Bill Text: IL HB3031 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Fair Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture may establish locally held bank accounts in adequately protected financial institutions to receive and disburse security deposits for the rental of facilities at each State fairground during non-fair time periods. Effective July 1, 2017.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3031 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3031-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3031 Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 210/7 from Ch. 127, par. 1707
Amends the State Fair Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture may establish locally held bank accounts in adequately protected financial institutions to receive and disburse security deposits for the rental of facilities at each State fairground during non-fair time periods. Effective July 1, 2017.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Fair Act is amended by changing
Section 7 as follows:
(20 ILCS 210/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 1707)
Sec. 7. During the period when each State Fairgrounds is
not used for the annual State Fair, the Department shall make
all efforts to promote its use by the public for purposes that
the facilities can accommodate. The Department may charge and
collect for the use of each State Fairgrounds and its
facilities. The Department may negotiate and enter into
contracts for activities and use of facilities. The criteria
for such contracts shall be established by rule.
The Department may establish locally held bank accounts in
adequately protected financial institutions to receive and
disburse security deposits for the rental of facilities at each
State fairground during non-fair time periods.
The Department also shall have the authority to arrange,
organize, and hold events on each State Fairgrounds and in any
facilities on each State Fairgrounds for any purpose that the
facilities and State Fairgrounds can accommodate. The
Department may charge and collect fees associated with the

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events.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2017.