Bill Text: IL SB2528 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, as follows: General Funds $38,190,000; Other State Funds $114,383,700; Federal Funds $79,525,300; Total $232,099,000.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-25 - Referred to Assignments [SB2528 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2528-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2528 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, as follows: General Funds $38,190,000 Other State Funds $114,383,700 Federal Funds $79,525,300 Total $232,099,000
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AN ACT concerning appropriations.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
ARTICLE 1
Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and
purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the
ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of
Agriculture:
FOR OPERATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Payable from General Revenue Fund:
For Personal Services.............................1,893,300
For State Contributions to
Social Security....................................144,900
For Contractual Services............................325,000
For Refunds..........................................10,000
Total $2,373,200
Section 10. The amount of $660,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for all costs associated
with the Crop Insurance Rebate Initiative.

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Section 15. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to
the Department of Agriculture for costs associated with the
Agriculture Equity Commission.
Section 20. The sum of $1,696,400, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs and expenses
related to or in support of the agency's operations.
Section 25. The amount of $125,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund to the Department of Agriculture to implement diversity,
equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the
Department of Agriculture for the following purposes:
Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund:
For expenses related to the Food Safety
Modernization Initiative...........................100,000
For deposit into the State Cooperative
Extension Service Trust Fund....................10,000,000
Total $10,100,000

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Section 35. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of Agriculture
from the Future Farmers of America Fund for grants to the
Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America.
Section 40. The sum of $550,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Fair and Exposition
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs associated
with Future Farmers of America membership fees.
Section 45. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and
purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the
ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of
Agriculture:
Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund:
For Personal Services...............................270,400
For State Contributions to State
Employees' Retirement System.......................143,400
For State Contributions to
Social Security.....................................22,900
For Group Insurance..................................66,400
For Contractual Services............................218,400
For Travel...........................................46,800
For Commodities......................................12,500
For Printing.........................................20,800

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For Equipment........................................46,800
For Telecommunication Services.......................26,000
Total $874,400
Section 50. The sum of $324,700, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Wholesome Meat Fund to
the Department of Agriculture for costs and expenses related
to or in support of the agency's operations, including prior
years' costs.
Section 55. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the
Department of Agriculture for the following purposes:
Payable from Partners for Conservation Fund:
For deposit into the State Cooperative
Extension Service Trust Fund.......................994,700
For deposit into the State Cooperative
Extension Service Trust Fund for
operational expenses and programs
at the University of Illinois Cook
County Cooperative Extension Service.............2,449,200
Section 60. The sum of $3,733,100, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Tourism Promotion
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for costs and
operational expenses associated with the Springfield and Du

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Quoin Illinois State Fairs and fairgrounds, not including
personal services.
Section 65. The sum of $27,000,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agriculture Federal
Projects Fund to the Department of Agriculture for the
expenses of various federal projects, including, but not
limited to, the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program,
including prior years' costs.
Section 70. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
the Department of Agriculture for:
COMPUTER SERVICES
Payable from General Revenue Fund:
For Electronic Data Processing....................1,499,400
For Contractual Services............................218,300
Section 75. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and
purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the
ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of
Agriculture:
FOR OPERATIONS
AGRICULTURE REGULATION
Payable from General Revenue Fund:

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For Personal Services.............................1,810,000
For State Contributions to
Social Security....................................138,500
For Contractual Services..........................1,998,700
For Travel............................................2,000
For Commodities.......................................2,500
For Printing..........................................1,000
For Equipment.........................................5,000
For Telecommunication Services.......................12,000
For Operation of Auto Equipment......................18,000
Total $3,987,700
Section 80. The sum of $1,915,300, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Fertilizer Control
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for expenses relating to
agricultural products inspection.
Section 85. The sum of $2,820,800, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Feed Control Fund
to the Department of Agriculture for Feed Control.
Section 90. The amount of $520,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of
Agriculture from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund for
expenses of various federal projects, including prior years'
costs.

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Section 95. The following named sums, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and
purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the
ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of
Agriculture:
MARKETING
Payable from General Revenue Fund:
For Personal Services.............................2,331,000
For State Contributions to
Social Security....................................178,400
Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund:
For Expenses Connected With the Promotion
and Marketing of Illinois Agriculture
and Agriculture Exports..........................1,479,900
For Implementation of Programs
and Activities to Promote, Develop
and Enhance the Biotechnology
Industry in Illinois...............................100,000
For Expenses Related to Viticulturist
and Enologist Contractual Staff....................150,000
Payable from Federal Agricultural Marketing
Services Fund:
For Administering Illinois' Part under Public
Law No. 733, "An Act to provide for further
research into basic laws and principles

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relating to agriculture and to improve
and facilitate the marketing and
distribution of agricultural products", including
prior years' costs.................................60,000
Payable from Agriculture Federal
Projects Fund:
For Expenses of Various Federal Projects,
including prior years' costs....................2,800,000
Section 100. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary for the objects and purposes
hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of
Agriculture:
MEDICINAL PLANTS
Payable from the Compassionate Use of Medical
Cannabis Fund:
For all costs associated with the
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
Program.........................................10,130,000
Payable from the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Fund:
For all costs associated with the
Operation, Implementation, and Enforcement
of the Industrial Hemp Act.......................2,100,300
Section 105. The sum of $20,554,900, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Regulation

