SB1835 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1835

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

505 ILCS 130/1

from Ch. 5, par. 551

Amends the Soybean Marketing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding legislative policy.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning agriculture.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Soybean Marketing Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(505 ILCS 130/1) (from Ch. 5, par. 551)

Sec. 1.

Because individual producers of of soybeans are unable to develop adequate new markets for their commodity, the following is declared to be the legislative policy of this Act:

(a) To enable soybean producers of this State to coordinate more effectively the maintenance and development of markets of their commodity with market demands;

(b) To encourage through market development programs a more orderly, efficient and equitable manner of marketing soybeans and soybean products;

(c) To provide methods for the development of new and larger markets for soybeans; and

(d) Through expanded markets aid soybean producers in maintaining an adequate and equitable level of income.

(Source: P.A. 78-739.)