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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning agriculture.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil |
| 5 | | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section |
| 6 | | 205-360 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 205/205-360 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 205-360. Access to nutritious food program. |
| 9 | | (a) In this Section: |
| 10 | | "Food desert" means an underserved geographic area where |
| 11 | | fresh and nutritious foods are difficult to obtain, as |
| 12 | | determined by the Department. "Food desert" includes: |
| 13 | | (1) a rural town or urban neighborhood in which: |
| 14 | | (A) at least 25% of the households have incomes |
| 15 | | that are below the federal income poverty level; or |
| 16 | | (B) the median family income of residents is not |
| 17 | | more than 80% of the median family income of Illinois; |
| 18 | | (2) a rural town, urban neighborhood, or metropolitan |
| 19 | | census tract in which at least 500 residents or at least |
| 20 | | 33% of the population resides more than one mile from a |
| 21 | | supermarket or large grocery store; or |
| 22 | | (3) a nonmetropolitan census tract in which at least |
| 23 | | 500 residents or at least 33% of the population resides |