Chapter 505, AGRICULTURE

(505 ILCS 90/20) (from Ch. 5, par. 80) Sec. 20. Whenever the Department finds that there exists in any part of this State a dangerous insect pest or a dangerous plant disease, which for the protection of the economy and environment of the State, should be prevented from spreading…

(505 ILCS 120/20) (from Ch. 5, par. 2801-20) Sec. 20. Labeling. (a) On and after July 1, 1992, the following information shall appear on the face or display side in a readable and conspicuous form on every soil amendment product container or shall accompany each bulk order of a s…

(505 ILCS 95/20) (from Ch. 5, par. 1920) Sec. 20. The operation of any milk promotion program or any part thereof may be temporarily suspended for any reasonable cause by the Milk Promotion Board for any period of time not to exceed one year. Such suspension shall not nullify the…

(505 ILCS 130/20) (from Ch. 5, par. 570) Sec. 20. Any due and payable assessment required under the provisions of any marketing program created under this Act constitutes a personal debt of every person so assessed or who otherwise owes such assessment. Such assessment is due and…

(505 ILCS 82/20) Sec. 20. Use of funds. The funds shall be expended as follows: (1) To support a broad program of food and agricultural research, to include, but not limited to, research on natural resource, environmental, economic, nutritional, and social impacts of agricultural…

(505 ILCS 72/20) Sec. 20. Report. On or before January 1, 2020, the Department shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on efforts to serve socially disadvantaged farmers and female farmers in this State. The report shall include recommendations to the Gover…

(505 ILCS 100/20) (from Ch. 5, par. 970) Sec. 20. The Director, any Control Authority, Weed Control Superintendent, or anyone authorized thereby, may enter upon all land under their jurisdiction for the purpose of performing their duties and exercising their powers under this Act…

(505 ILCS 145/20) Sec. 20. Optional programs; contracts; political activities. A wheat development program proposed or adopted under this Act may include any of the following: (1) Wheat development and research programs. (2) Wheat promotion, education and public relations program…

(505 ILCS 5/20) (from Ch. 5, par. 1020) Sec. 20. Limitation on power of certain public agencies to impose benefit assessments or special ad valorem levies. No political subdivision providing public services such as sewer, water or lights or for non-farm drainage may impose benefi…

(505 ILCS 17/20) Sec. 20. Readability of production contracts. (a) A production contract must comply with all of the following: (1) It must be in a typeface at least as large as 10-point modern, one-point leaded. (2) It must be divided and captioned by its various sections, have …

(505 ILCS 90/20.01) (from Ch. 5, par. 80a) Sec. 20.01. All final administrative decisions of the Department hereunder shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopt…

(505 ILCS 5/20.1) (from Ch. 5, par. 1020.1) Sec. 20.1. Report to General Assembly and State Agencies. The Department of Agriculture shall make an annual report to the General Assembly on the location and size of all agricultural areas created or dissolved during the past year and…

(505 ILCS 5/20.2) (from Ch. 5, par. 1020.2) Sec. 20.2. Adding Land to Designated Agricultural Areas. Any proposal for adding land to a designated agricultural area shall be submitted to the county board which shall forward the proposal to the county committee within 10 days. With…

(505 ILCS 5/20.3) (from Ch. 5, par. 1020.3) Sec. 20.3. Land Ownership and Agricultural Areas. There shall be no restrictions on buying and selling of land in an agricultural area. Agricultural area designation of any land shall not be affected by any change in ownership of the la…

(505 ILCS 40/21) (from Ch. 5, par. 721) Sec. 21. A proposed amendment to an existing corn marketing program may be requested by petition to the Director by 5% of the affected producers from each respective district or by a 2/3 majority vote of the corn marketing board. If any ame…

(505 ILCS 80/21) (from Ch. 5, par. 55.21) Sec. 21. Exchanges between manufacturers. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of fertilizers to each other by importers, manufacturers, or blenders who mix fertilizer materials for sale or as pre…

