Bill Amendment: IL HB3274 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: AGRICULTURE-STATE FAIRS

Status: 2019-01-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1174 [HB3274 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3274-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Terri Bryant

Filed: 3/17/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3274
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3274 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The State Fair Act is amended by changing
Sections 6 and 10 as follows:
(20 ILCS 210/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 1706)
Sec. 6. Policies, procedures, and powers concerning the
operation of fairs.
(a) Policies. The Department shall, pursuant to the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, establish by rule:
(1) the policy for the operation of the Illinois State
Fair and the DuQuoin State Fair, except those operations
regarding contests as provided for in subparagraphs (b) and
(c) of this Section, and
(2) the policies and procedures for the sale, barter,
or exchange of tickets and for ticket refunds for cancelled

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events.
(b) Contests. The Department shall establish and make
available, for all contestants and other interested persons,
sufficient copies of a premium book or other publication that
establishes the kinds and classes of events or exhibits for
contests at the fairs, the conditions under which contestants
shall be entered into contests, the qualification and
disqualification requirements of contests, the drug testing
requirements for contests (if applicable), the premiums to be
offered to contest winners, the manner in which certificates of
award shall be distributed and premiums paid to contest
winners, the penalty for violations of a rule, condition,
instruction, or directive, and requirements of contests,
including but not limited to the return of all premiums paid,
the forfeiture of awards, and the prohibition of participating
in future contests, and all other rules and requirements for
contests. These rules, conditions, instructions, directives,
and requirements shall be exempt from the rulemaking procedures
of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. All such
publications issued by the Department that relate to a contest,
event, or exhibit shall be maintained as a public record at the
Department's principal office in Springfield, Illinois, and
made available for public inspection and copying during regular
business hours.
(c) Fees. The Department shall establish and publish for
the Illinois State Fair and the DuQuoin State Fair a schedule

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of admission fees, entry fees, concession fees, space rentals
and other fees for activities offered or provided at each State
Fair. These schedules of fees shall be maintained as a public
record at the Department's principal office in Springfield,
Illinois, and made available for public inspection and copying
during regular business, but shall be exempt from the
rulemaking procedures of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
Act.
(d) Facilities. The Department may negotiate and enter into
contracts for activities and use of facilities for which there
is not an established or published schedule. The contract
criteria shall be established by rule, pursuant to the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act. The Department may lease any of
its facilities for activities during the State Fair.
(e) Advertising. The Illinois State Fair in Springfield and
the DuQuoin State Fair shall have the power and authority to
sell or exchange advertising rights in all of its publications
and printed materials. The sale of advertising shall be subject
to the rules promulgated by the Department, pursuant to the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. All income derived from
the sale of advertising at the Illinois State Fair in
Springfield and the DuQuoin State Fair shall be deposited into
the State Fair Fund. All income derived from the sale of
advertising at the DuQuoin State Fair shall be deposited into
the Agricultural Premium Fund.
(f) Veterans. On the day set aside as Veterans Day,

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honorably discharged veterans and members of their families
shall be admitted without admission charge upon presentation of
identification of any of the following: honorable discharge
certificate, or photostatic copy thereof, or a paid up
membership card in any recognized veterans organization.
(g) Government functions. The Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer,
Comptroller, President and Minority Leader of the Senate, and
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall be
afforded space for official governmental functions, without
charge, during the State Fair and the DuQuoin State Fair.
(Source: P.A. 93-1055, eff. 11-23-04.)
(20 ILCS 210/10) (from Ch. 127, par. 1710)
Sec. 10. The Department may enter into contracts with other
government agencies to assist them in the operation of each
State Fair and the State Fairgrounds as well as the
requirements set forth in Section 9 of this Act.
The Department may cooperate with any other local, State or
federal agency in the furtherance of the intent of this Act.
The Department may receive and use any donation either from
the private or public sectors which is for betterment of each
State Fair and the State Fairgrounds.
All revenues from the operation and use of any facilities
of the Illinois State Fair at Springfield, and the Springfield
State Fairgrounds, the DuQuoin State Fair, and the DuQuoin

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State Fairgrounds shall be deposited in the Illinois State Fair
Fund. All revenues from the operation and use of any facilities
of the DuQuoin State Fair and the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
shall be deposited into the Agricultural Premium Fund. All
funds in the Illinois State Fair Fund shall be used by the
Department of Agriculture in accordance with appropriation by
the General Assembly for operation of the Illinois State Fair
and the DuQuoin State Fair.
(Source: P.A. 88-5.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2017.".