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91_SR0049enr 91SR0049 Enrolled 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 2 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY 3 SENATE 4 Senate Resolution No. 49 5 Offered by Senators Bowles and Sieben 6 WHEREAS, Industrial hemp is a valuable product in the 7 commercial marketplace, creating jobs and opening up new 8 markets and fields for employment and revenue; and 9 WHEREAS, Several states have begun the process of 10 enacting legislation that would legalize industrial hemp 11 production and sales in those states; and 12 WHEREAS, Hawaii, Vermont, Colorado, Minnesota, North 13 Dakota, New Mexico, Virginia, Montana, and Missouri have all 14 introduced legislation regarding industrial hemp in their 15 1999 legislatures; and 16 WHEREAS, An investigation into the merits and values of 17 industrial hemp is needed to consider whether the State of 18 Illinois should consider passing legislation to implement the 19 production of industrial hemp; and 20 WHEREAS, An investigative task force would be able to 21 take the time and facilitate the necessary research to 22 examine the hemp issue; therefore, be it 23 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL 24 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is created the 25 Industrial Hemp Investigative and Advisory Task Force 26 consisting of the Director of Agriculture or his or her 27 designee, who shall be chairperson, and 12 additional 28 members, 6 each, selected by the President of the Senate and 29 the Minority Leader of the Senate, representing expertise in 30 the fields of plant science, food processing science, law 31 enforcement, herbology, or manufacturing; members of the 32 Task Force shall serve without compensation but shall be 91SR0049 Enrolled -2- 1 reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from 2 funds appropriated for that purpose; and be it further 3 RESOLVED, The Task Force shall study the economic 4 viability of industrial hemp production in this State, shall 5 identify any legal or other obstacles to industrial hemp 6 production, shall make any recommendations it deems 7 appropriate, and shall report its findings and 8 recommendations to the Illinois Senate by January 1, 2000; 9 and upon reporting to the Senate, the Task Force shall be 10 dissolved; and be it further 11 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet initially at the 12 call of the chairperson and shall hold public hearings; and 13 be it further 14 RESOLVED, That the University of Illinois College of ACES 15 (Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences) is 16 requested to work with the Task Force and cooperate in 17 undertaking the study; and be it further 18 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 19 delivered to the President of the University of Illinois and 20 the Illinois Director of Agriculture. 21 Adopted by the Senate, March 23, 1999. 22 _______________________ 23 President of the Senate 24 _______________________ 25 Secretary of the Senate