 138c)
Sec. 3.
The Department is hereby authorized and empowered and may, at its discretion,
formulate and submit to the Secretary of Agriculture, in conformity with
the provisions of said Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, a
State plan designed to promote
such utilization of land and such farming practices as the Department finds
will tend, in conjunction with the operation of such other plans as may be
approved for other states by the Secretary of Agriculture, to preserve and
improve soil fertility; to promote the economic use and conservation of
land; to diminish exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of natural
soil resources; to protect rivers and waterways against the results of soil
erosion and aid in flood control; and to re-establish and maintain the
ratio between the purchasing power of the net income per person on farms
and that of the income per person not on farms, as defined in subsection
(a) of Section 7 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.
Each such plan may provide for adjustments and utilization of land, and
in farming practices through agreements with producers or through other
voluntary methods, and for benefit payments in connection therewith, and
for such methods of administration not in conflict with any law of the
State, and for such reports as the Secretary of Agriculture finds necessary
for the effective administration of the plan, and for ascertaining whether
the plan is being carried out according to its terms.
(Source: P.A. 96-1333, eff. 7-27-10.)
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