505 ILCS 82/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Food and Agriculture Research Act. (Source: P.A. 89-182, eff. 7-19-95.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 505 ILCS 82 — Food and Agriculture Research Act.
Illinois · statute · 505 ILCS 82 · 7 active provisions
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Findings
Findings. It is the intent of this Act to provide a solid base of State funding for public food and agricultural research programs in Illinois while fostering public confidence in this research through public participation. Blessed with rich agricultural soils and a favorable agricultural climate, Illinois traditionall…
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Purpose
Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to put a solid foundation of stable and long-term, State support under the important public activity of food and agricultural research while improving accountability and gathering public input concerning that research. This should provide the institutional capacity and program contin…
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Allocation of funds
Allocation of funds. Appropriations for the purposes of this Act shall be made to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, which shall allocate funds appropriated under this Act for research to Illinois public and non-public institutions of higher education, as defined in Section 2 of the Higher Education Cooperation Ac…
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Use of funds
Use of funds. The funds shall be expended as follows: (1) To support a broad program of food and agricultural research, to include, but not limited to, research on natural resource, environmental, economic, nutritional, and social impacts of agricultural systems, human and animal health, and the concerns of consumers o…
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Administrative oversight
Administrative oversight. The Department of Agriculture shall provide general administrative oversight with the assistance and advice of duly elected Board of Directors of the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research. Food and agricultural research administrators at each of the universities shall administer t…
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Effective date
Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 1995. (Source: P.A. 89-182, eff. 7-19-95.)