(505 ILCS 100/21) (from Ch. 5, par. 971) Sec. 21. All individual notices, service of which is provided for in this Act, shall be in writing. Service of such notices shall be in the same manner as service of a summons in a civil action in the circuit court or by certified mail to …

(505 ILCS 95/21) (from Ch. 5, par. 1921) Sec. 21. No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to comply with any requirement of this Act. The Milk Promotion Board may institute any action which is necessary to enforce compliance with any provision of this Act and program. Each day's…

(505 ILCS 115/21) (from Ch. 5, par. 1071) Sec. 21. A proposed amendment to an existing sheep and wool production development and marketing program may be requested by petition to the Director by 2% of the affected producers from each respective district or by a 5/7 majority vote …

(505 ILCS 130/21) (from Ch. 5, par. 571) Sec. 21. Upon termination of any marketing program, all remaining unobligated funds shall be refunded on a pro rata basis to the persons from whom the funds were collected in the preceding 2 years. If the program operating board finds that…

(505 ILCS 80/21.5) Sec. 21.5. Constitutionality. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act shall for any reason be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confin…

(505 ILCS 40/22) (from Ch. 5, par. 722) Sec. 22. The operation of any corn marketing program or any part thereof may be temporarily suspended for any reasonable cause by the corn marketing board, for any period of time not to exceed one growing and marketing season. (Source: P.A.…

(505 ILCS 130/22) (from Ch. 5, par. 572) Sec. 22. No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to comply with any requirement of this Act where obligated to comply by a duly approved marketing program. The program operating board may institute any action which is necessary to enforce…

(505 ILCS 100/22) (from Ch. 5, par. 972) Sec. 22. Any person violating any provision of this Act or any regulation issued hereunder is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not more than $100 for the first offense and not more than $200 for each subsequent offense. (Source…

(505 ILCS 115/22) (from Ch. 5, par. 1072) Sec. 22. The operation of any sheep and wool production development or marketing program or any part thereof may be temporarily suspended for any reasonable cause by the sheep and wool production development and marketing board, for any p…

(505 ILCS 80/22) (from Ch. 5, par. 55.22) Sec. 22. Repeal. "An Act to regulate the sale and analysis of commercial fertilizers and to repeal an Act therein named", approved June 29, 1927, as amended, is repealed. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3085.)

(505 ILCS 90/22) (from Ch. 5, par. 82) Sec. 22. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act with reference to the sale, shipment, transportation, receipt or delivery of nursery stock without inspection or certificate, or with reference to treatment of nursery s…

(505 ILCS 90/22.01) (from Ch. 5, par. 82a) Sec. 22.01. When an administrative hearing is held, the hearing officer shall upon determination of a violation, on a per-occurrence basis, assess an appropriate administrative monetary penalty. The Department shall collect the administr…

(505 ILCS 90/22.02) (from Ch. 5, par. 82b) Sec. 22.02. The Director may file a complaint and apply for and the circuit court may grant a temporary restraining order or preliminary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the pr…

(505 ILCS 90/22.03) (from Ch. 5, par. 82c) Sec. 22.03. The Department is authorized to hold administrative hearings to determine violations of the Act and compliance with provisions of this Act. All administrative decisions are subject to and hearings shall be conducted in accord…

(505 ILCS 90/22.04) (from Ch. 5, par. 82d) Sec. 22.04. The Director, upon finding injurious insects or other pests or plant diseases present in a nursery or in nursery stock, or a not viable nursery stock as set forth in Section 29, may issue a stop-sale order against such plants…

(505 ILCS 130/23) (from Ch. 5, par. 573) Sec. 23. The operation of any marketing program or any part thereof may be temporarily suspended for any reasonable cause by the program operating board, for any period of time not to exceed one growing and marketing season. (Source: P.A. …

(505 ILCS 100/23) (from Ch. 5, par. 973) Sec. 23. The Director may participate in any noxious weed control program and, when called upon to do so by any such program, may use any funds available to him for the purposes of this Act in the matching of any federal funds made availab…

(505 ILCS 90/23) (from Ch. 5, par. 83) Sec. 23. If any section or part of a section of this Act shall, for any cause be held unconstitutional, such fact shall not affect the remainder of this Act. (Source: Laws 1927, p. 9.)

