Bill Text: IL HB3557 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Reinserts provisions of the introduced bill. Makes a technical change in the introductory clause of a provision amending the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-14 - Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mattie Hunter [HB3557 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3557-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act is amended
by changing Sections 5 and 10 and by adding Section 13 as
follows:
(30 ILCS 595/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Food desert" means an area lacking fresh fruit,
vegetables, and other healthful whole foods, due to a lack of
grocery stores, farmers' markets, or healthy food providers.
"Local farm fresh produce or food products" are products:
(1) grown in Illinois; or (2) processed and packaged in
Illinois, using at least one ingredient grown in Illinois.
"Socially disadvantaged farmers" means farmers located in
Illinois who have been subjected to racial or ethnic
prejudices or who have been placed at a disadvantage because
of their identity as a member of a racial or ethnic group
without regard to their individual qualities. "Socially
disadvantaged farmers" includes farmers who identify as a
"minority person", as defined under Section 2 of the Business
Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act, and who have been certified as a

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minority-owned business by the Business Enterprise Program.
(Source: P.A. 101-258, eff. 1-1-20.)
(30 ILCS 595/10)
Sec. 10. Procurement goals for local farm fresh produce or
food products.
(a) In order to create, strengthen, and expand local farm
and food economies throughout Illinois, it shall be the goal
of this State that 20% of all food and food products purchased
by State agencies and State-owned facilities, including,
without limitation, facilities for persons with mental health
and developmental disabilities, correctional facilities, and
public universities, shall, by 2020, be local farm fresh
produce or food products.
(b) The State shall support and encourage that 10% of food
and food products purchased by entities funded in part or in
whole by State dollars, which spend more than $25,000 per year
on food or food products for its students, residents, or
clients, including, without limitation, public schools, child
care facilities, after-school programs, and hospitals, shall,
by 2020, be local farm fresh produce or food products.
(c) To meet the goals set forth in this Section, when a
State contract for purchase of food or food products is to be
awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise
qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use
of local farm fresh produce or food products may be given

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preference over other bidders, provided that the cost included
in the bid of local farm fresh produce or food products is not
more than 10% greater than the cost included in a bid that is
not for local farm fresh produce or food products.
(d) All State agencies and State-owned facilities that
purchase food and food products for use at State-owned
facilities shall develop a system for (i) identifying the
percentage of local farm fresh produce or food products
purchased for fiscal year 2021 as the baseline; and (ii)
tracking and reporting local farm fresh produce or food
products purchases on an annual basis.
(e) On January 1, 2024 and each January 1 thereafter,
those State agencies and State-owned facilities that purchase
food or food products shall publish in their respective
procurement bulletins, in the form and format prescribed by
the chief procurement officer, notice of their purchases of
local farm or food products in the immediately preceding
fiscal year.
(Source: P.A. 102-1119, eff. 1-23-23.)
(30 ILCS 595/13 new)
Sec. 13. Socially disadvantaged farmers.
(a) To create, strengthen, and expand local farm and food
economies throughout Illinois, and to create equity in those
economies, it is the aspirational goal of this State for at
least 10% of all of the food and food products purchased by

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State agencies to be local farm fresh produce or food products
produced by socially disadvantaged farmers.
(b) It is also the aspirational goal of the State for at
least 10% of the food and food products purchased by entities
that are funded in part or in whole by State dollars and that
spend more than $25,000 per year on food or food products to be
local farm fresh produce or food products produced by socially
disadvantaged farmers.
(c) To meet the goals set forth in this Section, when a
State contract for the purchase of food or food products is to
be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, an
otherwise qualified bidder who is a socially disadvantaged
farmer that will fulfill the contract through the use of local
farm fresh produce or food products may be given preference
over other bidders, provided that the cost included in the bid
of local farm fresh produce or food products is not more than
10% greater than the cost included in a bid that is not for
local farm fresh produce or food products. A State agency
purchasing fresh produce may request any information necessary
to determine whether a bidder will fulfill the contract
through the use of local farm fresh produce or food products.
(d) All State agencies that purchase food and food
products for use at State-owned facilities shall develop a
system for: (i) identifying the percentage of local farm fresh
produce or food products produced by socially disadvantaged
farmers and purchased for fiscal year 2020 as the baseline;

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and (ii) tracking and reporting local farm fresh produce or
food products produced by socially disadvantaged farmers and
purchased on an annual basis.