Illinois Compiled Statutes 505 ILCS 135 — Sustainable Agriculture Act.

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Sustainable Agriculture Act

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Sustainable Agriculture Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1022.)

Findings

Findings. It is the intent of this Act to provide for funding of the developmental research program that serves production agriculture in Illinois. Illinois is blessed with some of the richest agricultural soils and the most favorable agricultural climate of any land area in the world of similar size. An economically c…

There is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture a program to be known as the "Sustainable Agriculture Program"

There is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture a program to be known as the "Sustainable Agriculture Program". The purposes of the program are as follows: (1) To identify agricultural practices that maintain productivity and minimize environmental degradation. (2) To relate overland runoff, sediment trans…

As administrator of the Sustainable Agriculture Program, the Department of Agriculture shall: (a) determine what production agriculture research projects currently being conducted fit into the purposes of this Act; (b) encourage public and private institutions, including the various public universities in this State, t…

There is hereby created the Sustainable Agriculture Committee which shall consist of 7 members as follows: one member representing and appointed by the Governor; one member representing and appointed by the Board of Higher Education; one member representing and appointed by the Department of Agriculture; and 4 members…