(505 ILCS 115/23) (from Ch. 5, par. 1073) Sec. 23. This Act shall not be subject to Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

(505 ILCS 80/23) (from Ch. 5, par. 55.23) Sec. 23. Effective date. This Act shall take effect January 1, 1962. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3085.)

(505 ILCS 40/23) (from Ch. 5, par. 723) Sec. 23. Sections 6 and 7 of this Act shall not be subject to Sections 5-35, 5-40, 5-100, 5-105, 5-110, 5-115, 5-120, 5-125, and 5-130 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. (Source: P.A. 88-45.)

(505 ILCS 100/24) (from Ch. 5, par. 974) Sec. 24. If any Section or provision of this Act is declared invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining Sections or provisions of the Act which can be given effect without the invalid Section or…

(505 ILCS 90/24) (from Ch. 5, par. 84) Sec. 24. An Act to prevent the introduction into and the dissemination within this State of insect pests and plant diseases injurious to the plants and plant products of this State, filed June 29, 1917, and approved as amended, June 28, 1919…

(505 ILCS 130/24) (from Ch. 5, par. 574) Sec. 24. If any provision of this Act or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid applic…

(505 ILCS 82/25) Sec. 25. Administrative oversight. The Department of Agriculture shall provide general administrative oversight with the assistance and advice of duly elected Board of Directors of the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research. Food and agricultural rese…

(505 ILCS 106/25) Sec. 25. Rules. The Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules to implement and administer this Act. (Source: P.A. 91-570, eff. 1-1-00.)

(505 ILCS 130/25) (from Ch. 5, par. 575) Sec. 25. Sections 7 and 15 of this Act shall not be subject to Sections 5-35, 5-40, 5-100, 5-105, 5-110, 5-115, 5-120, 5-125, and 5-130 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. (Source: P.A. 88-45.)

(505 ILCS 17/25) Sec. 25. Index. An index of the major portions of the contract and the pages on which they are found must be included with each production contract offered to a producer that exceeds 2 pages in length. The index must contain references for any of the following th…

(505 ILCS 145/25) Sec. 25. Temporary program committee; proposals; procedures. After the effective date of this Act if there are sponsors willing and able to meet the requirements of Section 35, the Director shall appoint a temporary wheat development program committee consisting…

(505 ILCS 87/25) Sec. 25. State and local regulation still permitted. Section 20 of this Act notwithstanding, this Act does not preclude the adoption of a regulation or local ordinance of general nature that does not specifically regulate vegetable gardens, including, but not lim…

(505 ILCS 120/25) (from Ch. 5, par. 2801-25) Sec. 25. Cancellation, suspension, or refusal of registration. (a) The Director may refuse to register a soil amendment or cancel or suspend a soil amendment registration if: (1) the composition of the soil amendment does not warrant t…

(505 ILCS 92/25) Sec. 25. Report. The grant administrator must annually file with the Governor and General Assembly and publish publicly each year a written report detailing the impact of the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program for the previous calendar year. The report must …

(505 ILCS 90/28) (from Ch. 5, par. 87a) Sec. 28. The Director is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into such reciprocal agreements and contracts as he may deem proper and expedient, with the proper authorities of other states regulating the shipment, selling and traffickin…

(505 ILCS 90/29) (from Ch. 5, par. 87a.01) Sec. 29. Any person, firm, association or corporation who maintains sales yards, stores, garden centers or any place where nursery stock is sold, must keep such stock stored or displayed under conditions which will maintain its vigor and…