Illinois Compiled Statutes 505 ILCS 45 — County Cooperative Extension Law.

Short title

Short title. This law may be known and cited as the "County Cooperative Extension Law." (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2221.)

Declaration of policy

Declaration of policy. It is declared to be the policy of the General Assembly to provide for aid in disseminating among the people of Illinois useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics and other University programs and to encourage the application of the same in the severa…

Information and assistance

Information and assistance. (a) The Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Illinois shall provide information and assistance to person who are timber growers and to persons who may be unaware of the economic and soil and water conservation benefits that can be attained through forestry management on margina…

The Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Illinois may establish a Rural Transition Program to be operated in cooperation with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide assessments, career counseling, on-the-job training, tuition reimbursements, classroom training, financial management…

Definition of terms

Definition of terms. Whenever used or referred to in this Act, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, (1) "Cooperative Extension Service" means the "Cooperative Extension Service of the College of Agriculture, of the University of Illinois," hereinafter referred to as "cooperative extension servic…

County or multi-county extension councils

County or multi-county extension councils. The Board of Trustees is authorized to provide for county extension councils or multi-county extension councils and may issue instructions and procedures regarding membership, officers to be elected, meetings of the councils, operating procedures and structure, including execu…

Powers and duties of county or multi-county extension councils

Powers and duties of county or multi-county extension councils. The county and multi-county extension councils may exercise the following powers and duties and such other duties in their respective counties or areas as are designated by the Board of Trustees. (a) To cooperate with Cooperative Extension Service personne…

Limitations on powers and activities of extension councils

Limitations on powers and activities of extension councils. (a) The county and multi-county extension councils shall not attempt in any manner, by the adoption of resolutions or otherwise, to influence legislation, either state or national, except where the cooperative extension service is directly affected by the legi…

County and multi-county extension boards

County and multi-county extension boards. (a) A county extension board shall be established in each county upon the request of the director of extension of the University of Illinois to facilitate effective cooperation between the extension councils and the county governing board. The county extension board shall consi…

County extension education funds

County extension education funds. (a) The county governing board shall annually consider the total budget certified by the county or multi-county extension board in order to consider the total funds needed for Cooperative Extension Service programs in the county. The county governing board may appropriate and pay 50% o…

Expenditure of funds

Expenditure of funds. Expenditures from funds appropriated by the county or contributed from other sources for use in the county or multi-county unit shall be made in accordance with University fiscal procedures and based on certifications prepared by county extension personnel and approved by the chairman of the count…

Reports

Reports. The county extension councils shall submit an annual financial report in writing to the county extension board, and the county extension board shall report to the county governing board. (Source: P.A. 77-2729.)

Supplemental to other acts

Supplemental to other acts. The provisions of the Act shall not be construed or held to repeal "An act to enable the county boards to appropriate funds for the use of soil and crop improvement and home improvement associations of their several counties," approved June 27, 1913, as amended, but shall be in addition and…