Bill Amendment: IL HB3557 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: LOCAL FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS
Status: 2024-03-14 - Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mattie Hunter [HB3557 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3557-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: LOCAL FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS
Status: 2024-03-14 - Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mattie Hunter [HB3557 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3557-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3557
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3557 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Sections 5 and 10 and by adding Section 13 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (30 ILCS 595/5) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
9 | "Food desert" means an area lacking fresh fruit, | ||||||
10 | vegetables, and other healthful whole foods, due to a lack of | ||||||
11 | grocery stores, farmers' markets, or healthy food providers. | ||||||
12 | "Local farm fresh produce or food products" are products: | ||||||
13 | (1) grown in Illinois; or (2) processed and packaged in | ||||||
14 | Illinois, using at least one ingredient grown in Illinois.
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15 | "Socially disadvantaged farmers" means farmers located in | ||||||
16 | Illinois who have been subjected to racial or ethnic |
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1 | prejudices or who have been placed at a disadvantage because | ||||||
2 | of their identity as a member of a racial or ethnic group | ||||||
3 | without regard to their individual qualities. "Socially | ||||||
4 | disadvantaged farmers" includes farmers who identify as a | ||||||
5 | "minority person", as defined under Section 2 of the Business | ||||||
6 | Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with | ||||||
7 | Disabilities Act, and who have been certified as a | ||||||
8 | minority-owned business by the Business Enterprise Program. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 101-258, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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10 | (30 ILCS 595/10)
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11 | Sec. 10. Procurement goals for local farm fresh produce or | ||||||
12 | food products. | ||||||
13 | (a) In order to create, strengthen, and expand local farm | ||||||
14 | and food economies throughout Illinois, it shall be the goal | ||||||
15 | of this State that 20% of all food and food products purchased | ||||||
16 | by State agencies and State-owned facilities, including, | ||||||
17 | without limitation, facilities for persons with mental health | ||||||
18 | and developmental disabilities, correctional facilities, and | ||||||
19 | public universities, shall, by 2020, be local farm fresh | ||||||
20 | produce or food products.
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21 | (b) The State shall support and encourage that 10% of food | ||||||
22 | and food products purchased by entities funded in part or in | ||||||
23 | whole by State dollars, which spend more than $25,000 per year | ||||||
24 | on food or food products for its students, residents, or | ||||||
25 | clients, including, without limitation, public schools, child |
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1 | care facilities, after-school programs, and hospitals, shall, | ||||||
2 | by 2020, be local farm fresh produce or food products.
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3 | (c) To meet the goals set forth in this Section, when a | ||||||
4 | State contract for purchase of food or food products is to be | ||||||
5 | awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise | ||||||
6 | qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use | ||||||
7 | of local farm fresh produce or food products may be given | ||||||
8 | preference over other bidders, provided that the cost included | ||||||
9 | in the bid of local farm fresh produce or food products is not | ||||||
10 | more than 10% greater than the cost included in a bid that is | ||||||
11 | not for local farm fresh produce or food products.
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12 | (d) All State agencies and State-owned facilities that | ||||||
13 | purchase food and food products for use at State-owned | ||||||
14 | facilities shall develop a system for (i) identifying the | ||||||
15 | percentage of local farm fresh produce or food products | ||||||
16 | purchased for fiscal year 2021 as the baseline; and (ii) | ||||||
17 | tracking and reporting local farm fresh produce or food | ||||||
18 | products purchases on an annual basis.
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19 | (e) On January 1, 2024 and each January 1 thereafter, | ||||||
20 | those State agencies and State-owned facilities that
purchase | ||||||
21 | food or food products shall publish in their respective | ||||||
22 | procurement bulletins, in the form and format prescribed by | ||||||
23 | the chief procurement officer, notice of their purchases of | ||||||
24 | local farm or food products
in the immediately preceding | ||||||
25 | fiscal year. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 102-1119, eff. 1-23-23.)
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1 | (30 ILCS 595/13 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 13. Socially disadvantaged farmers. | ||||||
3 | (a) To create, strengthen, and expand local farm and food | ||||||
4 | economies throughout Illinois, and to create equity in those | ||||||
5 | economies, it is the aspirational goal of this State for at | ||||||
6 | least 10% of all of the food and food products purchased by | ||||||
7 | State agencies to be local farm fresh produce or food products | ||||||
8 | produced by socially disadvantaged farmers. | ||||||
9 | (b) It is also the aspirational goal of the State for at | ||||||
10 | least 10% of the food and food products purchased by entities | ||||||
11 | that are funded in part or in whole by State dollars and that | ||||||
12 | spend more than $25,000 per year on food or food products to be | ||||||
13 | local farm fresh produce or food products produced by socially | ||||||
14 | disadvantaged farmers. | ||||||
15 | (c) To meet the goals set forth in this Section, when a | ||||||
16 | State contract for the purchase of food or food products is to | ||||||
17 | be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, an | ||||||
18 | otherwise qualified bidder who is a socially disadvantaged | ||||||
19 | farmer that will fulfill the contract through the use of local | ||||||
20 | farm fresh produce or food products may be given preference | ||||||
21 | over other bidders, provided that the cost included in the bid | ||||||
22 | of local farm fresh produce or food products is not more than | ||||||
23 | 10% greater than the cost included in a bid that is not for | ||||||
24 | local farm fresh produce or food products. A State agency | ||||||
25 | purchasing fresh produce may request any
information necessary |
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1 | to determine whether a bidder will fulfill
the contract | ||||||
2 | through the use of local farm fresh produce or food products. | ||||||
3 | (d) All State agencies that purchase food and food | ||||||
4 | products for use at State-owned facilities shall develop a | ||||||
5 | system for: (i) identifying the percentage of local farm fresh | ||||||
6 | produce or food products produced by socially disadvantaged | ||||||
7 | farmers and purchased for fiscal year 2020 as the baseline; | ||||||
8 | and (ii) tracking and reporting local farm fresh produce or | ||||||
9 | food products produced by socially disadvantaged farmers and | ||||||
10 | purchased on an annual basis. ".
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