HB2487ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

Filed: 3/12/2015

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2487

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2487 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Seed Law is amended by changing Section 7 and adding Section 2.132a as follows:

(505 ILCS 110/2.132a new)

Sec. 2.132a. Seed library. "Seed library" means a nonprofessional nonprofit, cooperative, or governmental organization that is registered on a website of a state-wide conservation organization and holds, donates, and receives donations of open-pollinated seeds to and from the public for non-commercial and educational uses for the purpose of encouraging horticulture-based education, non-commercial gardening, biodiversity, and the preservation of open-pollinated plant varieties.

(505 ILCS 110/7) (from Ch. 5, par. 407)

Sec. 7. Exemptions. The provisions of Sections 4 through 4.5 and Sections 5 and 5.1 do not apply:

(1) To seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes.

(2) To seed in storage in, or being transported or consigned to a cleaning or conditioning establishment for cleaning or conditioning, provided, that the invoice or labeling accompanying any shipment of said seed bears the statement "seed for conditioning"; and provided that any labeling or other representation which may be made with respect to the uncleaned or unconditioned seed shall be subject to this Act.

(3) To any carrier in respect to any seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier; provided, that such carrier is not engaged in producing, processing, or marketing agricultural, vegetable or other seeds designated by the Department of Agriculture subject to the provisions of this Act.

(4) To seed in an Illinois seed library that is as free from noxious and exotic weeds as possible.

(Source: P.A. 85-717.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".