99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2487

 

Introduced 2/18/2015, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
505 ILCS 110/2.132a new
505 ILCS 110/13.5 new

    Amends the Illinois Seed Law. Provides that seed libraries shall be exempt from all licensing, testing, labeling, and other requirements of the Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning agriculture.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Seed Law is amended by adding
5Sections 2.132a and 13.5 as follows:
 
6    (505 ILCS 110/2.132a new)
7    Sec. 2.132a. Seed library. "Seed library" means a
8nonprofit, cooperative, or governmental organization that
9holds, donates, and receives donations of open-pollinated
10seeds to and from the public for non-commercial and educational
11uses for the purpose of encouraging horticulture-based
12education, non-commercial gardening, biodiversity, and the
13preservation of open-pollinated plant varieties.
 
14    (505 ILCS 110/13.5 new)
15    Sec. 13.5. Seed library exemption. Notwithstanding any
16other provision of this Act, seed libraries shall be exempt
17from all licensing, testing, labeling, and other requirements
18of this Act.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.