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Fund to the Department of Agriculture for all costs associated
with the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
Section 110. The sum of $430,000, or much thereof as may be
necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to
the Department of Agriculture for the costs associated with
the Weights and Measures Division.
Section 115. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
the Department of Agriculture for:
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Payable from the Weights and Measures Fund:
For Personal Services.............................3,442,400
For State Contributions to State
Employees' Retirement System.....................1,754,500
For State Contributions to
Social Security....................................263,400
For Group Insurance...............................1,394,400
For Contractual Services............................383,900
For Travel...........................................67,600
For Commodities......................................24,200
For Printing.........................................17,200
For Equipment.......................................416,000
For Telecommunication Services.......................46,800
For Operation of Auto Equipment.....................488,800

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For Refunds..........................................10,000
Total $8,309,200
Payable from the Motor Fuel and Petroleum
Standards Fund:
For the Regulation of Motor Fuel Quality.............52,000
Section 120. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
the Department of Agriculture for:
ANIMAL INDUSTRIES
Payable from General Revenue Fund:
For Personal Services.............................1,970,000
For State Contributions to
Social Security....................................150,800
For Contractual Services............................102,000
For Travel...........................................80,000
For Commodities......................................44,000
For Printing..........................................2,500
For Equipment.......................................104,000
For Telecommunication Services.......................28,000
For Operation of Auto Equipment......................70,000
Total $2,551,300
Payable from the Illinois Department of
Agriculture Laboratory Services Revolving Fund:
For Expenses Authorized by the Animal
Disease Laboratories Act............................41,600

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Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund:
For Expenses of Various Federal Projects,
including prior years' costs.......................156,000
Section 125. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
the Department of Agriculture for:
MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION
Payable from the General Revenue Fund:
For Personal Services.............................5,096,300
For State Contributions to
Social Security....................................389,900
For Contractual Services............................550,000
For Travel...........................................90,000
For Commodities.......................................8,000
For Printing..............................................0
For Equipment........................................11,000
For Telecommunication Services.......................44,500
For Operation of Auto Equipment.....................105,000
Total $6,294,700
Payable from Agricultural Master Fund:
For Expenses Relating to
Inspection of Agricultural Products..............1,410,000
Payable from Wholesome Meat Fund:
For Personal Services.............................5,128,100
For State Contributions to State

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Employees' Retirement System.....................2,613,600
For State Contributions to
Social Security....................................392,300
For Group Insurance...............................1,909,000
For Contractual Services............................606,000
For Travel..........................................119,600
For Commodities......................................34,700
For Printing..........................................2,600
For Equipment........................................47,200
For Telecommunication Services.......................51,500
For Operation of Auto Equipment.....................125,200
Total $11,029,800
Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund:
For Expenses of Various Federal Projects.............60,400
Section 130. The following named sums, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and
purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the
ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of
Agriculture for:
LAND AND WATER RESOURCES
Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund:
For Personal Services.............................1,040,000
For State Contributions to State
Employee's Retirement System.......................530,100
For State Contributions to Social

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Security............................................79,600
For Contractual Services............................176,800
For Travel...........................................62,400
For Commodities.......................................9,400
For Printing..........................................4,200
For Equipment........................................13,600
For Telecommunication Services.......................25,000
For Operation of Automotive Equipment................21,400
For the Ordinary and Contingent
Expenses of the Natural Resources
Advisory Board.......................................2,100
Total $1,964,600
Payable from the Partners for Conservation Fund:
For Personal Services...............................818,000
For State Contributions to State
Employees' Retirement System........................417,000
For State Contributions to Social
Security............................................62,600
For Group Insurance.................................265,600
For Expenses Relating to
Soil Health Assessments............................250,000
Total $1,813,200
Section 135. The sum of $3,000,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of
Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants

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to Soil and Water Conservation Districts to fund projects for
landowner cost sharing, streambank stabilization, nutrient
loss protection and sustainable agriculture.
Section 140. The sum of $4,500,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of
Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants
to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for ordinary and
contingent administrative expenses.
Section 145. The amount of $9,880,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Agriculture
Federal Projects Fund to the Department of Agriculture for
expenses relating to various federal projects, including prior
years' costs.
Section 150. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
the Department of Agriculture for:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
Payable from the General Revenue Fund:
For Administration of the Livestock
Management Facilities Act..........................885,100
For the Detection, Eradication, and
Control of Exotic Pests, such as
the Asian Long-Horned Beetle and

