Bill Amendment: IL SB1704 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: HARVEST TO HOME PILOT PROGRAM
Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1704 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1704-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: HARVEST TO HOME PILOT PROGRAM
Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1704 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1704-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1704
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1704 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Harvest to Homes Pilot Program Act.
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6 | Section 3. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | ||||||
7 | finds that: | ||||||
8 | (1) In this State, nearly 1,500,000 people are struggling | ||||||
9 | with hunger and of them 450,000 are children. | ||||||
10 | (2) This State has a potential agricultural surplus of | ||||||
11 | 2,600 acres. | ||||||
12 | (3) Reporting shows that 50% of food grown is lost before | ||||||
13 | consumption, including product that is not suitable for sale, | ||||||
14 | but still edible. | ||||||
15 | (4) Providing funding to connect agricultural surplus with | ||||||
16 | food banks can reduce food insecurity within vulnerable |
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1 | populations.
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2 | Section 5. Pilot program. Subject to appropriation, the | ||||||
3 | Department of Agriculture, with meaningful input from | ||||||
4 | stakeholders, shall develop an Illinois Harvest to Home Pilot | ||||||
5 | Program for a period of 5 years under which eligible entities | ||||||
6 | may receive funding annually to provide agriculture surplus to | ||||||
7 | communities of need.
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8 | Section 10. Advisory Council. The program shall be | ||||||
9 | administered by an organization selected by the Department and | ||||||
10 | approved by the advisory council. The organization chosen must | ||||||
11 | be a statewide organization whose membership is food banks. The | ||||||
12 | advisory council will assist in the development of program | ||||||
13 | rules and implementation. The advisory council shall be | ||||||
14 | comprised of: | ||||||
15 | (1) one representative from the Department of Agriculture, | ||||||
16 | designated by the Director of Agriculture; | ||||||
17 | (2) one representative from the Department of Human | ||||||
18 | Services Illinois Commission to End Hunger; | ||||||
19 | (3) one representative from the Emergency Food System | ||||||
20 | Working Group; | ||||||
21 | (4) one representative from the lead organization | ||||||
22 | representing food banks; | ||||||
23 | (5) one representative from the State's largest general | ||||||
24 | farm organization; |
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1 | (6) one representative from the largest statewide | ||||||
2 | organization representing specialty crops; | ||||||
3 | (7) one representative from the largest organization | ||||||
4 | representing farmers markets; | ||||||
5 | (8) one representative from a non-profit organization | ||||||
6 | focused on expanding access to healthy, local, sustainable food | ||||||
7 | in the Chicago area; and | ||||||
8 | (9) one representative from a statewide organization | ||||||
9 | working with farmers that specialize in sustainable and local | ||||||
10 | food.
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11 | Section 15. Rulemaking. The Department of Agriculture | ||||||
12 | shall adopt rules to implement the program no later than 90 | ||||||
13 | days after the effective date of this Act. These rules shall | ||||||
14 | include, but are not limited to, entities and action eligible | ||||||
15 | for funding, methods to connect growers to food banks and | ||||||
16 | social service agencies, and methods to identify sources of | ||||||
17 | surpluses. Aspects of the program that are eligible for funding | ||||||
18 | may include: | ||||||
19 | (1) reimbursement to growers for picking, packing, and | ||||||
20 | processing agricultural surplus; | ||||||
21 | (2) transportation to the food banks and social service | ||||||
22 | agencies; | ||||||
23 | (3) reimbursement to food banks and social service agencies | ||||||
24 | for storage and distribution costs; | ||||||
25 | (4) capacity building grants for food banks and social |
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1 | service agencies to invest in facility upgrades for processing | ||||||
2 | agricultural surplus; | ||||||
3 | (5) marketing and promotional activities related to the | ||||||
4 | pilot program; and | ||||||
5 | (6) program administration.
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6 | Section 20. Reporting. An annual report shall be submitted | ||||||
7 | from the advisory council, lead organization, and Department of | ||||||
8 | Agriculture annually. After 3 years from the date of | ||||||
9 | implementation of the Illinois Harvest to Homes Pilot Program | ||||||
10 | and after 5 years from the date of implementation of the pilot | ||||||
11 | program, the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with | ||||||
12 | the Department of Human Services Commission to End Hunger shall | ||||||
13 | submit a report to the General Assembly which documents the | ||||||
14 | number of people served by the program information regarding | ||||||
15 | the program's implementation.
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16 | Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2026.
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.".
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