Bill Text: IL SB0850 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may designate an area as a food desert even if the area does not meet the qualifications set forth in the engrossed bill as long as the designation is made in accordance with criteria established by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity by rule using data that includes, but is not limited to, poverty metrics and access to existing grocery stores. Provides that the provisions of the engrossed bill apply to independently owned for-profit grocery stores, cooperative grocery stores, or not-for-profit grocery stores (in the engrossed bill, only independently owned for-profit grocery stores). Amends the Public Utilities Act to make conforming changes.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 67-6)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0561 [SB0850 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0850-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0850 Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 35/1
Amends the Government Electronic Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
LRB103 03308 RPS 48314 b
A BILL FOR
SB0850 LRB103 03308 RPS 48314 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Government Electronic Records Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(20 ILCS 35/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the the
Government Electronic Records Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-1363, eff. 7-28-10.)