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Spongy Moth......................................1,163,900
Total $2,049,000
Payable from the Used Tire Management Fund:
For Mosquito Control.................................50,000
Payable from Livestock Management Facilities Fund:
For Administration of the Livestock
Management Facilities Act...........................56,200
Payable from Pesticide Control Fund:
For Administration and Enforcement
of the Illinois Pesticide Act....................8,840,000
Payable from Agriculture Pesticide Control Act Fund:
For Expenses of Pesticide Enforcement Program,
including prior years' costs.......................780,000
Payable from the Agriculture Federal Projects Fund:
For Expenses of Various Federal Projects,
including prior years' costs....................26,040,000
Section 155. The sum of $2,900,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of
Agriculture from the General Revenue Fund for Operations of
the Illinois State Fair, Including Entertainment and the
Percentage Portion of Entertainment Contracts.
Section 160. The sum of $7,900,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for ordinary and

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contingent expenses, including facilities management at the
Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield and Du Quoin.
Section 165. The following named sums, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and
purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the
ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of
Agriculture for:
SPRINGFIELD STATE FAIR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund:
For Personal Services.............................2,292,000
For State Contributions to State
Employee's Retirement System.....................1,168,200
For State Contributions to
Social Security....................................175,400
For Operations of Buildings and
Grounds in Springfield including
prior years' costs...............................1,638,000
For Awards to Livestock Breeders
and Related Expenses...............................230,000
Total $5,503,600
Payable from Agricultural Premium Fund:
For repairs, maintenance, and capital improvements
Including construction, reconstruction, improvement,
Repair and installation of capital facilities, costs of
Planning, supplies, materials, equipment, personal

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services and related costs, services and all other
expenses required to complete the work for
Permanent Improvements at the Illinois State
Fairgrounds.................................... $2,106,000
Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund:
For Operations of the Illinois State Fair
Including Entertainment and the Percentage
Portion of Entertainment Contracts...............8,678,100
For Awards and Premiums at the
Illinois State Fair
and related expenses...............................540,800
For Awards and Premiums for
Horse Racing at the
Illinois State Fairgrounds
and related expenses...............................185,800
Total $9,404,700
Section 170. The sum of $1,560,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois State Fair
Fund to the Department of Agriculture to promote and conduct
activities at the Illinois State Fairgrounds at Springfield
other than the Illinois State Fair, including administrative
expenses. No expenditures from the appropriation shall be
authorized until revenues from fairground uses sufficient to
offset such expenditures have been collected and deposited
into the Illinois State Fair Fund.

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Section 175. The sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the State Fairgrounds
Capital Improvements and Harness Racing Fund to support the
Department of Agriculture to provide support for harness race
meetings, to repair and rehabilitate backstretch facilities at
the Illinois State Fairgrounds and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds,
and to repair and rehabilitate the capital infrastructure of
the Illinois State Fairgrounds and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds.
Section 180. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
the Department of Agriculture for:
DU QUOIN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Payable from General Revenue Fund:
For Personal Services...............................920,000
For State Contributions to
Social Security.....................................70,400
For ordinary and contingent expenses
related to the buildings and grounds at the
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds..........................725,000
Total $1,715,400
Payable from Illinois State Fair Fund:
For operational expenses at the Illinois State Fairgrounds
at Du Quoin other than the Illinois State Fair
including administrative expenses..................494,000

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Section 185. The sum of $806,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Agricultural Premium
Fund to the Department of Agriculture for repairs,
maintenance, and capital improvements including construction,
reconstruction, improvement, repair and installation of
capital facilities, cost of planning, supplies, materials,
equipment, personal services and related costs, services and
all other expenses required to complete the work for Permanent
Improvements at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds.
Section 190. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
the Department of Agriculture for:
DU QUOIN STATE FAIR
Payable from General Revenue Fund:
For Personal Services...............................590,000
For State Contributions to
Social Security.....................................45,200
For Contractual Services............................475,000
For Commodities......................................20,000
For Printing..........................................8,000
For Telecommunication Services.......................42,000
Total $1,180,200
Payable from the Illinois State Fair Fund:
For Entertainment and other Expenses

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at the Du Quoin State Fair, including
the Percentage Portion of
Entertainment Contracts..........................1,100,000
Section 195. The following named amounts, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
the Department of Agriculture for:
COUNTY FAIRS AND HORSE RACING
Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund:
For Personal Services...............................118,100
For State Contributions to State
Employees' Retirement System........................60,200
For State Contributions to
Social Security......................................9,100
For Contractual Services.............................13,600
For Travel............................................2,600
For Commodities.......................................1,000
For Printing............................................400
For Equipment.........................................1,100
For Telecommunication Services........................1,100
For Operation of Auto Equipment.........................900
For premiums to agricultural extension
or 4-H clubs to be distributed at a
uniform rate.......................................817,900
For premiums to vocational
agriculture fairs..................................338,000

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For grants and other purposes for county
fair and state fair horse racing...................342,500
Total $1,706,500
Payable from the Fair and Exposition Fund:
For distribution to county fairs and
fair and exposition authorities....................998,400
For distribution to encourage and aid
county fairs and other agricultural
societies. This distribution shall be
prorated and approved by the Department
of Agriculture...................................1,891,400
For rehabilitation of county fairgrounds..........1,366,900
Payable from the Illinois Racing
Quarter Horse Breeders Fund:
For promotion of the Illinois horse
racing and breeding industry........................31,200
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2025.