Bill Text: IL HB2302 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall make resources available for future and existing community gardens and farms located within urban areas of the State that seek to screen or test the soil for contaminants that could pose a hazard to human health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [HB2302 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2302-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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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 | 205-70 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 205/205-70 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 205-70. Community gardens. The Department shall make | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | resources available for future and existing community gardens | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | and farms located within urban areas of this State that seek to | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | screen or test the soil for contaminants that could pose a | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | hazard to human health.
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