Bill Text: IL HR0025 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Task Force on Farmers' Markets, the purpose of which is to review the implementation of Acts that define which products and practices are permitted and which products and practices are not permitted at farmers' markets and other outdoor food sale events.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0025 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0025-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Farmers' markets provide not only a valuable | ||||||
3 | marketplace for farmers to sell their products directly to | ||||||
4 | consumers, but also a place for consumers to access fresh | ||||||
5 | fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products; and
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6 | WHEREAS, These markets successfully operate across | ||||||
7 | Illinois; however, there is a lack of comprehensive regulation | ||||||
8 | from one county to the next, resulting in discrepancies between | ||||||
9 | counties regarding the products that may be sold; and
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10 | WHEREAS, In 1999, the Department of Public Health published | ||||||
11 | "Technical Information Bulletin/Food #30," in order to outline | ||||||
12 | the sanitation guidelines required for farmers' markets, | ||||||
13 | producer markets, and other outdoor food sales events; and
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14 | WHEREAS, This bulletin has not been uniformly interpreted | ||||||
15 | across the State; therefore, be it
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16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
17 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
18 | there is created the Task Force on Farmers' Markets, consisting | ||||||
19 | of 14 members appointed as follows: the President of the | ||||||
20 | Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the | ||||||
21 | House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House |
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1 | of Representatives shall each appoint one member; the Director | ||||||
2 | of Public Health or his or her designee, the Director of | ||||||
3 | Agriculture or his or her designee, a representative of a | ||||||
4 | general agricultural production association appointed by the
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5 | Department of Agriculture, 3 representatives of local county | ||||||
6 | public health departments appointed by the Director of Public | ||||||
7 | Health and selected from 3 different counties representing each | ||||||
8 | of the northern, central, and southern portions of Illinois, | ||||||
9 | and 4 members of the general public who are engaged in local | ||||||
10 | farmers' markets appointed by the Director of Agriculture; and | ||||||
11 | be it further
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12 | RESOLVED, That the Director of Public Health shall serve as | ||||||
13 | the chair; the Task Force shall meet at the call of the Chair; | ||||||
14 | and the members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
15 | compensation; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force can appoint members as it | ||||||
17 | sees fit to serve as representatives of local farmers' markets | ||||||
18 | or other concerned parties; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That the duty of the Task Force is to undertake a | ||||||
20 | comprehensive and thorough review of the current | ||||||
21 | implementation of the various Acts that define which products | ||||||
22 | and practices are permitted and which products and practices | ||||||
23 | are not permitted at farmers' markets and other outdoor food |
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1 | sale events; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall assist the Department | ||||||
3 | of Public Health in developing interagency agreements and | ||||||
4 | programs and procedures regarding the implementation of the | ||||||
5 | various Acts that define which products and practices are | ||||||
6 | permitted and which products and practices are not permitted at | ||||||
7 | farmers' markets and other outdoor food sale events; and be it | ||||||
8 | further
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9 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Public Health | ||||||
10 | shall provide staffing support to the Task Force and shall | ||||||
11 | administer and prepare all reports deemed necessary in | ||||||
12 | conjunction with the Task Force; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force may request assistance from | ||||||
14 | any entity necessary or useful for the performance of its | ||||||
15 | duties; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall issue a report with its | ||||||
17 | recommendations to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of | ||||||
18 | the House on or before December 31, 2012.
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