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91_SB1634
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Family Farmer Support Act by
2 changing Section 10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Family Farmer Support Act is
6 amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
7 (505 ILCS 57/10)
8 Sec. 10. Cooperative Development Board. The Cooperative
9 Extension Service of the College of Agriculture of the
10 University of Illinois shall create a Cooperative Development
11 Board. Subject to appropriation, the Board shall establish,
12 assist, and enhance the development of local and regional
13 agricultural institutions, such as, but not limited to,
14 cooperatives, other ownership structures, contractual
15 arrangements, and information systems to provide support to
16 Illinois family farmers. The Board also shall inform farmers
17 interested in creating a cooperative of the existence of the
18 State Treasurer's low-interest agricultural loan financing
19 program.
20 (Source: P.A. 91-191, eff. 7-20-99.)
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.